Quote from: Masala Mark on August 21, 2010, 07:07 AM

- 4 big Onions, (sorry no measurement on this one, minimum tennis ball size)
- 2 big Tomatoes (sorry no measurement on this one, roughly same size as onions)

This recipe looks good but I'd be hard pushed to find tomatoes the size of tennis balls here in the UK.

Would that be roughly 4 normal-sized tomatoes (equal one tennis ball volume), perhaps?

Beef tomatoes would qualify for that size and you can find them in any supermarket

All bottles of mustard oil must be labelled 'FOR EXTERNAL USE' and its because by European law, mustard oil should contain  no more than 5% Erucic Acid but it contains 20-25% so that is why it has to be labelled like that or it would be illegal to sell, but they still use it for cooking.

JivyJ, I too love the Mother India Cafe for the Tapas style. More recently I have enjoyed Balbir,s just off Dumbarton Road, The Shish Mahal off Gt. Western Road , Mr Singhs on Sauchiehall St and any Ashoka. I have yet to see anywhere in the world and especially in England Nans as big as you find in Glasgow or the normal portion of a typical curry dish. However because of this site I took the step to get the inside knowledge and can cook the stuff at home, fantastic but as yet not a Glasgow Nan

Hi Panpot yes they are all good but all different too, funny Balbir's get a great write up but somehow I've never been too impressed.  The recipies you have given for the Ashoka I think give a very similar result to dishes served in Mother India Cafe.  Like you I have not yet got the hang of the naan, got the taste but not the look, I have tried all the suggestions put forward on this site but still can't get it good, and I have not got the perfect pakora either. but the fun is to keep trying.

It has been opened for a couple of years now it is at 1355 Argyle Street just across the road from the Kelvin Art Galleries.  It is part of the Mother India restaurant groupn  but the cafe is a smaller more casual type of diner.  It really is very good you would like it.

No I wouldn't say they have all the same taste, some are really good, some are just ok and some are goddamn awful, but the majority do the spiced onions and the pakora is more favourable than bhajis.  I can only compare with curries in Edinburgh, London and abroad and I find them all tasting very different from Glasgow, some good others not so good.  In Glasgow if you order a takeaway  Tandoori mixed grill, you will get a quarter (some almost half)  tandoori chicken,  chicken tikka, lamb tikka, chicken chat, seekh kabab, curry sauce, red pakora sauce, nan bread, rice and salad and some throw in some spiced onions all for just under ?10.  My experience in London is you have to order all seperately and it costs a lot more and I have never had a good curry.  Here in the city there is a new trend of indian restaurants which sell small portions tapas style so that you can order three to five different dishes each and everybody shares, they are all made to order and with very fresh ingredients and no food colouring.  The best place for this style is a place called Mother India Cafe you can see them cooking the food and there is always a queue every night of the week.