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House Specialities / Re: Staff Curry.
« on: November 23, 2018, 03:51 AM »
Thanks BD. 
Not sure I understand your answer A) and it wasn't cooked or served in a Karahi. 
Answer B); The inclusion of Potato qualifies it as a meat and vegetable cooked together in one pot, so a tick there. 
Answer C); Suggests you clearly did use some form of Balti spice mix so that's another tick there.

It's all good information and it's a Balti by 2 out of 3 possible reasons.  From the outset the use of the "B word" has troubled me, but I'm a bit odd like that.

Do you mind sharing which Balti Spices / Masala / Paste you use?  I make my own Balti Masala from several different recipes. I also make a Balti Paste which I find adds a lot to many of my dishes.  It also works particularly well in salvage operations in curries that haven't quite worked out as I'd hoped.

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House Specialities / Re: Staff Curry.
« on: November 22, 2018, 10:13 PM »
+1.
I would eat that and the rice looks a treat, as does the rest.  Good rice is a real skill.  I also agree with Phil's suggestion, as I see you do as well.
Would you please tell me what makes it a "Balti" Staff Curry. Not having a go at you.  It is just my confusion about the use of the word.  It seems to have 3 different determinations with no real reason or logic. These are:
a) the Pan used to cook and serve it in, or
b) the method of cooking all mixed ingredients in the one dish, or
c) the inclusion of a particular "Balti" masala or paste. or
d) some or all of the above.

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Breads (Naan, Puri, Chapatti, Paratha, etc) / Re: Chapati v Naans
« on: November 22, 2018, 10:03 PM »
Bobdylan, I'm not having a go at you. I was just interested, My kids do a pretty good job or removing non-stick Teflon from my pans. It just takes a bit of time, but sadly not long enough. 

Heavy duty Steel pans Cheaper? Really?

About pricing, yes really, and I'm pretty sure it's easier over there.  I went to the local Indian Grocer and bought a proper Indian steel Tawa, crooked handle and all, for about $20 This is about

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Thanks for that Sverige.  Turns out it was easy to find anyway in the List of Mixed Powders thread.  :o  Plus my oldtimers is setting in.  I'd included it in my own analysis 2 1/2 years ago, and as it turns out I've pretty much been using it ever since. Doh!!! ???  Only difference being that I haven't used his stipulated brands and I doubt I can obtain them easily out here.

I love the post you linked to.  Created at 5.26 am on Xmas morning. Modified at 8.44 am and IFFU is on his way to have a pint.  Well it was Xmas.

Funny place an internet forum.  I've been reading the different threads about this.  People hounded Ifindforu for his Mixed Powder "Secret", which turned out to be a pretty ordinary ration of common spices with just Eastern Star curry powder and Jalpur Garam Masala as stipulated brands to use.  He probably deserved to be hounded because he did appear to be teasing it out quite  a bit.  Shortly after he released it to the forum, people went out and discussed the purchase of Jalpur GM. IFFU was asking for people to feedback on it's use.  Nada, nought, nothing, zip.  Nobody appears to have even hinted that there was anything even barely noticeable in it's use.  In fact it appears that nobody said anything at all.

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i received my packet of gold yesterday from ifindforu.

it's in an air tight vac pack sealed bag - very impressive - enough for 2 off or maybe 4 off portions

the colour sits very well for me - it's lighter than the mouchak and quite a bit darker than the staff curry mix.

i want to keep it fresh so not going to taste it until i have base - aiming to make base next weekend.

many thanks to ifindforu - going to be interesting trying to work out how it differs from the mouchak.

ps i was thinking of making 2 off batches of staff curry one with mouchak mix and the other with the sent mix. however feel i'd like to try the curry2go vindaloo so will need to make base and prep.

Did anything ever come out of this? Did the forum eventually discover the formula or brands used in ifindforu's mixed powder? Even after receiving a batch, I can't see any further reference to it in Jerry's subsequent posts.

Comment, Geewhiz, there were some turbulent and emotive posts in the period just before I joined the forum. There was obviously a lot of passion about the true BIR curry. Whenever I go back and read old posts the tension is palpable.

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House Specialities / Re: Staff Curry.
« on: November 21, 2018, 08:39 PM »
You've prompted me to revisit previous threads on Staff Curry. The "ifindforu / H4ppy Chris" version is one I always enjoyed. I used to make a Fijian Indian modified version that was very tasty.
It is interesting that you've used breast fillet as H4ppy Chris places emphasis the importance of using bone in pieces. ( No he doesn't. Sorry. He talks about skin. Must have been my Fijian Indian friend who mentioned bone in chicken as Important)
Could you please tell us what it is that you use to make it a "Balti" staff curry? Is it process or ingredient?

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Pathia / Re: Curry Queen's Chicken Patia
« on: November 21, 2018, 06:48 PM »
Fair enough.

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Tandoori Dishes / Re: CA's Chicken Tikka Masala
« on: November 21, 2018, 10:22 AM »
Outstanding recipe.
Hey Bob, could you please elaborate on exactly what draws you to the statement that this is an "Outstanding Recipe".  It just looks like any old recipe to me. It might make a very nice curry but why the glowing accolades? Could you please be more specific and explain your reasoning? Photographs of your efforts in reproducing this  recipe will help.

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Breads (Naan, Puri, Chapatti, Paratha, etc) / Re: Chapati v Naans
« on: November 21, 2018, 10:08 AM »
Hey BobDylan, what did you use to "sand" your non-stick tawa? Why not just buy a proper steel Indian one that would have been cheaper and negated the need to do that?

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Pathia / Re: Curry Queen's Chicken Patia
« on: November 21, 2018, 10:05 AM »
Is anybody else thinking what I'm thinking? 

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