Lambbeef Rogan Josh Recipes

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.

MUTTON ROGAN JOSH RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oil or ghee in a heavy bottom pot and add bay leaf, green cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves and black cardamoms. (If you opt for the ground spices, add them later.)
• When the spices begin to sizzle in oil, add mutton and sear it for 1 to 2 minute on a high heat.
• Reduce the heat to medium and fry for another 4 to 5 minutes until the meat is slightly brown.
• While you fry the meat, add yogurt to a mixing bowl. Also add ground spices - red chilli powder, fennel powder, dried ginger powder and salt.
• Whisk all of them well. If your yogurt is too thick (like Greek yogurt), add 3 to 4 tablespoons of water or stock and whisk it well until smooth.
• Once the meat is light brown in color, add hing to the oil. Take the pot off the stove and slowly stir in the spice and yogurt mixture.
• Mix well and place the pot back on the stove. Cook covered for 3 to 4 minutes on a medium heat.
• Pour 1 cup hot water or stock. Cook covered on a low heat until tender, adding more hot water if required.
• Stir rogan josh every 7 to 8 minutes. When it is done, the mutton pieces should be soft, tender and fall off the bone.
• The cook time depends on the kind of pot, source of heat and the intensity of heat. Do not forget to add more hot water (if required) as you cook.
• The gravy in Rogan josh is neither runny nor too thick but is slightly thick as the some of the bone marrow seeps into the liquids. This results can be achieved only by slow cooking the dish.
• Taste test and add more salt if required. Turn off the heat and rest for few hours before serving. This helps to develop the flavors.
• Serve rogan josh with Butter Naan, Basmati Rice, Paratha or Roti. It is best served with plain rice.

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.

LAMB/BEEF ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• Put the ginger, garlic, and 4 tablespoons water into the container of an electric blender. Blend well until you have a smooth paste
• Heat the oil in a wide, heavy pot over a medium high flame. Brown the meat cubes in several batches and set to one side. Put the cardamom, bay leaves, cloves, peppercorns and cinnamon into the same hot oil. Stir once and wait until the cloves swell and the bay leaves begin to take on colour. This just takes a few seconds.
• Now put in the onions. Stir and fry for about 5 minutes or until the onions turn a medium brown colour. Put in the ginger garlic paste and stir for 30 seconds. Then add the coriander, cumin, paprika-cayenne, and salt. Stir and fry for another 30 seconds. Add the fried meat cubes and juices. Stir for 30 seconds.
• Now put in 1 tablespoon of the yoghurt. Stir and fry for about 30 seconds or until the yoghurt is well blended. Add the remaining yoghurt, a tablespoon at a time, in the same way. Stir and fry for another 3 - 4 minutes.
• Now add ½ pint (275ml) of water if you are cooking lamb (3/4 pint (425ml) water if you are cooking beef). Bring the contents of the pot to a boil, scraping in all browned spices on the sides and bottom of the pot. Cover, turn heat to low and simmer for about half an hour if you are cooking lamb (2 hours if you are cooking beef), or until meat is tender. Every 10 minutes or so, 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. You should end up with tender meat in a thick, reddish brown sauce. All the fat that collects in the pot may be spooned off the top. Sprinkle the Garam Marsala and black pepper over the meat before you serve and mix them in.

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

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.

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.

BEEF ROGAN JOSH

Steps:

• Add the garam masala, chilli powder, turmeric, paprika, allspice, cumin, cinnamon stick and pepper to a large dry heavy based saucepan and heat over a high heat until very aromatic.
• Add the butter and oil and heat until smoking, followed by the onions and stir fry for about 5 minutes until soft. Add the garlic and ginger, frying for a further minute before adding the beef. Brown off the beef then add the tomato quarters and lime juice and cook for a further five minutes.
• Next add the tinned tomatoes and the beef stock, bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for about an hour and 20 minutes, until the beef is really tender and the sauce is lovely and thick. Add the coriander 10 minutes before the cooking is finished, allow to stand for at least 10 minutes then serve with pilau rice and naan bread.