Rogan meaning red colour Josh meaning passion or heat. Inspired by the Kashmiri region, this curry isn’t a chilli laden curry but harbours an appealingly bold flavour. By varying just a few ingredients this curry can be adapted to vegan, vegetarian, meat and pescatarian dishes.
difficulty ⭐ | spice level good hot | total time 30 mins |
this recipe needs rogue 'n' spice
ingredients
Serves 6 people
1 kg veggies or meat – sliced
3 tbsp plant-based oil of choice or ghee
1 large onion – diced
1-2 cloves of garlic – diced
2 cm of ginger – diced
400 g tin of diced tomatoes
1 cup of water or stock
method
Heat oil or ghee in a large frypan over high heat until very hot.
Add onion, garlic and ginger, cook stirring until soft and aromatic.
Add the whole spices and stir constantly for 3 minutes or until aromatic.
Add the ground spices and cook, stirring constantly for 3 minutes.
Reduce heat to medium, add the can of tomatoes and cook stirring constantly for 5 minutes.
This completes the paste process. For deeper flavour, allow the paste to cool, add meat or veggie and marinate for at least 2 hours.
Add water or stock, meat or veg, heat until boiling then reduce heat to simmer.
Cover and simmer for 20 – 30 minutes or until meat or veggies are cooked.
Perfect with basmati rice, chutney, poppadums, yoghurt, and offtherayles ‘dahl, darl?’
to serve
Coriander or baby spinach for garnishing
Plain basmati rice cooked with a kaffir lime leaf is amazing
Indian style pickles and chutneys go perfect with this
Perfect with a few pappadum, roti, or flatbread
notes
Indian cooking is about cooking layers at high temperatures and constant stirring.
Veggie suggestion – 1 kg roast zucchini and sweet potato.
Have all ingredients ready so you do not have to leave the stove!
For a more authentic flavour use ghee.