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Lets Talk Curry / My Favourite Lime Chutney
« on: January 27, 2015, 07:49 PM »

As of 27th Jan 2015 best deal I've seen.

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Lets Talk Curry / Out of stock of MDH Deggi Mirch alternative?
« on: January 15, 2015, 09:32 AM »
I visited my local Asian food store a few days ago to top-up my spice cupboard.
Unfortunately they were out of stock of MHD Deggi Mirch.
The shop owner said that all I needed to do was crush/grind(?) some dried Kashmiri chillies and add the merest touch (tiny amount) of red food colouring.

Do you know whether this is a viable alternative?

Thanks, James

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Cooking Methods / How do you get that deep tikka marinade?
« on: January 09, 2015, 09:12 PM »
Hi to all,

I have had this question for years and it wasn't until I had a take away from my local curry house last night and cut into a chicken tikka piece that I asked myself the question again - why can't I achieve that deep marinade that enters into the chicken pieces and not just on the surface as I get?

This is a freshly cut piece and you can see ( I hope) that the orange colour penetrates quite a long way into the chicken.
Any tips on how to achieve this please?


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Cooking Equipment / Just bought a Tawa
« on: March 31, 2014, 10:10 PM »
Can't remember where I posted a question regarding the type of tawa to buy but I did visit my local Asian store only to be presented with what looked like a pile of rusty pans.
This put me off and I continued using my standard frying pan for making naan bread (Happyeater chris)

Anyway I bit the bullet and purchased a tawa from the same shop choosing between the non stick variety and the 'rusty' steel type which was piled up.
The man at the counter said that the 'rusty' one was the best and handed over

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Curry Videos / Beef Bhuna Gosht BBC Good Food Programme early 90's
« on: March 02, 2014, 08:20 PM »
Another one from my archive.

BBC 2 Good Food Programme Beef Bhuna Gosht recipe edited from the original broadcast in the early(?) 90's.
Worth a watch for all curry fans.


http://youtu.be/7wM680P-4aM

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BIR Main Dishes Chat / Pre cooked stewing beef help
« on: November 23, 2013, 08:10 AM »
I wonder whether anyone can point me in direction for pre cooking stewing beef.
I'd like to have a go using my pressure cooker.

I normally make Chewytikka's chicken madras but this time I'll try beef.

Any recommendations please?

Cheers James

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Curry Videos / unlocking the taste to indian takeaway- from h4ppyleader
« on: January 31, 2013, 08:46 PM »
New video just posted from h4ppyleader on YouTube.

Good picture quality of a working BIR kitchen.
17 mins long, so should be very interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmpHnOWqRJY

 

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Cooking Methods / First try with the new pressure cooker disaster!
« on: January 28, 2013, 09:44 PM »
Hi,
I just bought my first pressure cooker.
I have a question about what went wrong with my first attempt at using it.

Firstly it may not be the best cooker. Tower 7Ltr aluminium 11 or 12 PSI.

I did read the user guide and thought I followed the instructions.

I made a Pat Chapman non pressure cooker madras using a whole chicken chopped up with a chopped onion with spices.
This is where I'm questioning myself.
I added about a pint (500ml) of tinned chopped tomatoes and small amount of stock according to the recipe.

Locked on the lid and on with the gas.
The hissing soon started but the weight never turned.
After a few minutes I flicked the weight with my finger but it only turned a little and stopped. This went on for 10 or 15 minutes.
Still hissing away I left it a bit longer as I didn't know how long it would take to get up to pressure.
Finally the safety valve blew and that was it.

The contents was cooked but the bottom of the pot was covered with thick burnt on hardened crust

My questions are
1. Why didn't the weight turn, I checked that it wasn't blocked?
2. Are tinned tomatoes not good as the liquid?
3. Should I have added 1/2 pint (250ml) of water for a 15 min cook?

After I spent an hour cleaning the pot I ran a test with 300ml of water only and tried again.
The weight turned properly as described in the instructions.

This has lead me to the conclusion that it must be about the liquid content, or lack of it, in the recipe.

Thanks for reading and I value any replies.

Regards, James

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Lets Talk Curry / Curry Christmas
« on: December 02, 2012, 08:52 PM »
Hi all,

The other half is asking every 5 minutes what I would like for Christmas.

Any ideas from forum members as to what would be a good curry related Christmas gift.
Anything goes, just looking for inspiration.

Thanks for any comments.

Cheers, James

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Curry Base Chat / Mick's/Taz's Curry Base Gravy question
« on: September 30, 2012, 08:34 PM »
Sorry to start a new thread. I was directed to do so.

I have looked through this and associated threads

Mick's/Taz's Curry Base Gravy can be found here:  http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4163.0

Mick's/Taz's Dopiaza recipe can be found here:  http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4165.msg37738;topicseen#msg37738

I'm sure I saw a reference to a video related to the technique used.
Is there a video?

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