Lamb Rogan Josh

by Hana Novak

6 servings

Onion Paste (Optional)

• 3 tbspneutral oil
• 2 ½ cupsshallots or yellow onion
• 4 to 6 tbspplain yogurt

Rogan Josh

• 1000 gbone-in lamb or goat, shoulder or leg
• 4 to 6 tbspghee or mustard oil
• 2 leavesbay leaf
• 6 podsgreen cardamom pods
• 2cinnamon stick (2.5 cm piece)
• 6 to 8whole cloves
• 2 podsblack cardamom pod
• 1 cupplain yogurt (curd), at room temperature and not sour
• 2 to 3 tbspKashmiri chili powder
• 4 tspground fennel (saunf powder)
• 2 tspdry ginger powder (sonth)
• 1 ½ tspsalt
• ½ tspasafoetida (hing)
• 2 cupshot water or lamb stock
• 2 to 8 cupsmore hot water, as needed
• 2 tspgaram masala