Best Rogan Josh Recipes

ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• Put the onions in a food processor and whizz until very finely chopped. Heat the oil in a large heavy-based pan, then fry the onion with the lid on, stirring every now and then, until it is really golden and soft. Add the garlic and ginger, then fry for 5 mins more.
• Tip the curry paste, all the spices and the bay leaves into the pan, with the tomato purée. Stir well over the heat for about 30 secs, then add the meat and 300ml water. Stir to mix, turn down the heat, then add the yogurt.
• Cover the pan, then gently simmer for 40-60 mins until the meat is tender and the sauce nice and thick. Serve scattered with coriander, with plain basmati or pilau rice.

ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• Put the ginger, garlic, and 4 tablespoons of water into the blender. Blend well until you have a smooth paste.
• Heat oil in a wide heavy pot over a medium heat, brown the meat cubes in serveral batches and set to one side.
• Put the cardamom, bay leaves, cloves, peppercons and cinnamon into the same hot oil. stir once and wait until the cloves swell and the bay leaves begin to take on colour.
• Now put in the onions. Stir and fry for 5 minutes until they turn a medium brown colour.
• Put in the ginger garlic paste and stir for 30 seconds.
• Add the coriander, cumin, paprika-cayenne, and salt. Stir and fry for 30 seconds.
• Add the fried meat cubes and juices.
• Stir for 30 seconds, now add 1 tablespoon of yoghurt, stir until well blended .
• Add the remaining yoghurt, a tablespoon at a time in the same way. Stir and fry for another 3 minutes.
• Now add 275ml of water if you're cooking lamb or chicken and 425ml of water if you're cooking beef. Bring to the boil, scraping all the browned spices off the sides and bottom of the pot. Cover and cook on low for an hour if you're cooking chicken or lamb and 2 hours if cooking beef, (or until meat is tender.).
• Every 10 minutes give the meat a good stir. When the meat is tender take off the lid, turn the heat up to medium, and boil away some of the liquid.
• All the fat that collects in the pot may be spooned off the top.
• Sprinkle the garam masala and black pepper over the meat before you serve and mix them inches.

LAMB ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• For the lamb preparation: Chop lamb into bite-size pieces. In a bowl, combine lamb, yogurt, salt, turmeric and lemon juice and mix together. Allow to sit for 15 minutes. Rinse the lamb with water to draw out impurities and any gamey odors.
• For the curry: Heat a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the mustard oil and allow it to smoke. Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the cloves, cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks and bay leaves. Spoon in the ginger paste and garlic paste and saute until slightly browned, about a few minutes.
• Toss in the lamb pieces and saute until the lamb begins to shrink and develop a nice shine, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the asafetida and salt and saute for 1 minute.
• In another bowl, mix together 1/2 cup water with the chile powder, fennel powder, garam masala, ginger powder and turmeric. Add this mixture to the saucepan. Saute until you see the oil bubbling up, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the yogurt and stir well for about 2 minutes. Add 2 to 3 cups water.
• Cover the pan and simmer on medium-low heat until the lamb is tender, 30 to 40 minutes. Turn off the heat and add the fenugreek leaves. Allow it to settle down, covered, for about 20 minutes.
• When ready to serve, spoon the curry out into bowls. Garnish with the cilantro and serve with a side of basmati rice, chapati or naan.

ROGAN JOSH (INDIAN LAMB CURRY)

Steps:

• Make masala seasoning by combining coconut, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, poppy seeds, peppercorns, and cloves in a dry, heavy skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir until toasted and golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Transfer toasted seeds to a blender. Add 1/4 cup water, garlic, and ginger. Blend until combined and set aside.
• Heat ghee in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and crushed cardamom seeds. Cook and stir until onions are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in reserved masala seasoning, salt, chili powder, turmeric, garam masala, mace, and nutmeg; cook for 5 minutes.
• Stir in crushed tomatoes; cook for 5 minutes. Add yogurt; cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add mutton and remaining 1/4 cup water. Reduce heat to low and cook until mutton is tender, 1 to 2 hours.

KASHMIRI ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat. Add the black peppercorns, black and green cardamom pods, cloves, cinnamon, and mace, and fry for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the spices are sizzling and fragrant.
• Add the chopped onion, and fry for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring regularly, or until golden brown. Add the lamb pieces, and fry for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring continually, until the lamb pieces are golden brown all over.
• Meanwhile, in a food processor, blend the garlic cloves, and ginger, with 1 tablespoon of water to a fine paste. Add the garlic and ginger paste to the lamb mixture, stir well to combine, and then reduce the heat, and continue to cook for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Stir in the ground coriander, cumin, red chile powder, fennel seeds, garam masala, tomato pulp, yogurt, and salt, to taste. Cover the pan with a lid, and then reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the sauce has almost completely dried out.
• Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of boiling water to the sauce, stir well and simmer for a further 7 to 8 minutes, stirring continually and adding splashes of water as necessary, until the volume of liquid has reduced and the sauce has thickened.
• Add enough boiling water to almost cover the lamb, and bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the lamb is cooked through.
• Stir in the chopped fresh cilantro just before serving.

KASHMIRI ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• Using a spice grinder or a pestle and mortar, grind the black and green cardamom pods, cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, cumin seeds and chillies to a fine powder and set aside.
• In the small bowl of a food processor, whizz together the garlic and ginger with a good splash of water to a purée. Heat the oil in a large non-stick saucepan, add the lamb and brown well for 8-10 mins over a high heat. Add the purée and turn the heat down to medium, stirring constantly, as the mixture begins to reduce. The purée is ready when you see clear oil in the pan, this will take 3-5 mins.
• Give the yogurt a good stir to break up any lumps, then add half of it to the pan. Cook over a medium-high heat, stirring constantly and briskly, folding the yogurt into the lamb, for 8-10 mins until it has been fully absorbed by the meat. Repeat with the next batch of yogurt, stirring constantly as before. Once it is boiling, turn down to a simmer and stir occasionally until it has reduced by about a third. Add the reserved ground spices, the ground coriander and some seasoning.
• Cook for a few mins, stirring continuously, then cover with a lid and leave over a low heat for 1 hr 10 mins, stirring occasionally, until the meat is tender. If the sauce looks dry, add a splash of water.
• Grind the fennel seeds to a fine powder in a spice grinder or pestle and mortar, then add to the pan with the garam masala, ground almonds and some black pepper. Taste and adjust the seasoning, then cook for 1 min. Sprinkle over the coriander and serve with naan bread, if you like.

BEEF ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt 2 T of ghee. Add the garlic, ginger, turmeric, cayenne, coriander and cumin and cook for about 1 minute.
• Increase the heat to medium high and add the beef. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Reduce heat to medium and add the onion, continuing to cook and stirring frequently until the onions have softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and yogurt, stir well and bring mixture to slow boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer about 35-40 minutes, or until beef is very tender.
• In a small separate pan, melt remaining ghee and combine with garam masala. Stir well. Pour over the beef mixture and stir to combine. Serve hot with basmati rice or naan.

ROGAN JOSH (KASHMIRI LAMB CURRY)

Steps:

• Paste:.
• Soak chillies in hot water, to cover, for 5 minutes. Dry toast almonds, ground coriander, cumin and poppy seeds in pan over low heat until spices brown slightly and become aromatic. (Shake pan so spices don't burn.) Place into a food processor with garlic, ginger, onions and chillies and blend until smooth. You may need to add a little of the chile soaking water to help the blending.
• Dry toast the saffron strands in the small pan. Be careful not to burn. In a small bowl crush with the back of a spoon then add 2 tablespoons of boiling water to dissolve. Add to the paste mix and set aside.
• Curry:.
• Heat ghee in a large, heavy-based saucepan and fry cardamom pods, turmeric and paste mix and fry, stirring constantly, until ghee begins to separate from mixture.
• Stir in yoghurt, a spoonful at a time.
• Add tomatoes, garam masala and salt and fry, stirring, for 5 minutes.
• Add lamb and stir over high heat to coat with with spices.
• Reduce heat to very low, cover and cook for 1 hour or until the lamb is very tender. (It should not be necessary to add any liquid). Stir occasionally to prevent spices from sticking to base of pan.
• Serve sprinkled with coriander leaves and accompany with rice.

ROGAN JOSH, LAMB SHANKS

Steps:

• Stir the sour cream and all-purpose flour together in a small bowl until smooth and set aside. In a separate small bowl, mix together the cornstarch and water to make a paste.
• Combine the chili powder, coriander, ginger, bouillon cubes, cardamom, tomatoes, water, nutmeg, salt and pepper in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil over high heat. Slowly add the cornstarch paste to the tomato mixture, stirring constantly; simmer for 2 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and slowly stir in the sour cream and flour mixture.
• Arrange the onions across the bottom of a slow cooker, lay the shanks on top of the onions and pour the prepared tomato mixture over the meat. Place the carrots, potatoes and mushrooms on top of the sauce.
• Cover and cook in the slow cooker on High for 8 hours.

ROGHAN JOSH (ROGAN JOSH)

Steps:

• Blend 4 tablespoons water, garlic, and ginger into a smooth paste in a blender.
• Heat oil in a wide, heavy pot over medium heat. Cook lamb in batches until browned, about 5 minutes per batch. Transfer to a bowl.
• Combine cinnamon sticks, cardamom, peppercorns, cloves, and bay leaves in the same pot. Stir once and cook until cloves swell and bay leaves change color, 2 to 3 minutes. Add onions. Cook and stir until browned, about 5 minutes. Add the ginger-garlic paste; stir for 30 seconds. Add paprika, cumin, coriander, cayenne, and salt. Cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir the browned lamb and its juices into the pot. Stir for 30 seconds. Add yogurt, 1 tablespoon at a time, blending well after each addition. Cook and stir for 3 minutes more. Pour in 1 1/2 cups water; bring to a boil, scraping browned bits off the sides and bottom of the pot. Cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until meat is tender, about 1 hour, stirring well every 10 minutes.
• Uncover pot, increase heat to medium, and reduce some of the liquid if desired. Spoon accumulated fat from the surface of the mixture. Mix in garam masala and black pepper before serving.

3-HOUR BEEF ROGAN JOSH AND ROTI RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Make the rogan josh: In a medium bowl, season the beef with the garam masala and salt. Toss to coat.
• In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, heat the canola oil over medium-high heat. When the oil is shimmering, add the beef in batches and brown on all sides, about 2 minutes per side. Remove from the pot and set aside.
• To the same pot, add the onion and season with salt. Sauté for 5 minutes, until softened and starting to brown. Add the ginger and garlic and cook for 1 minute, until fragrant.
• Add the peppercorns, green and black cardamom pods, cloves, cinnamon, red chiles, and bay leaves. Cook for 1 minute, until fragrant. Add the turmeric, red pepper powder, cumin, coriander, fennel, and fenugreek leaves and cook for another minute, until fragrant.
• Return the browned beef to the pot and stir to coat in the spice mixture. Add the whipped yogurt and stir well to combine. Add enough water to cover the meat and season with salt and black pepper. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 2½ hours, stirring every 20 minutes and adding more water as needed, until the beef is cooked through and tender.
• When the curry has an hour of cook time left, make the roti: In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, water, oil, and salt. Mix to combine, then knead with your hands until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the bowl and no longer sticks to your fingers. Add a bit more flour as needed if the dough is too sticky.
• Cover the dough with a damp kitchen towel and let rest for 30 minutes.
• Divide the dough into 8 equal portions. Roll each portion into a ball and cover with a damp cloth again.
• Working 1 at a time, use a rolling pin to roll out each portion of dough on a lightly floured surface into a 6-8 inch (15-20 cm) round.
• Heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat until very hot. Cook the roti in the dry skillet for about 2 minutes, until starting to puff up, then turn and cook on the other side for 30-60 seconds more, until the roti is cooked through with dark brown spots. Remove from the skillet and spread with a bit of butter. Repeat with the remaining dough.
• Ladle the curry into bowls and garnish with cilantro. Serve with the hot roti.
• Enjoy!

TOMATO AND CHICKEN ROGAN JOSH CURRY (PRESSURE COOKER)

Steps:

• Combine the yoghurt and curry paste in a large glass or ceramic bowl (I ended up using stainless steel as it was the only bowl that was big enough) and then add the chicken to coat and cover with plastic wrap and place into the fridge for 30 minutes to marines (mine was in for nearly 1 1/2 hours).
• Heat oil in the pressure cooker (though I did it in a separate frypan as I was making ahead but use the pressure cooker if you are going to be cooking the chicken straight away) and add onion and cook until golden, this took me about 10 minutes but I had wedges of onion, if thinly sliced would take about 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add the cooked onion and diced tomatoes (see intro) to your marinated chicken mix and place in the pressure cooker, (at this point I used an electric pressure cooker), I sealed in the pressure cooker and set the timer for high pressure for 15 minutes, it took 18 minutes to come up to pressure and then cooked for 15 minutes and then did fast release and then served over rice and with steamed vegetables and naan bread on the side (original recipe recommended pappadums).

LAMB SHANK ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• With paper towels, gently pat any excess moisture from the lamb shanks. Set aside.
• In a gallon-sized Ziplock or other bag, combine the flour, chili powder, coriander, ginger, cumin, salt and nutmeg. Add the lamb shanks and shake to dust the shanks in the mixture.
• In a large dutch oven (I use my big, round Le Cruset pot), heat the oil over medium heat. Add the dusted lamb shanks from the bag. Reserve any remaining flour/spice mixture from the bag, setting it aside.
• Brown the lamb on all sides for about 7 to 10 minutes, careful not to let the flour/spice mixture burn. Transfer the browned meat to a plate and set aside.
• Add the thinly sliced onion and celery to the dutch oven and sauté for 5 to 7 minutes until the onion is golden brown. Add the reserved flour/spice mixture and cook for 1 minute, stirring continuously. Stir in the stock and yogurt until well mixed.
• Return the browned lamb to the dutch oven, turning the shanks so that they're covered in sauce. Add the cracked cardamom pods and saffron and bring to a gentle boil. Cover tightly with dutch oven lid and cook at medium low for 90 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes (and tomato sauce, if you feel the there's not enough liquid in the pot) and cook for an additional 40 to 60 minutes until the lamb is tender and falling away from the bone.
• Separate the meat from the bone/fat/gristle and serve with the sauce (which I prefer to put through a gravy-fat separator, first).
• Serve hot with rice and naan. Saag aloo or curried lentils also go well with this dish!
• Note: make sure your spices aren't stale or the flavorings in this dish simply won't be nearly as delicious.

ROGAN JOSH - PENZEYS

Steps:

• Cut meat into stew-sized cubes, brown in fat (do this in batches to avoid steaming the meat). Remove meat, but leave all the drippings and oil.
• Brown the onion in the same pan. Add Rogan Josh and salt, stir for one minute.
• Return meat to pan along with any juices that have accumulated in the bowl. Slowly blend in water and yogurt.
• Cook 1-2 hours over low heat. At the end, raise heat to reduce sauce until thickened (you may add a small amount of cornstarch disolved in water.).
• This would probably work well in a pressure cooker.
• Serve with roasted potatoes, or over rice or noodles.

LAMB SHANK ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• Mix together the flour, chilli powder, corriander, ginger, salt and nutmeg. Dust the shanks in the flour, reserving any excess.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade. Pour the oil into a large roasting tin and place over a high heat. Cook the lamb shanks for 10 minutes, turning until well browned, then transfer to a large plate and set aside.
• Add the onion to the pan and cook for 10 minutes until golden brown. Add the reserved spiced flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring continuosly. Stir in the yogurt and stock.
• Return te lamb to the pan. Add the cardamon and saffron and bring to the boil. Cover tightly with foil and cook for 90 minutes. Add the tomato wedges and cook for a further 40-60 minutes until the lamb is almost falling away from the bone. Serve hot.

KASHMIRI ROGAN JOSH (INDIAN MUTTON/ LAMB CURRY)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan.
• Add cinnamon stick and cloves.
• After a second, add asafoetida, meat and salt. Saute for 5 minutes.
• Add paprika and cayenne pepper. Stir.
• Add yoghurt gradually. Stir till all the liquid evaporates and the meat turns brown in color.
• Add fennel and ginger powders. Stir.
• Add water or broth, cover partly and cook on medium heat for 30 minutes.
• Cover completely and cook on low heat for another 30 minutes or until the meat is tender. Stir the meat from time to time as it cooks.
• Uncover and add the garam masala powder. If the gravy is too thin, let it boil till it thickens to the desired consistency.
• Serve hot.

LAMB IN FRAGRANT GARLIC CREAM SAUCE (ROGAN JOSH)

Steps:

• Put the ingredients for the marinade except the ghee into a food processor and blend until finely pureed.
• Pour the marinade over the lamb, the pour the ghee over it.
• Mix thoroughly to coat the lamb pieces, then cover and let the meat marinate at least 1/2 hour at room temperature, or 2 hours in the fridge.
• Transfer the meat and the marinade into a large dutch oven.
• Bring the contents to a boil over med-low heat, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the lamb is very tender (about 2-2 1/2 hours depending on the quality of the meat).
• Stir frequently to prevent the sauce's sticking to the bottom of the pan and burning.
• Heat the 4 tbl ghee in a small frying pan on high heat.
• When it is very hot, add the garlic, and fry for 15 seconds stirring very rapidly.
• Add the cardamom, cumin, and garam masala.
• As soon as the spices begin to sizzle and become fragrant (3-5 seconds), turn off the heat and pour the spiced butter and spices over the meat.
• Add the cream and stir to combine the ingredients.
• Allow the lamb to then rest at room temperature for 2 hours.
• When ready to serve, taste for salt, then reheat the meat until piping hot and serve.
• Note: sometimes too much moisture evaporates during cooking which causes the ghee to separate from the sauce; If that happens, add a little milk or water, a tbl at a time, until the fat is re-incorporated back into the dish; Don't degrease since the ghee is a flavoring for the dish.
• Note 2- Rogan Josh improves in flavor with keeping, so I usually make it the day or two before I plan to serve it; It will keep in the fridge for 3 days, and freezes well.
• Note 3- serve with basmati rice.

MUSHROOM ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan.
• Add cardamom pods, bay leaves, black peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon.
• Wait until the cloves swell up or the bay leaves begin to take on colour. This just takes a few seconds.
• Now add chopped onions, stir and fry until they are golden brown.
• Turn heat to low and add garlic, ginger, chillies, coriander powder, cumin powder, salt, garam masala, paprika, tomato puree and stir to mix.
• Cool this mixture by placing pan into a bowl of cold water.
• Now put in a tablespoon of yoghurt one spoon at a time incorporating it into the sauce each time before adding any more. Then add mushrooms and stir to mix. Turn heat to medium low, cover and simmer for about 10 - 15 minutes or until the sauce has reduced and turned fairly thick or until the mushrooms are cooked.

SIMPLE LAMB ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• In a food processor, blend together the garlic, onion, ginger, all of the ground spices, salt and tomato paste.
• Heat the oil in a large saucepan or flameproof casserole and add the lamb pieces and cardamom pods. Quickly fry until the lamb is browned all over. This may need to be done in 2 batches, depending on the size of your pan. Stir in the spicy paste and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Pour in the lager and bring to a simmer. Cover with a lid and cook for about 1-1¼ hours, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has thickened and the lamb is lovely and tender.
• Leave the dish to relax for 5 minutes before serving.

INDIAN BEEF RISSOLES WITH ROGAN JOSH GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat ovento 180C fan forced (200C normal).
• Heat a little vegetable oil in a pan and gently sauté spring onion and 2 minced garlic cloves until tender and then combine with the mince, yoghurt, garam masala, chilli paste, seasonings and 2 heaped tablespoon chopped coriander (I omitted).
• Form the mixture into 8 rissoles and flour each one and place on 1 - 2 lightly oiled baking trays and then cook the rissoles in the oven for about 15 minutes, turning after 7 minutes and then drain well (I had very little fat to drain as I used a very lean mince).
• While the rissoles are cooking, heat a little oil in a fry pan (he recommended a wok though on the programme he used a fry pan) and sauté the brown onion and 2 sliced garlic cloves until tender.
• Add the curry paste with the cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaves and mix well and briefly cook to toast the spices. and then add about 1 cup coconut cream with the tomatoes, 1/2 cup stock and seasonings and cook for about 5 minutes until reduced quite heavily, adding more coconut cream and/or stock as needed, taste for seasoning.
• Arrange the rissoles on a large plate (or individual plates), spoon plenty of sauce over the top and sprinkle with the remaining coriander (omitted).
• Serve with steamed rice (I also serve with some steamed vegetables).