Bhuna (verb), is a cooking process where the spices are gently fried in plenty of oil to bring out their flavour. There are many recipes like bhuna aloo, bhuna gosht or bhuna chicken where the spices, ginger garlic, tomato sauce and onion are gently cooked and then chicken, meat or aloo( potato) is added to the spices and stir-fried for some time to get the deep strong flavour in little sauce.