Best Rogan Josh Stew Recipes

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.

ROGAN JOSH STEW

Steps:

• Put the ginger, garlic, and 4 tablespoons water in blender;Blend well until you have a smooth paste.
• Heat the oil in a wok to medium high heat; 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 color.
• Now put in the onions; Stir and fry for about 5 minutes or until the onions turn a medium brown color.
• Put in the ginger garlic paste and stir for 30 seconds. Add the ground coriander, cumin, paprika and cayenne and fry for 30 seconds until the "raw" smell of the spices disappears; add a splash of hot water if the mixture starts to stick, this will prevent thhe spices from burning.
• Add the fried meat cubes and juices and stir for 30 seconds.
• Now put in 1/6 of the yoghurt; Stir and fry for 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 the rest of the broth (a little more for beef than lamb).
• 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 an hour if lamb and two if beef.
• 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 a 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 masala and black pepper over the meat before you serve and mix them in.

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.