What is Rogan Josh?

Rogan Josh is Goat or Sheep curried in bright red colored thick curry sauce.
What is the difference between Rogan Josh and Korma
The dish included meat on bones. The fat from dish floats on top with reddish color. At the time, tomatoes had not yet arrived in India. The dish did not use Turmeric or tomatoes. The dish originated in Kashmir. The Kashmiri spices Ratan Jot, and Degi Mirch were added to give it red color. In the olden days, Ratan Jot was basically used as the natural red food color. In a way, Rogan Josh is a red-colored Korma without nuts and cream. If Ratan Jot is not available, you may use Maval petals.
It has yogurt and aromatic spices. Nowadays, Peppercorn, Cardamom, Clove, and Cinnamon are almost necessary. The meat is cut into about 1½" cubes, browned in Ghee before cooking on low heat. Rogan Josh is the best example of braised cooking in India. The meat is cooked in little water at a time on medium to low heat for long time. The resulting gravy is not soupy, it is thick but not as thick as Bhuna dishes.

Hindu Kashmir Pundits don't use onions and garlic. Muslims may not use Asafetida.
I have included my version Lamb Rogan Josh.

British Rogan Josh

Indian restaurants in UK offer this dish as just another medium strength curry made with tomatoes and onions with optional sweet bell pepper, the red food color added. In UK, Bhuna and Rogan Josh are almost same, except the Bhuna gravy is much thicker.

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