Skint Dad’s Lamb Rogan Josh Fakeaway

I was delighted when Tasty Easy Lamb approached me and asked if I wanted to make a recipe using lamb.

To be honest, lamb is not something that we have on our meal plan week in, week out.

It seems to have a bad rep that it’s expensive or is eaten just as a treat, like on Easter Sunday. However, it shouldn’t be a meat to have just once a year or when you find it in the yellow sticker section.

Lamb is an easy meat to cook with, can make delicious meals and it really won’t break the bank.

Keep costs down

Trying to stay on budget with your food shop can be a struggle, but adding lamb to your meal plan isn’t actually that expensive.

Choosing diced lamb is around the same cost as buying chicken breasts and it’s just as versatile.

Even a leg of lamb may seem expensive, but there is enough meat to do your Sunday roast, plus have leftovers for the following week, meaning you can stretch two meals.

So, what did I decide to make? It was an obvious choice…

Skint Dad’s Lamb Rogan Josh

I love my curries!

Whether it’s eating in a curry house with friends or getting a take out at the weekend, the flavours and aromas make my mouth water just thinking about them.

However, when you’re skint, getting enough money together for a night out isn’t high on my priority list.

Instead, it’s far easier to grab some ingredients from the supermarket and try making my own fakeaway.

Fakeaways don’t just have to be for a special occasion or at the weekends. In fact, this Lamb Rogan Josh Fakeaway is quick and easy so is perfect for a weeknight treat as well.

You don’t need to spend ages with this recipe as there’s no need to marinate the meat before cooking. There are plenty of flavours to make this lamb rogan josh recipe really tasty.

This recipe uses store cupboard basic ingredients. The spices used are versatile and can be used in so many other dishes, so I find it handy to always have some to hand.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 finely chopped onion
• 15g crushed ginger
• 4 cloves crushed garlic
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp cumin
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• 300g diced lamb
• 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 150ml natural yoghurt
• fresh mint

How to cook Lamb Rogan Josh Fakeaway

Heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the ginger, garlic, cinnamon, cumin, coriander and chilli flakes and fry for one minute.

Add the onion and gently cook for 5 minutes until soft.

Add the lamb and cook for a further 5 minutes making sure all the meat is browned.

Mix in the tinned tomatoes and tomato puree.

Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 25 minutes.

In the meantime, begin the cook the rice and mix the yoghurt (keeping one tbsp yoghurt back) with mint in a side bowl.

Stir in one tbsp yoghurt before you dish up.

Devour!

Written in collaboration with Tasty Easy Lamb