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Alkanet root, better known as Ratan jot / Ratan Joth, is traditionally used to add color to Indian food. It is the original natural food coloring that gives the famous Kashmiri dish rogan josh its signature red color. Sadly, these days, artificial food colors have replaced ratan jot in tandoori chicken and the traditional Kashmiri rogan josh has been butchered with the use of tomatoes. It is also known as Ratan joot, Onosma, Orchanet, Alkanna Tinctoria, Vembalam Pattai, Alkanet, vempala? pa???yi, vembaalam pattee, Vembala? pa???yi, Laljari, Vembalam pattai, Baal Jad, Buglosse Azuree, Yatilung, Laljari, Maharanga, Thavittu vembala, Dyer’s bugloss, Spanish Bugloss, Languedoc Bugloss.