Rogan josh is an aromatic curried meat dish from Kashmiri cuisine dating to the Mughal Empire. Food historian Lizzie Collingham traces its origin to a Persian preparation the Mughals brought to North India in the sixteenth century, later adapted with local Kashmiri herbs and spices as rulers sought the region's cooler mountain climate in summer. The dish is traditionally made with lamb or mutton braised in a gravy flavored with garlic, ginger and aromatic spices such as clove, bay leaf, cardamom and cinnamon, with its distinctive deep red color coming from the dried root of Alkanna tinctoria or from Kashmiri red chilies, and meat often finished using the slow-cooking dampokhtak technique. Rogan josh holds a central place in the wazwan, the traditional multi-course Kashmiri feast, though Western adaptations that add tomatoes are disputed by traditionalists as inauthentic.
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Origin Period, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own account Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountKashmir, North India (originally a Persian dish, adapted after the Mughals brought it north) 1 Classification
Dietary SuitabilitySourced to the subject's own accountContains Meat or Poultry 1 FAQs
What gives rogan josh its deep red color?
The color traditionally comes from alkanet root or flowers, or from Kashmiri red chilli. In the West, tomatoes are often used instead.
Traditionally the deep red color comes from the dried flowers or root of Alkanna tinctoria, a plant also called dyer's alkanet or ratan jot, or from Kashmiri red chilli. In the West, tomatoes are often used instead.
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WikipediaOrigin section, first paragraph, first and second sentences
In Persian cuisine, rogan josh was a dish of meat fried in hot butter. It was brought to North India by the Mughals in the 16th century.
Introduction
Rogan josh (Kashmiri: [roːɡan d͡ʒoːʃ]); English: /ˌroʊɡən ˈdʒɒʃ/), also spelled roghan josh or roghan ghosht, is an aromatic curried meat dish in Kashmiri cuisine, from the time of the Mughal Empire.
- Uses Ingredient: Goat Meat, Infobox main_ingredient field: Lamb or goat, alkanet root
In Cuisine: Kashmiri Cuisine, lead paragraph
Rogan josh (Kashmiri: [roːɡan d͡ʒoːʃ]); English: /ˌroʊɡən ˈdʒɒʃ/), also spelled roghan josh or roghan ghosht, is an aromatic curried meat dish in Kashmiri cuisine, from the time of the Mughal Empire.
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Wikidata Q1135831, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Open Questions (1 open question)
What year marks the close of rogan josh's origin period as a distinct Kashmiri dish, after the Mughals brought the Persian original north in the 16th century?
Wikipedia's Origin section documents rogan josh being brought to North India by the Mughals in the 16th century and becoming a staple of the Kashmiri wazwan, but narrates this as a continuing evolution (through a later British Indian restaurant form) with no year or reign given for when the dish's Kashmiri identity was established. No defensible closing year for the origin period was found in the source.
What would resolve this A dated primary or secondary source (a Mughal-era or early colonial Kashmiri court or culinary record, or a peer-reviewed food-history study) naming when rogan josh became a recognized, named Kashmiri dish rather than an ongoing Persian import.
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