What is jarret pondicherry?
Quick Answer
jarret pondicherry is a regional beef-cut name for the hind shank, on the shank primal (Rear leg, below the knee joint).
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What is jarret pondicherry in simple terms?
What is jarret pondicherry called in the United States?
US retail labels for hind shank appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is jarret pondicherry on the cow?
jarret pondicherry refers to hind shank located at Rear leg, below the knee joint on the shank primal.
Is jarret pondicherry steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still hind shank anatomically.
Is jarret pondicherry the same as Fore Shank?
How do I translate jarret pondicherry for travel?
What is another name for jarret pondicherry?
“jarret pondicherry” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Hind Shank (shank primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Cross-cut sections of the rear leg bone with surrounding meat. Extremely tough and collagen-rich — produces deeply flavored broth when braised. Classic osso buco cut. One of the most universal braising cuts worldwide. It is part of the shank primal (Rear leg, below the knee joint).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Fore Shank, and Oxtail.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: pacha
- Albania: kyç · kërcik
- Andhra Pradesh: nalukaya · nalli emuka
- Angola: chambão
- Argentina: Garrón
- Australia: hind shank
- Austria: wadschinken
- Bangladesh: pa-er
- Belarus: halyonka
- Belgium: jarret
- Belize: soup meat
- Bhutan: kangling bhutan
- Bolivia: ossobuco bo
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: kolerica · koljenica
- Botswana: tlhako · seswaa cut
- Brazil: Músculo
- Bulgaria: dzholan
- Burkina Faso: gabre
- Cameroon: jarret
- Canada: Shank
- Central India: machhli central · nalli central · haddi mansa central · khichda cut
- Chad: lahm al-kura
- Chile: Osobuco de pierna
- China: niujian china
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): jarret pondicherry · bouillon bone pondicherry · jarrete daman
- Colombia: Lagarto
- Costa Rica: jarret
- Côte d'Ivoire: jarret
- Croatia: koljenica
- Cuba: morcillo
- Czech Republic: kližka
- Denmark: Skank
- Dominican Republic: lagarto
- DR Congo: jarret
- Ecuador: ossobuco ec
- Egypt: moza
- El Salvador: chamberete
- Estonia: koot
- Ethiopia: nala
- Finland: potka
- France: Jarret arrière
- Germany: Hesse
- Goa: shin goa
- Greece: pontiki
- Guatemala: camote
- Guyana: shin
- Haiti: jaro
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: nalli himachal · haddi-guda himachal · nalli uttarakhand · haddi-guda uttarakhand
- Honduras: jarret
- Hungary: lábszár
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): nalli andaman · kaal lakshadweep
- Indonesia: sengkel
- Iran: mahicheh
- Ireland: shin
- Israel: shrir achori
- Italy: Geretto
- Jamaica: shin
- Jammu & Kashmir: machhli jk · nalli jk
- Japan: sune
- Karnataka: machhli ka · nalli ka
- Kazakhstan: zhilik
- Kenya: nali · nyama ya mifupa
- Kerala: kaal kl · kootu beef
- Ladakh: kang-sha · ruba ladakh
- Latvia: stilbs
- Lithuania: karkas
- Maharashtra: machhli mh
- Malaysia: daging betis
- Mali: sen koto sogo
- Manipur: khong-gou · nalli manipur
- Meghalaya: khoh kjat · nalli meghalaya
- Mexico: Chambarete de pata
- Mongolia: shilbe mongolia · yak shank mongolia
- Montenegro: koljenica
- Morocco: al-mellaj
- Mozambique: chambão
- Myanmar: gyin-thar · amae thar hnat cut
- Nagaland: viphi · naga nalli
- Namibia: skenkel · potjiekos cut namibia
- Nepal: khutta nepal · yak shank nepal
- Netherlands: Schenkel
- New Zealand: hind shank
- Nicaragua: jarrete
- Niger: kwauri
- Nigeria: shin · eran egun · kwauri · eran malu
- North Macedonia: kolenica
- Northeast India (Other States): paator · ruhngo · noli
- Norway: skank
- Pakistan: machhli pk · nalli pk
- Panama: jarret
- Paraguay: osobuco
- Peru: ossobuco
- Philippines: kenchi · bulalo cut
- Poland: pręga
- Portugal: Chambão
- Puerto Rico: jarrete
- Punjab: machhli pb
- Qatar: moza qa
- Quebec: jarret
- Rajasthan: machhli rj
- Romania: rasol
- Russia: golyashka zadnyaya · golyashka
- Saudi Arabia: moza sa
- Senegal: jarret bi · thieboudienne cut
- Sikkim: khutta ko masu · nalli sikkim
- Singapore: shin
- Slovakia: glejovka
- Slovenia: goleno
- South Africa: potjiekos cut
- South Korea: satae · guk-gori
- Spain: morcillo
- Sri Lanka: kenda sri lanka
- Sudan: kura
- Suriname: schenkel
- Sweden: lägg
- Switzerland: haxe
- Taiwan: niujian
- Tamil Nadu: kaal tn · elumbu kari
- Tanzania: musuli · nshonsho
- Telangana: machhli tg · nalli tg · haleem cut
- Thailand: nong · nuea pueay
- Trinidad & Tobago: shin
- Turkey: incik
- UAE: moza uae
- Uganda: kigere
- Ukraine: homilka zadnya · homilka
- United Kingdom: shin · Shin
- United States: Hind shank · Osso buco
- Uruguay: Garrón
- Uttar Pradesh: machhli up · nalli up
- Uzbekistan: oshiq
- Venezuela: lagarto con hueso
- Vietnam: bap bo
- West Bengal: machhli wb · nalli wb
- Zimbabwe: gumbo zimbabwe
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the shank primal (Rear leg, below the knee joint), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Afghanistan → Albania (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Andhra Pradesh (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Angola (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Argentina (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Australia (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Austria (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Bangladesh (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Belarus (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Belgium (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Belize (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Bhutan (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Bolivia (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Bosnia & Herzegovina (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Botswana (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Brazil (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Bulgaria (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Burkina Faso (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Cameroon (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Canada (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Chad (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Chile (pacha)
- Afghanistan → China (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Colombia (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Costa Rica (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Côte d'Ivoire (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Croatia (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Cuba (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Czech Republic (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Denmark (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Dominican Republic (pacha)
- Afghanistan → DR Congo (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Ecuador (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Egypt (pacha)
- Afghanistan → El Salvador (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Estonia (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Ethiopia (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Finland (pacha)
- Afghanistan → France (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Germany (pacha)
- Afghanistan → Goa (pacha)
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