Mutton Rogan Josh Recipe

Ingredients

500 gms mutton
1 ratanjot
500 gms onions
1 bay leaf
2 black cardamom
1 cinnamon stick
5-6 coriander leaves
1 tsp coriander powder
2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
2 tsp salt
7-8 whole black pepper
4 tbl spoons ghee / clarified powder
100 gms ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp hing / asafoetida
3 cloves
1 tsp roasted jeera/cumin powder
1 cup beaten curd / yogurt

Instructions

1) wash the mutton pieces with water and soak them on kitchen towel, keep aside
2) take a kadai/skillet add ghee / clarified butter
3) add hing / asafoetida, and all dry spices
4) add finely ground onions and ginger garlic paste
5) add salt and cook for 5-6 minutes at medium high flame
6) add the mutton and keep cooking for around 20 mins
7) while cooking mutton if gravy dries, add little water/chicken stock 

 add roasted jeera powder while cooking mutton
9) add ratanjot, curd, chicken stock, and kashmiri red chilli powder
10) add 1 cup of water
11) cover with lid, lower flame to simmer and cook for 20 more mins
12) serve hot and enjoy with naan/roti/chapatis/rice

Notes

Tip : add the Kashmiri red chilli powder to a cup of water and then add to the gravy mixture this avoids burning of spices in the gravy and also offers gravy enough water to cook the mutton