Wazwaan Style Mutton Rogan Josh

Rogan Josh is the most famous curry from Kashmir which is served in wazwaan. 

Rogan josh gets its name due to the feiry red color of the dish.

Typically cockscomb flower extract is used for giving the intense color but you can use any red food color or totally skip it.

Ingredients:

1 kg mutton cut in big pieces 

1 head garlic peeled 

1 cinnamon stick 

2 black cardamom 

5 green cardamom 

5 clove 

1/2  cup fried onion paste 

1 1/2 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder mixed in little water 

1/2 tsp turmeric powder 

Ghee 1/3 cup 

Mustard oil 1/3 cup 

Cockscomb flower extract or red color 

Method :

1. In a big vessel pour 1 and half litres of  water. Add clean and washed mutton. Switch on the stove and keep it on high flame.

2. Add the garlic, salt , cinnamon, black cardamom, 3 green cardamom and 3 clove into the water.

3. Once it starts boiling collect the scum which floats and discard it.

4. Boil the mutton until half done.

5. Strain in colander and reserve the stock.

6. Discard all spices and take out the mutton pieces.

7. Bring back the stock again to boil and add the half cooked mutton.

8. Now add turmeric, chilli water and fennel seeds powder, mix well and continue to cook.

9. Add in the fried onion paste and stir well.

10.  Add melted ghee into it and cook.

11. Add the remaining green cardamom and clove.

12. Now add the color or cockscomb extract.

12. Check for seasoing.At the end add hot mustard oil and stir.

13. Once the gravy is reduced and mutton is tender switch off.

14. Serve with hot steaming rice.

Note:Fried onion paste: fry thinly chopped  2 onions in oil or ghee until golden and grind to a paste.

Fried onion paste is used instead of pran paste.

If you have pran then use the pran paste