Topic: Chicken Rogan Josh

[Chris303]

Serves 1
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[Ingredients]

1 tbsp x Rice Bran Oil
1 tbsp x Butter Ghee
1 tbsp x Rogan Josh Masala
1 tsp x Chile Powder
1 tsp x Paprika Powder
1 x Chicken Breast (diced)
1 x 250ml Balti base sauce (preheated)
1 tbsp x Tomato Paste (mixed with 1 tbsp water)
4 tbsp x Chopped Tomatoes
2 tbsp x Finely chopped onions
1 x Garlic Clove (finely chopped)
1" x Fresh Ginger Root (finely chopped)
2 tbsp x Fresh Chopped Coriander
50ml x Fresh Yougurt

[Method]

Nb: At all steps use the chef's spoon and press everything into the pan in a circular motion,
making sure nothing sticks at any point.

1. Heat the Oil and Ghee in the pan.

2. Add the Garlic and Ginger and fry until it starts to brown.

3. Add the chopped Onion and fry for about 30 seconds.

4. Add the tomato paste and stir through. 

5. Add the chicken and continue cooking for about 5 minutes

6. Add and fry the spices for about a 30 seconds, again making sure that nothing burns or sticks.

7. Add a little base. And keep adding more as it starts to cook off and oil rises, until it has all been added

8. Once it starts to thicken a little check the chicken is ready, add the Yougurt and Coriander for 30 seconds.

Done.

[Chris303]

[ast]

Nice one Chris!

Looks like one to try.  Thanks for posting the recipe and pix. ;D

Cheers,

ast

[mike travis]

Yet another one to add to my to do list! Thanks for that. Nice.  ;D

[Chris303]

link to masala

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,2477.0.html

[JerryM]

Chris303,

looks seriously good and just up my street.

i am very interested in the rogan josh masala seeing the black cardamom which i had recently banished from my spices (too overpowering). i'll keep an open mind though. the pics are fantastic. will certainly give it a go this week.

looks a real gem of a recipe.

[JerryM]

Chris303,

meal went down very well (indeed) and now on my "make often list" along with CTM.

the rogan josh masala turned out very interesting. when roasting the black cardamom i took off the husk partway and discarded them. i think this helped cap the otherwise strong overpowering tendency. i very much liked the finished masala but on tasting the powder i felt the black cardamom did overpower and for future would reduce from 4 to 2 off. after making powder and tasting i refined slightly by roasting and adding my fav 1 tsp star anise which i always find adds a little something.

surprisingly though the black cardamom was not too overpowering in the finished dish (above still holds good though i feel). what i did feel was that the dish was slightly over spiced and i will in future reduce from 1 tbsp of rogan josh masala per portion to say 2 tsp. (this was surprising as last week your madras had opened my mind to increasing the depth of spice by going up from 1 tsp of spice to 3 tsp per portion - i think the need to reduce in this case is down to the strength of the individual spices in this masala)

in terms of cooking for ease i would combine the tomato paste and spices to add in 1 go. i did not fry the chopped onion enough (need to get it starting to brown) and need to do better next time which i think will also improve the result.

i really gelled with the chopped toms which i added just at the end once the rest of the base had warmed through. i used 1/2 tin of toms but next time would use fresh - again this would improve significantly my result.

i used the saffron base which i felt had too much turmeric in and again next time will reduce this so as to improve my result.

overall got to be 10/10. the colour, the smell, the texture...

many, many thanks

[Rai]

overall got to be 10/10. the colour, the smell, the texture...

Jerrym, I can't understand, if you give it 10/10, why you advocate changing so many things?  Maybe youre aiming to 12/10? 

[JerryM]

sorry,

what i was trying to say is - as made to the exact recipe something like 6 or 7/10 (for my personal taste buds)

with the changes i feel it would come out at 10/10 (again for my buds which are targeted towards tomato, garlic, onion & a little chilli).

[Bobby Bhuna]

That looks beautiful! I'll be trying this one out!