Rogan Josh
We’ve all heard of Rogan Josh, many of us have eaten Rogan Josh, and some of you may have made it at home using a commercial curry paste, but this recipe will reset you expectations about Rogan Josh. The downside, (always a downside) is you need to plan ahead. It requires a good 8 hours to marinate the meat, an hour to cook, then it’s best to chill Rogan Josh overnight before skimming, reheating and serving. I served it as part of a curry feast with potatoes and peas (what else does an Aussie serve with lamb?) coriander and mint chutney, a tomato salad, steamed basmati rice.
8 cloves garlic
6cm piece of root ginger
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon crushed red chillis
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons ground coriander seed
1 kg diced lamb shoulder
2 tablespoon grapeseed oil
6 cardamom pods
6 cloves
2 India bay leaves
8cm cinnamon stick
¾ thick natural yoghurt
Pinch saffron soaked in 2 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon garam masala
the marinade:
In a processor jug, blitz the garlic, ginger, and ground spices. Massage the marinade through the diced meat then rest overnight in the fridge.
Heat a large covered pan, add the oil, then the whole spices and sauté for a few minutes. Add the meat cook for 5 minutes. Add ½ cup of water, cover and simmer for 1 hour. Keep a check on the moisture in the pan, you may need to add more water, though the liquid needs to reduce almost completely.
At this point the curry and be chilled for the flavour to develop. Before reheating, remove the solidified fat from the surface. Gently warm the curry back to boiling point, add the yoghurt and saffron, reheat without boiling, then stir in the garam masala.
About ladyredspecs
5 comments on “Rogan Josh”
Leave a Reply
Creative Commons Copyright Licence
Please Pass the Recipe by Sandra Gay is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Please Pass the Recipe 
Pingback: Garam Masala | Please Pass the Recipe
Pingback: Busy Cook’s Lamb Curry | Please Pass the Recipe
Am planning ahead for a bit of Rogan Josh. Will let you know how it went.
LikeLike
Hope you enjoy it as much as we do. My other lamb curry, more a simple in a hurry sort of curry is on the menu here tonight. I posted it on March 20, it really is fantastic(ally) simple but also good!
LikeLike
Even though my avatar doesn’t look impressed my taste buds are tingling. I’ll keep this recipe in mind for when I have the extra time. I know that curry tastes better the next day or tje day after. This is going to be yummy. I’ve got a whole book of recipes that requires pre-planning and starting everything from scratch. I pull it out now and again and admire it and the women who thought nothing of tossing off three course meals. This particular book, though, was written by the cook of a famous writer. I think I bought it hoping something would rub off. 🙂
LikeLike