Lambbeef Rogan Josh Food

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

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.

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.

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.

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.