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I would have a go at making your own paste using ca's recipe or pat chapmans, both on the site. They both work really well.

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: Suitable recipe for pork belly?
« on: May 03, 2011, 11:30 AM »
The only indian recipe i have seen that uses pork is the vindaloo. Its a shame as pork shoulder is cheap and would make a good meal. There's loads of chinese pork recipes though.
One thing thats been on my mind for a while is tandoori'ing pork. You could try that.

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BIR Main Dishes Chat / Re: Freezing curry's
« on: April 29, 2011, 10:59 AM »
Well the restaurants, ta's here seem to manage with fresh curries for every customer, i would have thought thats the only way to go. Surely if freezing single portions worked then every body would be doing it.
I would say its all in the prep work.
Pre-cooked base, pre-cooked meat and or veg.
As  you or your chef become more and more used to the cooking process and timings then you'll be able to do as all chefs do, cook with 2 pans or more.
Has anyone looked into the health and safety part of serving frozen foods? its something you might not be able to do, i don't know myself.
Finally, you could always hire a sou-chef and bottle washer.

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: cook in Colchester
« on: April 11, 2011, 07:04 PM »
Other than that your best option would be to go straight to your favourite Curry house and ask the resident Chef to do it for you. He'll still want paying but at least you'll be getting one on one instruction. You would be surprised but most Chef's would offer to help you, everybody likes to make a few quid on the side.
The other option would be to ask at the local food college for a curry course, most do them.
Finally there's doing as 976bar suggested and learning from here from scratch. There are some excellent recipes here, but like most things in life you only really learn from doing.
Most people here have spent years making curries, we all have learnt a lot from the time and effort they have put in.
Hope this has helped.

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Pictures of Your Curries / Re: The ABC of Balti
« on: April 09, 2011, 10:41 AM »
Ok, but i'll have to leave it till next w/end.
I have the step-daughter, her other half and my 3.5 y/old Granddaughter coming round today, they have ordered 3 Balti's with pilau rice for early afternoon  ::).
I have a hangover, every time someone open's the kitchen door the smell of brummy balti house wafts through the place. And then im making Jen and i Dupiaza's tonight.
So as soon as my heads calmed down enough, im going to make more pre-cooked chuck and sort my rice out.
I was going to make fresh naan but i don't think i can handle the kneading.
Rough :o

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Pictures of Your Curries / Re: The ABC of Balti
« on: April 08, 2011, 07:28 PM »
Hehe, i went for Dupiaza and im well impressed, it turned out a cross between a mild and a madras hot so not too bad, the missus loved it also, although the tsp of sugar in the dupiaza recipe would have brought the heat down a bit.
The pre-cooked chicken in the curry is a definite winner, really nice but not as succulent as plain boiled chuck, but the flavour is gorgeous and really adds to the meal.
I think its my new favourite recipe, taking over from Taz's, although they are different entities, the ABC being all Balti  based. the sauce built specifically so. But if i wanted a plain old TA madras, i would use Taz's recipe.
I thought earlier that after the slog of knocking out the pre-cooked chuck and the base, that the actual cooking or Balti'ing would be a pita, but its not, its almost child proof. Simple, quick and easy.
I started my 11 minute pilau rice and the curry was ready about a minute after the rice.
Brilliant. :)
And thanks Axe for starting the thread, if you hadn't i would never have tried the recipes :)

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Pictures of Your Curries / Re: The ABC of Balti
« on: April 08, 2011, 04:07 PM »
Glad i helped :)
Well i finished work early today, nipped home, mowed the lawn and then got stuck into the ABC.
My book hadn't arrived so i took the recipe off CR0 and followed that for the base sauce.
Just as the base finished simmering the posty turned up with the book :) so it was straight onto the Kushi spice mix and the pre-cooked chuck.
I spent a pleasurable 2-3 hours in the kitchen and now have almost 3 litres of base and half kilo of pre-cooked chuck in the fridge :).
I've even got my basmati rice weighed, washed and drying on the kitchen window sill.
The house smells like an explosion in a garlic factory and my stomachs rumbling lol.
The only slight mishap may be that i used rajah hot madras curry powder in stead of plain curry powder but the missus won't know if i dont tell her  :o
The base smells lovely, and am looking forward to tonights meal.
I just don't know whether to make standard chicken balti or a Dupiaza now.
The book is excellent, well laid out probably the easiest step-by-step cookery book i have read.
Its also well written and im going to sit and read the introduction in a bit as it looks a good read.
Actually its written a bit like a menu, i couldn't see a problem with handing it round to your visitors and letting them choose the meal they want, it just feels like the natural thing to do with it.
Balti!!!!

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: CR0 Summer BBQ
« on: April 08, 2011, 03:54 PM »
Sorry i won't be able to make it, but make sure you take loads of photo's and i can have a giggle at em. :)

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Thanks mate :) but i had a delivery yesterday, got abc of balti in the post aswell so im like a kid waiting for father chrimbo lol.

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Cooking Equipment / Re: Nuclear fusion! Well a hot oven anyway
« on: April 07, 2011, 04:48 PM »
Just a thought but how about trying a safer option? hot air guns! the ones you use for stripping paint with , i have a funny feeling it may work, r's i don't have one to try it with..Who's got a hot air gun and fancies giving it a bash?

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