3 Reviews of Rogan Josh (Kashmiri Lamb Curry)

From: mianbao

On Nov 18, 2006

This is very good, and was a lot of fun to try. I made the curry yesterday evening to eat today, and also made Mischka's garam masala. Once I knew that 1 Australian tablespoon equaled 4 US teaspoons, or 20 ml, it was easy to scale the recipe for my 600 g lamb. I did use black poppy seeds in the spice paste, rather than white ones, and was missing one spice for the garam masala, but the resulting curry is very flavorful, but not particulary hot. It took quite a while to cook the spice paste until I could see some oil, but the instructions were clear, and the rest of the cooking was easy. Thank you very much for posting this delicious recipe.

From: Leggy Peggy

On May 13, 2007

In the past, I've used a pre-made paste to make Rogan Josh, but those days are over. This was made as written (with store-bought garam masala — couldn't find nigella seeds today) and was completely delicious. Mischka, you are right, no extra liquid was needed at step 9. Made and reviewed for Pick a Chef. I couldn't have found a better adoptee.

From: French Tart

On Aug 19, 2008

I used my own spice mix for this recipe, Garam Masala - Aromatic Kashmiri Spice Blend for Spicy Cooking! and it worked very well with all the other ingredients! I am a HUGE curry fan and have known lots of Indian and Pakistani people over the years.......this was not as authentic as I have tasted and tried in the past; it was not as buttery as I expected it to be, given the amount of lamb used - Rogan means clarified butter in Persian, and this dish needs to be very buttery and creamy - maybe next time I try this I will use less lamb or use more butter AND yoghurt. A VERY tasty recipe however - the spice paste was a little overpowering - maybe this took away from the buttery taste as well.......again, I may modify the paste next time to be less dominant. A wonderful curry nevertheless, thanks Mischka, and well worth the cost of a very expensive piece of local fresh lamb! I cooked this for friends and we all rated it as a delicious 4 stars! Made for the Aussie/NZ recipe swap #19 - many thanks for an excuse to try out a personal favourite! FT