Curry Recipes Online
Beginners Guide => Hints, Tips, Methods and so on.. => Cooking Equipment => Topic started by: George on September 01, 2006, 09:13 AM
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What size is a ladle?
Pete said in one of his reports/recipes: ?1.5 ladles of ghee (call it four dessert spoons - 4DSP)?
Now, 4 dsp = 40 ml
So 1.5 ladles = 40 ml
1 ladle = 27ml or thereabouts, according to Pete
SteveE said: ?...about a ladle (3 Tbl spoons)?
Now, 3 tbls = 45 ml
1 ladle = 45ml or thereabouts, according to SteveE
Kushi Balti Book says: ?Some of the recipes call for a ladle to be used. In the restaurant, we use a 125ml ladle which is probably slightly larger than many domestic ones. The amount you need depends really on individual taste, but use 125ml as a guideline.?
I?m totally confused! Is the typical ladle size anywhere near 27ml, 45ml or (as seems more likely) 125ml. This is a HUGE range of different sizes. If you use the wrong ladle size it could completely throw out a recipe attempt, just like using the wrong size of onions where onions weight is not given.
Regards
George
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It's a toughie that one George. I think the real answer is that the ladle size is whatever gives the right flavour and consistency to the dish for your taste. After all, if you make a base sauce recipe, it's unlikely to have exactly the same water content as the author's attempt.
But I sympathise with your comments, lack of quantities and other vagueness doesn't help to recreate a dish as the author would probably wish.
YF
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Hi,
I have just measured mine and its
142 ml or 5 fl.oz
I normally use two ladles of base sauce for
one person.
just had a google and found they come in
1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 oz capacity the 5 fl.oz one i have
is listed on a site to.
The ones i have seen in bir kitchens look 5fl.oz or more.
regards, graeme.
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I have just measured mine and its
142 ml or 5 fl.oz
Grame, that could be taken the wrong way by some people ;)
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You should see the size of my Lightsaber :o ;D ;D
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How many watts would that be Darth ?? :) ;)
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;D you go to say it, we have our ups & downs here at cr0 but our ups... are really up there!! :)
Ive yet to find a more forgiving place, 3 cheers for us, were else will you get someone counting each spec of ground spice in each teaspoon in a vain attempt at attaining the all allusive secret taste to a stupid Country bumpkin (me) trying make a even more poor attempt at making DARTH VADER & Curry relative to each other, why here of course.
Does Curry make you mad ? i don't know but whats this fish doing in my bedroom smoking my cigars ? :P
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Who does Wanda think she is , smoking your cigars !! :)
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& CC you are as crazy as they get ya madman ;D ;D
PS Wanda can smoke my Cigar anytime :o
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Hi George,
My ladle is also 5 fluid ounces (i.e. a quarter of a UK pint, or 142 ml).
I agree Graeme, it also seems to me that one or two of these ladles (i.e. appoximately 140 to 280 ml) is about the right amount of curry base per person (depending on the type of curry being made).
It is clearly ambiguous ( ;) haha) to talk in terms of a number of cups or number of ladles (unless their volume is stated of course). It is much clearer to quote the actual volume used 8)
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This is exactly why I'm always moaning about giving exact measured quantities and also, unless you're still living in the fifties, using metric measures. ::)
How about putting something to that effect in the FAQ?
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Yeah I agree YF I think we should define something that everyone should stick to when posting recipes.
Maybe we should state the size of the ladles used with the recipe, this would enable everyone to measure out the exact quanities if they wish?
I must admit to not having measured how much mine holds but will do and update my recipes at somepoint.
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I agree too. As I've suggested several times before, I think it would also be very beneficial to state the weight of ingredients like garlic, onions, ginger and cinnamon too. e.g. there's simply far too much scope between one person's idea of a 'medium onion' and another person's.
Some back-dated editing would be most helpful, to specify weights.
Regards
George
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Quite right George , I think we should perhaps be more specific when it comes to weights and measures as this can influence a recipe immensely .
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I would welcome this also - 15 onions of the wrong size can certainly affect the result !!
On another point (and I don't want to sound ungrateful - this site is awesome :D), it would also be really useful if the recipes indicated how many servings they produce. Perhaps a serving could be 'standardised' as a typical single BIR portion ?