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Lets Talk Curry / What's in your Spice Draw/Cupboard ?
« on: November 12, 2011, 12:30 PM »
Hi all, just wondering what the average curry guru has in his/her spice inventory :)
Spices - whole & ground, spice mixes and anything else.

Do you have anything unusual in there?  ;)

Fire away..

I currently have...


CORRIANDER POWDER
AJWAIN/LOVAGE SEEDS
BLACK CARDOMON PODS
CORRIANDER SEEDS
TURMERIC
WHOLE ANNISEED
METHI POWER
CHILLI POWDER
GINGER POWDER
CUMIN
GARAM MASALA
METHI / FENUGREEK SEEDS
MILD MADRAS POWDER
TANDOORI MASALA
STAR ANISE
MUSTARD SEEDS
DRIED CORRIANDER LEAF
CURRY LEAVES
CINNAMON STICK
ASFOETIDA
BAY LEAVES

IG SPICE MIX
CA's SPICE MIX


Not a massive list but maybe I might pick up something nice from this thread ;)

Cheers

Mak

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Bhuna / Re: Curry Kings Lamb Bhuna
« on: November 09, 2011, 11:05 PM »
Quote from: Razor on November 06, 2011, 01:27 PM
Hi Ste and welcome to cr0.

Quote from: stebrooks on November 06, 2011, 01:23 PM
Hi is it worth adding any lemon juice to this?

I suppose you can add whatever you like mate but, try the dish to spec first and then make changes on the next run if you wish.

What do you think the lemon juice will add Ste, apart from a lemon flavour? ::)

Ray :)

I do add lemon juice as the spec calls for it but to be honest I cannot tell it's there. So for me trying out someone else's recipe I try to stick to it the best I can for a while then adjust when I'm comfortable with it.
This usually means chucking in a quartered tomato and a bit of Garam Masala or other spice mix - again nothing too drastic.

I would go with the recipe as near to it as you can - it's a very, very nice dish in fact ;)

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: colours in pilau
« on: November 09, 2011, 10:58 PM »
I used to colour my rice but now I just add Turmeric during cooking and settle for a nice yellow colour :)

My rice is in 2 pics here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=3830.90

and

one here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1914.60

Cheers


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Lets Talk Curry / Re: Which Oil Is the Healthiest ???
« on: November 09, 2011, 03:15 PM »
Cheers
I did find it cheaper from here: http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/acatalog/Indian-Food-KTC-Coconut-Oil.html#aOGH002_2dp

but there's the delivery to add on. Free delivery over ?30 I think so I may top and replace some spices :)

Definitely going to go for this now as I can't find anything negative about refined coconut oil !

Cheers

Mak

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: Which Oil Is the Healthiest ???
« on: November 09, 2011, 02:08 PM »
Description says that...

"KTC Coconut Oil is 100% pure, refined, coconut oil. There are no other ingredients, additives or process aids in this oil.

KTC Coconut Oil is refined in exactly the same way as other, more familiar, vegetable cooking oils. Refining removes any impurities which could be present to produce an oil of the highest quality. Refining also destroys much of the vitamin content of an oil, but as coconut oil contains virtually no vitamins when freshly extracted, this does not affect the nutritional quality of the oil.

The chemistry of coconut oil is unique in that it contains medium chain triglycerides which are the building blocks of the body's immune defence and hormones produced by the thyroid gland. These fatty acids are not affected by the refining process. Nutritionally, refined coconut oil is as good for you as the cold pressed oil. Our oil is not hydrogenated at any point in its production and naturally contains less trans- fatty acids than any other vegetable, animal or marine oils."


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Lets Talk Curry / Re: Which Oil Is the Healthiest ???
« on: November 09, 2011, 02:06 PM »
Thanks for the info guys :)

This looks an interesting buy and I may well go for it...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0013YJVQG/ref=asc_df_B0013YJVQG5169448?smid=A1BF7ZGHVIIOVJ&tag=kelkoompcpc-2nd-kitchen-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22242&creativeASIN=B0013YJVQG


Cheers

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: Which Oil Is the Healthiest ???
« on: November 08, 2011, 10:09 PM »
That's a thought Paul, is butter ghee a better alternative to veg oil do you think?
I'm not that keen on it but can stomach it in small amounts :)

Cheers

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: Which Oil Is the Healthiest ???
« on: November 08, 2011, 05:16 PM »
Hi guys, thanks for the replies. Personally I use veg oil but I'm open to other oils to test them out.
Rice Bran Oil sounds like a good alternative to Veg oil - is easily available as well?

Thanks again

Mak

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Lets Talk Curry / Which Oil Is the Healthiest ???
« on: November 08, 2011, 03:17 PM »
Hi All, Who uses which oil for their main dishes and why?

What is the healthiest oil to cook with given the reported health risks with Veg oil?

Thanks in advance,

Mak

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Madras / Re: CA's Chicken Madras
« on: November 08, 2011, 01:45 PM »
Think I'm gonna give this spiced oil a go sometime this week and will report back

Cheers

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