Sharwood's Rogan Josh Paste

Sharwoods Rogan Josh paste is one in a range of ready made pastes from Sharwoods, others being chicken tikka massala and korma. I picked up a handful of packets from my local Home Bargain Store for about 19p each and thought I'd give them a try. Basically they are packets of curry paste, the Rogan Josh one including ginger, cumin, coriander, cardamon, paprika and many other spices besides. I didn't have lamb in the fridge, so cooked chicken instead (this is probably some kind of curry sacrilege). You simply fry the meat, add the packet of paste, a tin of chopped tomatoes and some yoghurt. I found that the curry this made was pretty spicy, so simply added more ...  Read the complete review

Tonight we had a curry and as my curry making is not very good without a little help I need to use one of the ready made sauces and this Rogan Josh Paste from Sharwoods is an excellent sauce. I decided on Lamb Rogan Josh as I feel a dark meat combines better with the tomato base of this sauce. There area couple of ways that you can cook this, either in a casserole dish in the oven for 90 minutes or as I did using a wok or pan, I diced the lamb and fried it for a few minutes, then I added sme chopped mushrooms and onion to it and cooked it a little longer before adding the sauce from the jar and then allowing it to simmer for a few minutes while the rice ...  Read the complete review