The traditional Rogan Josh curry is with meat, lamb that is. Since I’ve really only been eating vegan, or plant-based, for the past few months, I was eager to make this curry plant-based as well. Nice challenge. After quite a bit of trial and error, this variation turned out well. The taste of this Rogan Josh is slightly sweet but tangy. Usually I don’t really like a sweet taste in hot food, but the cinnamon doesn’t have the standard sweet taste (sugar). I would say, try it for yourself!
Ingredients for 2/3 persons
Rogan Josh curry with a vegan twist
- 250 chestnut mushrooms
- 1 large carrot
- 400 grams of tomatoes
- 1 large onion
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 10 cardamom pods
- ½ teaspoon tamarind
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ginger (fresh)
- 2 dried chilis
- 100 ml of water
- 150 ml of cooking milk
- Fresh coriander
For the rice
- 200 grams of basmati rice
- 4 cardamom pods
Preparing Rogan Josh curry with a vegan twist
- Chop the onions and garlic. Fry it together in a thick-bottomed pan. A wok can also be used if necessary.
- Prepare the rice according to the package and cook 4 cardamom pods with it. That gives a nice flavor.
- Slice the tomatoes, peel the carrot and chop.
- Clean and slice the mushrooms. Peel off the skin of the ginger and chop into pieces.
- Warm the pan with a little coconut oil.
- Fry the onion and garlic. Add tamarind, 10 cardamom pods, cinnamon, dried chilis (in pieces) ground coriander and the ginger.
- Tip: Sliced chilis? Watch out for rubbing your eyes afterward…don’t want sore eyes? Then put little lemon juice on your hands)
- Mix the spices well and cook with them for 2 minutes.
- Then add the mushrooms and carrot. Stir frequently until the mushrooms have shrunk slightly.
- Then add the tomatoes and the water and coconut milk. Then let it simmer for 5-10 minutes on low heat.
- Scoop up the rice, add the curry. Also delicious with a chapati or naan.
Enjoy your meal! Yummie! No sense in rogan johs? How about a lentil curry (vegan) or chickpea curry. And do you get the urge to go to India? Then read my blog about India goa🙂
