One-pan rogan josh
By Sara Buenfeld
Cooking time
Prep: 35 mins Cook: 1 hr - 1 hr, 15 minsSkill level
EasyServings
Serves 6This lamb curry's a popular restaurant classic that's really easy to make at home
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Freezable
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 386
- protein
- 37g
- carbs
- 6g
- fat
- 24g
- saturates
- 9g
- fibre
- 0g
- sugar
- 3g
- salt
- 0.54g
Ingredients
- 2 onions, quartered
- 4 tbsp sunflower oil
- 4 garlic cloves, finely crushed
- thumb-size piece fresh root ginger, peeled and very finely grated
- 2 tbsp Madras curry paste
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 6 green cardamom, bashed to break the shells
- 4 cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 1kg lean leg of lamb, cut into generous cubes
- 150ml Greek yogurt
- chopped coriander, to garnish
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Method
- 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.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2009
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
Delicious. Cooked this alongside the chicken tikka masala also on this site for a dinner party and this was the clear winner. The meat was fabulously tender and the sauce was nice and dry. I think we cooked it for a little longer than it suggests to make sure the lamb was almost to the point of falling apart. Will be making it again.
Great dish with lovely flavurs.
I used rogan josh paste instead of madras and the water amount is correct , as slow simmer thickens the curry sauce just like in a restaurant. make sue you use 3 tablespoons of the curry paste and must squash the cardomon pods before you put in pot for all the flavours to come to gether than you be onto a winner:)
My husband and I love curries and have made many, After reading many of the comments about this dish I was a little dubious as to how the end result would be.........what was I worried about!!!! Are these people reading the recipe correctly?? I followed it exactly and the result was amazing. The best curry we have ever had! I used pataks curry paste- 2 tablespoons of, and it was the perfect heat, not too mild and not overpoweringly hot but just enough bite to let all the other flavours come through. we will be hard pushed to beat this recipe!
A gorgeous, easy curry.I've used this recipe a few times now and each and every attempt has been a success - both family and friends love it.
I used Pataks mild curry paste instead of madras curry paste as I don't like currys to be too hot. The mild curry paste still packs a decent kick!
Make it Vegetarian by using quorn chicken pieces instead of lamb and add some green/yellow peppers and tomatoes also.
Makes enough for 2-3 servings.
