Indian · Dinner

Lamb Rogan Josh

Name: Lamb Rogan Josh
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 105 min
Total time: 125 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2½ lb boneless lamb shoulder, cut into 1.5-inch chunks; 2 large yellow onion, finely diced; 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt, whisked smooth; 2 medium Roma tomato, chopped; 8 garlic cloves, minced; 2 tbsp fresh ginger, minced; 3 tbsp ghee; 1 tsp fennel seeds, lightly crushed; 5 green cardamom pods, lightly crushed; 2 black cardamom pods, lightly crushed; 4 whole cloves; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 bay leaves; 2 tsp kashmiri chili powder; 1½ tsp ground cumin; 1½ tsp ground coriander; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp garam masala; ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped; 2 cups basmati rice, rinsed; 2 tsp kosher salt; 3 cups water

Kashmiri-spiced lamb, yogurt-onion gravy and fennel-cardamom warmth.

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Prep: 20 min
Cook: 105 min
Makes: 6 servings
Skill: Comfortable
Heat: Medium, adjustable

Halal Contains dairy

Maui says

Adding the yogurt slowly, tablespoon by tablespoon, off the heat - this is the trick that separates restaurant rogan josh from home cook rogan josh. Dump it in at once and it curdles into sad little white specks.

Ingredients

Everything below makes 6 servings.

2½ lbboneless lamb shouldercut into 1.5-inch chunks
2 largeyellow onionfinely diced
1 cupplain whole-milk yogurtwhisked smooth
2 mediumRoma tomatochopped
8garlic clovesminced
2 tbspfresh gingerminced
3 tbspghee
1 tspfennel seedslightly crushed
5green cardamom podslightly crushed
2black cardamom podslightly crushed
4whole cloves
1cinnamon stick
2bay leaves
2 tspkashmiri chili powder
1½ tspground cumin
1½ tspground coriander
½ tspground turmeric
1 tspgaram masala
¼ cupfresh cilantrochopped
2 cupsbasmati ricerinsed
2 tspkosher salt
3 cupswater

In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.

Nutrition

Per serving, as written.

520calories
38gprotein
14gcarbs
32gfat

Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.

Instructions

Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.

Before you start

Cube lamb shoulder 1.5 inches; pat dry.
Finely dice onion. Mince garlic and ginger. Chop tomato.
Whisk yogurt smooth. Lightly crush cardamoms and fennel seeds.
Chop a small handful of cilantro.
Rinse basmati.

Sear lamb

Heat ghee in dutch oven over medium-high. Season lamb with salt. Sear in batches 3 min per side until deeply browned. Remove.

15 min · hands on

Bloom whole spices

Add remaining ghee. Add fennel, both cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, bay - bloom 45 sec until very fragrant.

1 min · hands on

Onion base

Add onions and salt. Cook 10-12 min over medium, stirring often, until deeply golden - don't rush, this builds the gravy color.

12 min · hands on

Spice paste

Add garlic and ginger; cook 1 min. Add tomato; cook 4 min, mashing, until jammy. Stir in kashmiri chili, cumin, coriander, turmeric - toast 30 sec.

6 min · hands on

Add yogurt

Reduce heat to low. Stir in yogurt 1 tbsp at a time, letting each addition meld before adding the next - this prevents the yogurt from splitting. Should take 4-5 min total.

5 min · hands on

Braise

Return lamb and any juices. Add 1.5 cups water and remaining salt. Bring to simmer, cover, reduce to low, braise 75 min until lamb is fork-tender. Stir once at 40 min.

75 min · hands off

Rice

Last 25 min of braise: combine rice with water and salt. Bring to boil, cover, simmer low 15 min, off heat 10.

25 min · hands off

Finish

Uncover lamb. Stir in garam masala. Simmer uncovered 5 min if gravy needs reducing. Taste, adjust salt. Scatter cilantro.

5 min · hands on

Serve

Ladle rogan josh over rice.

1 min · hands on

Make it yours

Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.

Instead of lamb shoulder Goat shoulder

Goat needs ~15 min more braise - leaner, takes longer to break down. Adds about 15 minutes.

Instead of lamb shoulder Beef chuck (cubed)

Sub beef chuck 1:1; braise time stays same.

Instead of basmati rice Naan

Warm naan 1 min per side.

Instead of basmati rice Cauliflower rice

Saute cauliflower rice 4 min with salt. Saves about 10 minutes.

What keeps

Tastes BETTER day 2 - the deep braise rewards rest. Keeps 4 days; freezes 2 months.

Make rice fresh.

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