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Recipe Review-Rogan Josh. Indian book
« on: November 28, 2009, 07:40:35 am »
Rogan Josh-Red Meat Stew
Indian Cooking page 98

I found that when cooked this was very, very dry and in fact burnt in the dish, despite being watched fairly carefully.
If I make it again I will put in at least 200ml of water.

I would also mill the whole spices for much longer as I found there were bits of everything throughout the dish.

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Recipe 2/5
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Re: Recipe Review-Rogan Josh. Indian book
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2009, 01:21:23 pm »
Thanks for that cookie. Frustrating, isn't it, when recipes aren't terribly correct? :-[
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Re: Recipe Review-Rogan Josh. Indian book
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2009, 07:40:39 am »
i agree and I also used ground cinnamon instead of cinnamon stick. I milled the pepper corns and cardomon seeds (used seeds instead of pods) first to a powder and then set to one side before following the recipe. This seems to make for a better dish
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Re: Recipe Review-Rogan Josh. Indian book
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2009, 02:54:44 pm »
Cookie I like the Recipe Review, with the score system you have:

Flavour/5
Recipe/5

Good thinking, and will use this standard myself in future.

Maybe add Personal Tweaks or Variation to a standard Review as well. Good to keep it simple as you have.
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Rogan Josh - F & E Indian Cooking
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2010, 05:36:36 am »
This was delicious!

A couple of points:

1. Use gravy or shin beef and cut meat into large pieces as mentioned in recipe
2. Grind the whole spices after cooking in the ghee. There's nothing worse than chewing on a whole cardamom pod!
3. In a fan-forced oven, reduce heat to around 160. The edges were a bit burnt in my casserole after 2 hours.


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Re: Rogan Josh - F & E Indian Cooking
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2010, 06:05:00 am »
Excuse my ignorance but what is F & E Indian Cooking MJ ??? :P :P
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Re: Rogan Josh - F & E Indian Cooking
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2010, 07:32:22 am »
Judy, I think she means the Fast & Easy Indian Cooking book.  :)
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Re: Rogan Josh - F & E Indian Cooking
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2010, 08:31:38 am »
I can't believe I asked that stupid question  :P :P ;D ;D  Thanks Julie  :-*
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Re: Rogan Josh - F & E Indian Cooking
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2010, 08:32:49 am »
Quote from: judydawn on March 28, 2010, 08:31:38 am
I can't believe I asked that stupid question  :P :P ;D ;D  Thanks Julie  :-*

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Re: Rogan Josh - F & E Indian Cooking
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2010, 10:04:10 am »
 :D Sorry JD, I was trying to be brief!
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Re: Rogan Josh - F & E Indian Cooking
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2010, 05:18:49 am »
Thanks MJ - sounds more promising than previous review when cookie1 tried it.
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Re: Rogan Josh - F & E Indian Cooking
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2010, 07:26:54 am »
MJ you obviously didn't have any trouble with lack of liquid. Perhaps I should try again. I enjoyed the flavour.
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Re: Rogan Josh - F & E Indian Cooking
« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2010, 08:32:35 am »
I thought it should be cooked in the TMX ,  not in the oven. 
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Re: Rogan Josh - F & E Indian Cooking
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2010, 10:28:52 am »
Uh oh, could be my problem. :-[
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Re: Recipe Review-Rogan Josh. Indian book
« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2010, 03:27:25 pm »
I even replied to this post, then mentioned again on my review that the spices need to be milled.
But I didn't have a problem with the liquid. It's a dry curry, but I do think the oven temp needs to be lowered.
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