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Title: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: Stephen Lindsay on February 05, 2012, 10:46 PM
I can't possibly post this recipe without reference to curryhell whose initial post inspired this replica using the Taz base and method

North Indian Special with Taz Base

Pre-Cooked Onions

Ingredients:


quarter of a large onion, roughly diced
quarter of red or green pepper, roughly diced
oil

Method:

fry the onions and pepper in some oil till lightly softened and set aside

Spicy Onions

Ingredients:


1 large or two medium onions
6 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tsp salt
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: martinvic on February 06, 2012, 12:32 AM
Looks good.

Isn't the Chicken tikka added to the pan?
Or is it a sauce poured over your chicken tikka on the plate?

Cheers
Martin
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: Stephen Lindsay on February 06, 2012, 08:35 AM
martinvic - you can do either - in this case I poured the sauce over the chicken as you rightly deduced!
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: curryhell on February 06, 2012, 11:02 AM
I can't possibly post this recipe without reference to curryhell whose initial post inspired this replica using the Taz base and method
(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/2e95909e8cd4a96206d7c775e7748626.jpg) (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#2e95909e8cd4a96206d7c775e7748626.jpg)

Fame at last ::) ;D. That looks very tasty SL.  I could eat it now :P. I almost mistook it for being one of my NIS's ;D.  Thanks for "Tazzing" it and giving the Taz enthusiasts the opportunity to experience a lovely tasting dish and my own personal favourite.

A couple of questions if i may.
Did you make my NIS before adapting the recipe to the Taz base and cooking technique?
If so, I would be interested to hear your opinion on the flavours and it would be good to post them in my original thread.
If not, how would you describe that delicious looking plate of food?

A couple of observations which IMHO i believe will have an affect on the overall the flavour.  You may want to follow up on this next time you make the dish and see if there is a marked difference in taste.

I noticed the spicey onions are added at the end and therefore they are only cooked for as long as it takes for the curry to reach the desired consistancy.  The spicey onions are a key ingredient to giving this dish its unique flavour and i believe they should be added after your first reduction to ensure they have the opportunity to do their job ;).  Adding so late on in the dish they will not have the full and desired impact.
Same comment for the lemon juice but this could be a personal preference.  The dish does have a slight sour taste just noticeable and buried deep within  the flavours (more subtle when tamarind is used).  I always find that adding lemon juice just at the end, the taste is more apparent and stands out rather than merging into a dish.  This may be just my own personal opinion.
Lastly, an obvious one, already commented on by martinvic.  Adding the tikka while cooking adds further flavour to the dish which will be missing if you simply pour the sauce over the meat.
Again, thanks for providing the adaptation and opening up the dish to Taz advocates :).  I'm sure they won't be disappointed and I look forward to reading other members comments on the recipe and hope they enjoy the dish as much as i do.  Next time i knock up the Taz base i'll definitely be trying your recipe and reporting back ;)

By the way, did you have chance to try the brinjal bhaji ???

Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: Stephen Lindsay on February 06, 2012, 11:18 AM
curryhell - thanks for these helpful hints, as the NIS guru I appreciate you taking the time to do this. I will amend my Taz recipe and add the spicy onions etc after the first reduction. I'm doing another portion tonight so I will update my recipe to your suggestions.

I haven't made your NIS as spec, and in particular I could see from the amount of chilli in your recipe that it would be way beyond what I could cope with heat wise. As you will see I've scaled down the amount of heat.

I would normally add chicken tikka to the sauce in the manner you described but when taking a pic I kinda like the tikka to be visible and not covered in sauce (yes I really am that sad!). I could have explained this better in my first post though.

regards

Steve
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: curryhell on February 06, 2012, 11:52 AM
curryhell - thanks for these helpful hints, as the NIS guru I appreciate you taking the time to do this. I will amend my Taz recipe and add the spicy onions etc after the first reduction. I'm doing another portion tonight so I will update my recipe to your suggestions.
Guru indeed :o :o Like i'm a "spice god" as well ;D ;D. I would definitely change the sequence for the spicy onions though.
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I haven't made your NIS as spec, and in particular I could see from the amount of chilli in your recipe that it would be way beyond what I could cope with heat wise. As you will see I've scaled down the amount of heat.
Not sure how many times i have said during the thread the chilli content should be adjusted to your personal taste.  The NIS is a medium / medium hot dish and does not require the chilli quantities i use, unless of course you're a fire eater too ;).  For my own personal taste i love heat, so in with the chilli powder ::). 
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I would normally add chicken tikka to the sauce in the manner you described but when taking a pic I kinda like the tikka to be visible and not covered in sauce (yes I really am that sad!). I could have explained this better in my first post though.
I most definitely understand you not wanting to cover up such lovely looking tikka SL for the photo shoot which is always important :D

The most important thing though.  How did it taste? ??? ???
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: Stephen Lindsay on February 06, 2012, 03:47 PM
curryhell it tasted very good - it's not a dish I am aware of in Scottish BIRs but I am looking forward to comparing tonight's version, with the adjustments suggested by yourself. I have some left over from last night so I will be able to get some comparison between the two.
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: curryhell on February 06, 2012, 04:04 PM
curryhell it tasted very good - it's not a dish I am aware of in Scottish BIRs but I am looking forward to comparing tonight's version, with the adjustments suggested by yourself. I have some left over from last night so I will be able to get some comparison between the two.
The dish isn't your bog standard curry but i have seen it occasionally on some menus down south.  Can't think of a better way to make a comparison SL.  Will be interesting to hear the results on this one :D
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: Stephen Lindsay on February 06, 2012, 10:26 PM
OK so I had another go at this recipe based on the comments from curry hell and here is the revised recipe.

Pre-Cooked Onions

Ingredients
:

quarter of a large onion, roughly diced
quarter of red or green pepper, roughly diced
oil

Method:

fry the onions and pepper in some oil till lightly softened and set aside

Spicy Onions

Ingredients:


1 large or two medium onions
6 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tsp salt
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: curryhell on February 07, 2012, 10:05 AM
OK so I had another go at this recipe based on the comments from curry hell and here is the revised recipe............In comparison with yesterday's effort this recipe had a less sweet, more savoury taste with greater depth of flavour in keeping with curryhell's predictions.

(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/eced14802bc1395bd9d2562ebb90ee41.JPG) (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#eced14802bc1395bd9d2562ebb90ee41.JPG)
I'm licking my screen now  :P.  That certainly looks like an NIS.  It's funny how by making a simple change in sequence you get a different result.  I hope many of the Taz advocates try it after all your hard work SL.  Hope you enjoyed it and thought it worth all the effort.  My first dish with my next Taz base followed by your pathia  ;D
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: PaulP on February 07, 2012, 10:54 AM
It's good to see somebody sticking with a base and making more advanced recipes with it. The Taz base, although simple is capable of producing excellent curries.

These photos are making me very hungry!

Paul

Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: Stephen Lindsay on February 07, 2012, 03:47 PM
curryhell and PaulP - thanks for your comments.
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: jamieb728 on February 17, 2012, 07:27 PM
Hi

Well i was going to start experimenting having become sick of making the same old curries but before i did i thought id check out the specials to see if there was anything i fancied this caught my eye so i thought id give it a try and I'm glad i did great recipe. Now i had a few issues i only had red onions and red peppers but that should not effect the final result maybe a little sweetness but that's it, also i have started making the curry sauce the day before because i find that eating after cooking my taste buds are full of chilli and you don't get the full flavour of the curry because of it so i cooked the main part last night and added the pre cooked onions pepper and tikka tonight the end result was great about the right amount of heat for me and the flavour was great any way here's a couple of pics.
(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/f01c503a502358fafdadd3afe214d0eb.JPG)
(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/e2b26fa844ec82a3aaa0584e1b7e7392.JPG)
(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/9763417c821ad0765a01f52bf26d90fa.JPG)
mushroom fried rice
(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/c222a5f1da9549b072a654167425a941.JPG)

cheers
jamie
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: curryhell on February 17, 2012, 07:46 PM
Nice job there Jamie  :P.  You've done SL's recipe proud.  Another convert to the NIS then? ;D
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: jamieb728 on February 17, 2012, 07:57 PM
Hi CH

I'm not familiar with the taz method so i just cooked it as i would a normal curry but its definetly a good flavoured curry i noticed that you posted a recipe for this that SL mentioned have you tried this recipe compared to your own the ingredients are nearly the same but this has the edition of the spiced onions but leaves out the all purpose seasoning i'm going to make your version next see how they compare.

Jamie
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: curryhell on February 17, 2012, 08:11 PM
Hi CH

I'm not familiar with the taz method so i just cooked it as i would a normal curry but its definetly a good flavoured curry i noticed that you posted a recipe for this that SL mentioned have you tried this recipe compared to your own the ingredients are nearly the same but this has the edition of the spiced onions but leaves out the all purpose seasoning i'm going to make your version next see how they compare.

Jamie
Have a look here Jamie and you'll understand how the spicey onions came into the frame. 

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5948.70 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5948.70)

SL's took my latest recipe and then tailored it to be used with his favourite Taz base.  My recipe is designed for an ordinary base and cooking method.  I haven't tried this yet as i currently have no Taz base.  But i do know how good the end result will be, with or with Taz ;D
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: jamieb728 on February 17, 2012, 08:23 PM
Cheers CH

I made this with the base i had in the freezer which from memory i think was chewy's i have never made taz's base but ill look into it when i get some spare time i do have more of chewy's base left so ill be making your version with this base so then i have made both recipies with the same base and method.

cheers
jamie
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: jamieb728 on February 18, 2012, 10:02 AM
Hi CH

Just been looking through your final draft of this i have just run out of tamarind used it on my last pathia so if i am inpatient will have to use lemon juice which is what i used in the SL version i cooked the other night the only thing that really caught my eye was if I'm not using 1tbsp of chilli to up the mix powder and I'm not using 1tbsp of chilli believe me ;D the last one was just the right amount of heat for me with the chilli in the spicy onions fresh chillies and 1tsp of chilli powder so how much mix powder 3tsp? i think would be ok.

cheers
Jamie
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: curryhell on February 18, 2012, 10:32 AM
Hi CH

Just been looking through your final draft of this i have just run out of tamarind used it on my last pathia so if i am inpatient will have to use lemon juice which is what i used in the SL version i cooked the other night the only thing that really caught my eye was if I'm not using 1tbsp of chilli to up the mix powder and I'm not using 1tbsp of chilli believe me ;D the last one was just the right amount of heat for me with the chilli in the spicy onions fresh chillies and 1tsp of chilli powder so how much mix powder 3tsp? i think would be ok.

cheers
Jamie
Go with that mate.  If you found your heat level last time, stay with it and enjoy.  Lemon juice is fine.  I made my first one with it.  I've made NIS with CT's base too- excellent base and worked well with the NIS ;)  Keep us posted on how you get on.  One observation,  as you now are going to make it according to my recipe it would be good to post your results in  the original thread.  That way any future  reader can view your feedback on the recipe.  Comments on  my NIS with my recipe would be kind of lost in here.  Besides, some people get upset when you accidently post in the wrong thread :D.  But we've all done it ;)
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: 976bar on October 15, 2013, 08:42 AM
I am inspired by this dish and will be making it "LARGE" style on Thursday.

I'll post the ingredients and pictures over the weekend :)
Title: Re: North Indian Special with Taz Base
Post by: EuanW on July 16, 2017, 01:52 PM
Did a batch of this last night.

I doubled all portions and cooked a double portion of chicken.

Used chicken tikka which I marinated for a day then cooked under the grill for 10-15 mins to slightly char the outside making sure I didn't over cook so the chicken retained moisture and was nice and soft.

I used Bassar mix in place of standard chilli powder
Used Garam Masala instead of the BE spice mix

Apart from that, everything was the same. It turned out really well and had a very strong tasteful flavour.

Thanks to Stephen for working like a trojan and producing many recipes using the Taz base method, it worked really well for me and it was fun seeing how far you could go taking the initial base portion and spices down.