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Offline Gav Iscon

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Re: Three baltis
« Reply #490 on: February 15, 2015, 11:46 PM »
Also on a slightly different note, Chewy pointed out the slight plagiarism on Imrans menu which had the same colour scheme and look of a certain Supermarkets healty range  ::)


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Re: Three baltis
« Reply #491 on: February 16, 2015, 07:09 AM »
Great report Gav. The Imran balti looks lovely.

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Re: Three baltis
« Reply #492 on: February 16, 2015, 08:26 PM »
The oil is not something I think of for balti - the opposite to BIR.

I hope the lower price of oil is not a bad omen - picked up 20 litre for 13? this week.  Al Faisal have taken it to heart for sure.

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Re: Three baltis
« Reply #493 on: February 16, 2015, 08:28 PM »
It needs careful handling- so as not to flood the market.


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Re: Three baltis
« Reply #494 on: February 22, 2015, 11:18 AM »
Having trip this friday. Taking my heavy pan to smuggle into the authentic pan shop. Still have bit of the accent so should be ok.

Hoping to get to the bottom of all this oil.

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Re: Three baltis
« Reply #495 on: March 02, 2015, 07:22 PM »
Report on the day too long for a post.

Host was top notch and brill day with much info and discussion - loved every minute even the rotisserie chicken.

Very clear that balti has evolved since 77 with no wrong answers depending on the date stamp.

Bengali bob had already done the hard work at Xmass - in my eyes I have a block of solid gold in my freezer. Going to ice cube size it and get on with my homework.

In short balti base is a dumb down version of BIR perhaps both very similar in the distant past. Of course the dumbing down not applying to the spicing which is a type of challenge i like.

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Re: Three baltis
« Reply #496 on: March 02, 2015, 08:50 PM »
Looking forward to your days write up and also your base findings.  :)


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Re: Three baltis
« Reply #497 on: March 02, 2015, 10:43 PM »
Also looking forward to a longer post from you Jerry.  First time 'proper' Balti for me... thanks for driving.  Also first time I've ever seen Mr Naga for ?2 a jar at one of the local shops. 

You said to me that the Adil was better the previous time you went, and I can believe that.  The balti was good on this occasion, but crying out for some Garam Masala type aromatics.


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Re: Three baltis
« Reply #498 on: March 03, 2015, 09:13 AM »
Just picked up on this Thread JerryM, did you manage to get in to a Balti kitchen? Look forward to your Input. Base I should imagine is onion, toms and spice? Just a guess :D
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Re: Three baltis
« Reply #499 on: March 03, 2015, 12:59 PM »
Hi

Sadly the only gem I was able do glean from a balti chef was the use of tamarind in his base.   

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