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Mutton Rogan Josh: A Special Dish

When popular mutton dishes are discussed, the name of Rogan Josh definitely comes up. Its specialty is the wonderful aroma of spices, thick gravy, attractive red color and soft mutton. However, many times when making it at home, we do not get the same taste and color that we get in restaurants.

Tips to make delicious Rogan Josh

The main reason for this could be not roasting the mutton properly, imbalance of spices or not cooking the gravy for sufficient time. But if some important things are kept in mind, then very tasty and aromatic mutton rogan josh can be made at home also.

It is important to fry the mutton thoroughly.

Heat mustard oil or oil of your choice in a heavy bottomed pan or pressure cooker. When the oil becomes hot, reduce the flame and add bay leaves, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon.

When the whole spices start giving out aroma, add the mutton pieces. Stir-fry the mutton well with the spices for a few minutes. Cook it until the color of the mutton starts changing and a good coating of spices starts appearing on it.

This initial roasting is important in improving the flavor of Rogan Josh.

Take special care while adding curd

In a separate vessel, beat the curd well so that there are no lumps in it. Lower the flame and add the curd to the mutton little by little. While adding curd, keep stirring continuously.

This reduces the chances of the curd curdling and the gravy also becomes smoother.

After mixing curd, add Kashmiri red chilli, fennel powder and dry ginger powder. Fry all the spices well with the mutton. Avoid cooking the spices on high flame, because if they burn, the taste of the entire gravy may become bitter.

Cook the spices until oil leaves.

When the spices are roasted well and oil starts appearing on the sides of the pan, then understand that the spices have been cooked well. Now prepare gravy by adding hot water as per requirement.

After this, cover the mutton and let it cook on low flame. By cooking on low flame, the mutton gradually softens and the flavor of the spices also gets absorbed well.

If using a pressure cooker, cook the mutton until it is completely cooked.

Pay attention to the consistency of the gravy.

When the mutton becomes soft, open the lid and check the gravy. If the gravy seems too thin, cook without the lid for some time. This will reduce the excess water and the gravy will start thickening.

When a light layer of oil starts appearing on top and the gravy becomes of desired consistency, turn off the gas.

Let it rest for a while before serving.

Instead of serving mutton rogan josh immediately after it is ready, keep it covered for a few minutes. Due to this, the flavor of the spices gets mixed well with the mutton and gravy and the taste becomes even better.

Serve hot Rogan Josh with rice, naan, roti or tandoori roti. By following the correct roasting and slow cooking process, you can prepare flavourful and aromatic mutton rogan josh at home too.