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I thought I would share my weekend efforts, I fancied a veggie curry so had channa and mushroom madras and cooked the other half a chicken and mushroom rogan josh (with a little spinach for good measure). They were cooked using a modified Taz base (less oil in the base, but further oil added at the start of the cooking process) plus kushi spice mix (its what I had in the cupboard). Both were pretty good, I probably added too much lemon dressing to the madras but still lovely.

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Hi - we quite often have mushrooms with our curries, chicken and mushroom madras etc. Can anyone point me in the direction of a recipe to precook them, (or offer a suggestion). In restaurant dishes mushrooms seem to have certain texture which I cannot emulate, cooked, but not rubbery and still firm. I find that mushrooms chuck out quite a lot of water when first cooked, which can alter the sauce and some time to boil off. Lots of recipes here include mushrooms, so I wondered how others cooked with them in curries.

Thanks

RM

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Has anyone performed any studies on the benefits of using Indian bay leaves over the English/European variety? I've searched through the forum but couldn't find any specific information. It is said that the former are more aromatic but when adding them to curries or other dishes I struggle to detect any differences in flavours, especially as I might only be adding two to a curry base or pan of rice. Maybe its the years of hot curries which have reduced my taste bud sensitivity....  :-\.

The reason I ask is that hanging over my garden wall is a substantial part of a 20ft bay tree, which my neighbour says I can basically help myself to. Should I persevere buying Indian bay leaves at 99p for dozen or so or save a few pence and use fresh bay leaves?

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Cooking Equipment / Looking to buy a tawa
« on: October 17, 2016, 10:02 AM »
I'm visiting Birmingham at the weekend (22nd) to visit family and friends and whilst there I hope to visit a few Asian shops for supplies and to pick up a tawa. I've been after one for a while for making my chapattis and I'd like a crack at making naans - unfortunately there are no decent Asian shops near where I live (rural Lincolnshire). Can anyone recommend somewhere to shop? My family are based in the north of the city but I guess there are loads of places in the south (Sparkhill, Sparkbrook..) and I don't mind a drive around

thanks

RM

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Really Bad British Indian Restaurants / Dine In Lust - Feltham
« on: September 01, 2016, 02:06 PM »
I was recently on a training course near Heathrow and fancied a ruby but couldn't be bothered to travel into London or even drive (traffic generally appalling). I wandered the streets and the only place I came across was 'Dine In Lust'. Maybe the name should have alerted me, it seems an odd name for a curry house. Still, it was getting late on a Thursday evening so I went in - the place was empty (not a good sign). I placed my usual order - onion bhajis and a chicken madras to be told that they had run out of onion bhajis and they wouldn't be cooking another batch until Friday. Soooo... all freshly cooked then.... Even if refried how can a restaurant run out of OB's - it is surely a staple starter. Its the curry that really sticks in my mind. When it arrived I noticed a pool of liquid coming out of the sauce which had the taste and consistency of a can of chopped tomatoes with added chilli powder, really grim. I would have preferred a jar of shop bought curry sauce.

As I don't live around there I won't be going back

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