Lamb Rogan Josh

by Hana Novak

3 servings

Onion Paste (Optional)

• 1 ½ tbspneutral oil
• 1 ¼ cupsshallots or yellow onion
• 2 to 3 tbspplain yogurt

Rogan Josh

• 500 gbone-in lamb or goat, shoulder or leg
• 2 to 3 tbspghee or mustard oil
• 1 leafbay leaf
• 3 podsgreen cardamom pods
• 1cinnamon stick (2.5 cm piece)
• 3 to 4whole cloves
• 1 podblack cardamom pod
• ½ cupplain yogurt (curd), at room temperature and not sour
• 1 to 1 ½ tbspKashmiri chili powder
• 2 tspground fennel (saunf powder)
• 1 tspdry ginger powder (sonth)
• ¾ tspsalt
• ¼ tspasafoetida (hing)
• 1 cuphot water or lamb stock
• 1 to 4 cupsmore hot water, as needed
• 1 tspgaram masala