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I used this base a few years back and was well pleased with it.  I haven't used "the Other" one but a quick look shows pretty much the same ingredients except the coconut and coriander stalks.  The processes are both 2 stage so I can't see there would be a whole lot of difference.

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Cooking Methods / Re: Dry Pre-cooked chicken breast. Any advice?
« on: March 03, 2018, 10:18 PM »
I am not familiar with the pseudo-chicken you mention Sverige. I've never seen it in our grocery aisles.
Having never been any where near an actual British Indian Restaurant, as in located in Britain, I'm not able to compare my output with the standard you mention George.  It doesn't sound great though, so mine may well be pretty good after all.

I will try the diagonal cuts next time around with lower degree of cooking to see if there is any discernable improvement.  I'm quite happy to eat the dark meat and actually prefer it in some cooking, but the main dish I've been tryng to emulate is for people who prefer white.  Life is full of little challenges.

It's funny how things have changed. When I was a University student 40 years ago living in shared digs, chicken generally, and breast fillet in particular, was only rarely affordable on our low income budget. Today it is the cheapest of all meats.  Breast was always more expensive than thigh but recently this is often reversed. 

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How funny it is to read this after over 2 years since the last post in this thread. I saw him live in Sydney in 1979. After the movie most would think he was only popular in South Africa. Actually the movie Searching for Sugarman is flawed.  The bootleg albums that "found there way to South Africa" probably came from the surfing fraternity here is Australia. They weren't bootleg at all here. Everybody I knew had Cold Fact on vinyl.

I have found these guys pretty easy listening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYdvxBxHX2U

And I love this little lady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1grjzBHgmY
Listen to her version of Black Sabbath War Pigs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M-VxlRBbcc Love it.

The amazing Rabbis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpUTMxv6gjg

1974 Aus Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhUyOtkvNfE

I played my little sister's ABBA albums with a screwdriver stylus.

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: Pretty quiet on board.
« on: March 03, 2018, 01:29 AM »
Warming everything in the oven.
Spread half eaten.

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: Pretty quiet on board.
« on: March 02, 2018, 11:32 PM »
Well there was nearly nothing left after the 7 of us sat through an hour or 2 of curry heaven.  Added to the previous list was a basic tomato rich vegetable curry with cashew nuts, some deep fried vegetable samosa and chili samosa, pappadums with dips, potato chips  :o and for the really health conscious (me) deep fried Garam Masala spiced chicken skins. Yep, just the skins. Like Pork Crackles only chicken.

A big hit was the CT inspired Malai Tikka. If you haven't tried Malai Tikka yet, give it a go. I used the recipe from Great British Chefs by Alfred Prasad.  https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/malai-tikka-recipe It uses Shah Jeera or Black Cumin which I just happened to have in my spice cupboard

I have a couple of extra photos to upload when I get a chance.

Vegetable Curry
Chicken Skins

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Cooking Methods / Dry Pre-cooked chicken breast. Any advice?
« on: March 02, 2018, 11:19 PM »
I know that chicken white or breast meat is drier than red meat like thigh or drumsticks.  I also think there is a big difference in meat today with massively grown meat birds.   I recently did Misty Ricardo's pre-cooked chicken following the instructions to the letter including the sauce covering and additional oil.  I thought it was fine but the only criticism from anybody after our banquet last night was that most of my (very fussy chicken eating) family, thought the breast meat was a little bit dry.  Mind you there was nothing left.

Maybe I cut the pieces too big. I do like large pieces. Maybe I over-cooked but it is a moisture cooking process. I'm not sure.  Perhaps I should arrest the initial process when the meat is only 75% done and finish it in the actual dish assembly.

I did see a video on Chicken 65 by Chef Harpal Singh, where he is quite emphatic that chicken breast must be cut on the diagonal to the meat fibres in order to obtain tenderness.

Any thoughts or advice would be gladly welcomed.

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British Indian Restaurant Recipe Requests / Re: Mango Chicken
« on: March 02, 2018, 11:07 PM »
The judgement is done. No 1 daughter says that she would no be able to tell this didn't come from the Restaurant / Takeaway.  I still want to fine tune a couple of little things but maybe I'm being a bit too pedantic. 

Mission accomplished. ;D

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I've gone back to my notes from making the lowest common denominator base gravy. As previously stated, I used half listed average quantity in the OP for all ingredients with the complete exclusion of any Chili.  I also omitted any coconut block or milk but I did use a 50/50 mix of coconut oil and ghee instead of vegetable oil to the 75 ml (50%) level.

Looking back over my notes, as it turns out I actually did just use 50 % of all the spices as well, including both Mixed and Curry Powders, again with the exclusion of Chili Powder.  This produced a very usable base gravy.  It has worked really well for my intended purpose actually.

My pressure cooker is a multifunction unit with saute mode so I was able to utilise it for the whole process.

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Yes, I did use some instead of water in thinning the base for the lamb curry. You wouldn't want it in the base for chicken dishes though, I wouldn't think, (not really sure). It is going to make a much richer base gravy than simply using water so I imagine care is needed.
Most cooking has some waste and it isn't worth much monetarily, but this byproduct just seems useful. I suppose it can be reused as the stock instead of water for more lamb but the full process begins without liquid.

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I was wondering what others do with the amazingly intense stock left over from a batch of pre-cooked lamb. I can skim the oil off for spiced oil but it seems such a waste to tip the remaining liquid down the sink.

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