Smoky Kashmiri chile powder and wealthy ghee are the foundations of this rogan josh recipe tailored from Ahdoo’s Lodge in Srinagar, Kashmir. Cooked for weddings and different auspicious events, the Kashmiri feast, or wazwan, can function as much as 36 dishes, typically together with these tender lamb shanks. The cooks who put together the banquet are supervised by a grasp chef, or wouste waze, who’s schooled within the artwork of this meat-centric meal.
Featured in “Good Union” by Betsy Andrews within the August/September 2014 difficulty.
Makes: 4
Time: 2 hours quarter-hour
Components
- 1 Tbsp. plus 1½ tsp. Kashmiri chile powder
- 2 tsp. floor fennel
- 2 tsp. floor ginger
- 1 tsp. asafoetida
- 1 tsp. cumin seeds
- 8 inexperienced cardamom pods
- 2 mace blades, or 1 tsp. floor mace
- 1 cinnamon stick, halved
- ⅓ cup ghee
- 4 lamb shanks (about 3 lb.), halved crosswise (ask your butcher to do that)
- Kosher salt
- 2 black cardamom pods, cracked with the heel of a knife or in a mortar and pestle
- ¼ tsp. crushed saffron threads
- 2 Tbsp. coarsely chopped cilantro leaves, for serving
- Cooked white rice or naan, for serving (optionally available)
Directions
- In a small bowl, stir collectively the Kashmiri chile, fennel, ginger, asafoetida, and ½ cup of water to mix. Put aside. In a spice grinder, grind the cumin, inexperienced cardamom, mace, and cinnamon right into a powder. Put aside.
- To a big pot over medium-high warmth, add the ghee. Generously season the lamb with salt. When the ghee is scorching, working in batches, add the lamb and prepare dinner, turning a couple of times, till browned, 5–7 minutes per batch. Switch to a plate. Add the black cardamom and prepare dinner till aromatic, 1–2 minutes. Return the lamb to the pot with any juices.
- Stir within the saffron, reserved Kashmiri chile combination, and eight cups of water and convey to a boil. Flip the warmth to medium-low, cowl, and prepare dinner, stirring often, till the meat is barely tender and simply beginning to draw back from the bone, about 55 minutes.
- Stir within the reserved spice powder. Cowl and proceed cooking, stirring often, till the meat breaks aside simply when pierced with a fork, 40–45 minutes extra.
- Garnish with the cilantro and serve with rice or naan if desired.
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