How To Make Restaurant Style Lamb Rogan Josh

Name: How To Make Restaurant Style Lamb Rogan Josh
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 800g lamb leg cut into one inch pieces; 4 tablespoons ghee or vegetable oil; 750ml heated curry sauce - Link to recipe above; 2 tablespoons paprika; 1 teaspoon red chilli powder (or more to taste); 2 tablespoons cashew paste (Simply pound a cashews with a little water into a paste); 2 tablespoons garlic and ginger paste (not used at all restaurants for rogan josh); 1 tablespoon cumin; 3 tablespoons plain yogurt; 1 tablespoon garam masala; salt and pepper to taste; 1 tablespoon dried fenugreek leaves; 3 tablespoons chopped coriander

July 18, 2011 By Dan Toombs 73 Comments

Rogan josh – usually but not always made with lamb, is an Indian restaurant classic.

A true favourite… Lamb rogan josh.

This rogan josh recipe is simply delicious and exactly as I have seen it made at so many popular curry houses! I have been making this for years and though I love more authentic Indian recipes, there is something about a UK curry house rogan josh.

With more authentic Indian rogan josh cooking methods, this curry needs to slowly simmer for a few hours. It needs to in order for the meat to become tender and to flavour the sauce.

With British curry house style cooking, rogan josh can be whipped up much faster. That said, there is some forward preparation to do.

The idea behind curry house style cooking, like this rogan josh, is to get the curries out to the customers in minutes while make the curry taste like it has been slowly simmering for hours.

The secret to an amazing rogan josh using curry house methods.

To make cooking faster at curry houses, a base curry sauce is used. The base curry sauce is great because it can be made in large batches. It freezes really well so you can quickly make your favourite curry in minutes whenever you’re getting the curry takeaway craving.

You can check out my authentic curry house style base curry sauce here. As I explain in my base sauce recipe, the sauce can be pimped up by adding different meat or vegetable stocks to it but it is usually just made with vegetables and water.

Another secret is pre-cooked meat. If chefs at Indian restaurants didn’t pre-cook the meat, it would take much longer to get the curries out to the table and your bill would be much higher too. I have a pre-cooked meat recipe here which is perfect for this rogan josh.

What main ingredient should I use in a rogan josh?

Authentic rogan josh originated in the Kashmir region of India where mutton is the meat of choice. ‘rogan josh’ translates as red meat and this curry is famous for the use of red meat and the fact that the sauce is quite red in colour.

At curry houses, however it is all about the sauce. A rogan josh can be ordered with lamb, chicken, vegetables, prawns, minced meat, panner for example. When you are making this rogan josh curry at home, you can add the main ingredient of your choice.

In this recipe I use lamb as that is what I prefer but use what you like. You’re making it… make it the way you want.

Some of the essential ingredients. Garlic paste, cashew paste and yorgurt.

The essential spices, paprika, garam masala, cumin, coriander powder and fenugreek leaves.

Melt the ghee/oil over medium high heat and pour in the spices.

Stir it all up and then plop in the garlic and ginger paste.

Stir the garlic and ginger paste into the spiced ghee and then add the base curry sauce.

Stir in the meat and some of the cooking juices from your pre cooked meat.

A little of the spiced stock from the pre-cooked meat adds a lot of delicious flavour.

Add the cashew paste and stir it in. Then add the yogurt, stirring continuously one tablespoon at a time.

To finish, sprinkle in the dried fenugreek leaves, check for seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste.

Here are some more curry house favourites you might like to try!

Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken Korma
Chicken Madras
Chicken Dhansak
Lamb Vindaloo
Chicken Chilli Garlic
Chicken Patia
Lamb Bhuna

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