Name: Lamb Rogan Josh
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 5 black cardamoms; 2 cinnamon sticks; Coriander leaves; 15 g red chilli powder; 2 pinches saffron; 150 g Greek yoghurt; 20 g fennel seed powder; 4 red chillis; 125 g ghee, butter or other cooking oil; 1 kg lamb shoulder or neck — diced; 5 g black peppercorns; 6 g ginger powder; 20 ml milk; Salt as required; 250 ml water; 20 g flour; 6 g cumin seeds; 3 g asafoetida; 20 g coriander powder

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

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The Chefs' Knowledge

By Chandos Elletson

Published 2022

About

A knowledge of how to use spice correctly really comes into focus when you begin to learn the basics of Indian and Pakistani cuisine. However, this has become a minefield of misinformation as so many dishes we consider to be Indian are, in actual fact, restaurant versions of originals and those restaurants that made the dishes popular in the first place were often created by immigrants were not from the region the dishes come from.

So, deciphering what is a real Indian dish and whic