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Pictures of Your Curries / Re: Manchester Shami Kebab
« on: March 24, 2018, 12:26 AM »
Food is life LC.  :D

I buy as much fresh food as I can at marked down prices, and cook what tastes good.  I did a 10 hour slow cook glazed Lamb shoulder with roasted root vegetables on Thursday so the family could have a break from curries.  They don't share my passion for spice and gravy, so I need to find other ways of preparing things to expand their palate. 

These Shami Kebabs look like a treat.  I have already found a couple of leads but it is always good to use a recipe from this sites experienced contributors.

I regularly buy several whole chickens at marked down prices, take them home and immediately bone them out completely except for the wings. This gives me breast & thigh fillets plus boneless drumstick meat for half of the deli / meats bar price. The wings I collect and freeze to use in a staff curry or as baked Honey Soy Sesame wings.  I'm always on the lookout for reduced lamb legs and shoulders as well.  Not as easy to find but they do come up.  My Golden Labrador does pretty well out of the deal as well.  The sound of a knife being dragged across the diamond sharpening steel is a dinner bell to her.

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Pictures of Your Curries / Birmingham Balti Co book arrived today
« on: March 23, 2018, 11:45 PM »
Pics now. More later.

Balti Chicken Madras (sort of)
Balti Chicken with Capsicum, Tomato and Mushroom
Celtnet.org Korma (Baltified)

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Pictures of Your Curries / Re: Manchester Shami Kebab
« on: March 23, 2018, 11:32 PM »
I'l post the recipe in the appropriate section soon (ish).

Rob  :)

If you're still about BB, I'd love to give this a try.

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I love staff curry. So easy but so delicious.

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Pictures of Your Curries / Re: Takeaway plus my own
« on: March 23, 2018, 07:28 PM »
Just used grated block cheddar. I'm not sure what is used in the TA s, but these turn out pretty good. I was using the cooktop so couldn't use the tawa. These were just done under the grill.

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: thespiceworks.co.uk
« on: March 22, 2018, 10:21 PM »
They have a nice wide selection. I've just enjoyed simply browsing the site.  I would very much like to try their Fish Curry Masala and the described Coconut Fish Curry recipe.  I wonder if the Bishop's Weed is the leafy Herb or the seed (Ajwain / Carom). My guess would be the seed.

Interesting that their Kashmiri Chilli description says it is a blend.  I wonder if it is blend of chillies or a blend of Kashmiri Chilli and other things.  The photo looks nice though. Very Red.  My stuff at home must be pretty stale because it doesn't look like that.

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: I've Been Shopping
« on: March 21, 2018, 11:39 PM »
Patthar ke phool (dagarful) is the predominant flavour in Natco GM.
Well at least now i know. Too Indian for me! Its like adding a couple of incense sticks to a curry.  :o

This a quote from a Spice Merchant's webpage.
"Have you ever been to an Indian restaurant and thought,

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Pictures of Your Curries / Takeaway plus my own
« on: March 21, 2018, 11:10 PM »
I prepared No 1 daughter and boyfriend dinner tonight as a takeaway order.  Mango Chicken for her, Butter Chicken for him plus Bombay Aloo and Puffy Breadmaker Cheese Naan.

I made Chilli Prawn Masala, Pilau Rice and plain naan for myself and dearest.

The Bombay Aloo is pictured in LC's thread of that name. 

The Mango Chicken is a done deal with huge thanks to Chewytikka. I used very neutral base for this dish.

I really like this Butter Chicken as well. It was made using 50/50 Base Gravy (the one with Chicken) and Makhani Gravy and I reduced the Tomato puree level accordingly. It is not as intense as using just the Makhani as I did last time.  Also using standard pre-cooked chicken instead of Tandoori made a huge difference.

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: what is bassar curry masalla ?
« on: March 20, 2018, 10:06 PM »
I have an unopened box of MDH Kitchen King in the cupboard, both Kashmiri and plain Red Chilli powder and Sweet Paprika powder so I'll give it a go. Thanks Chewy.
 
I didn't mind the concoction I made from the Eastern Fish Masala and it made a good curry. It did however have a very slight bitterness.  Could have been the Methi going into the Masala instead of added later in the cook.  I have 2 X 50g packets of the Mangal Kashmiri Masala (powder, not paste) on the way from a supplier in Melbourne.  The guy was really helpful and said I should be able to find it in Sydney as there are many Indian Grocers that would have it, just not online.  I don't intend on driving a 200 km round trip to a place I haven't found yet to buy a box of powder for $1.50. (less than a UK quid).

I made contact with a company that produces a well known brand of spices and mixes here in Oz. They have been around for a couple of decades so they are doing something right.  It turns out that the factory is fairly close to my home. The boss himself contacted me back and was very interested in Bassar.  I then sent him a copy of my research spreadsheet and he has told me he will investigate and get back to me.  In the mean time he gave me a formula that is not too dissimilar to what you have just advised Chewy.

1 tablespoon Curry Powder Medium Madras
2 teaspoons Chilli Powder Kashmiri
1 teaspoon Garam Masala
1 teaspoon fenugreek leaves (methi) powdered

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