Topic: Success For Me :: King Prawn Jalfrezi

[joshallen2k]

Photo 9: Boiling off a little water per Stew's recipe
Photo 10: Adding the base and chicken (I stage-added the base)
Photo 11: Adding the tomato, chillies, and coriander
Photo 12: Final simmer. I only added water once during the simmer phase

[joshallen2k]

Photo 13: Finished meal - rice hot from the oven, UB's naan, and the Jalfrezi
Photo 14: Jalfrezi close-up
Photo 15: My dinner!

Conclusion - I'd be very hard-pressed to distinguish this from a BIR Jalfrezi. The sauce was silky smooth, it was nice and hot, with a ton of flavour. I used Stew's method, including the lime squeeze, although I only added water once during the simmer phase. I used the Kushi spice mix, only really because it looked like an interesting blend - which it was. 9.5/10 for me. This joins the rotation. Great job Stew! 

--- Josh

[JerryM]

Josh,

excellent post and pics - well done - real inspiration.

ps i know where the 0.5/10 went to - for me only use green pepper.  ;D

seriously though - u did not say how the reclaim oil went in the rice - i presume and would expect very little difference.

[joshallen2k]

The rice was great. The colour the rice takes on from the oil meant I could drop the turmeric to a pinch. This worked as I find turmeric can be strong in rice. I highly recommend the BE pilau recipe. The grains become very elongated and none stick. I put this down to the method of frying the rice 'until starting to brown', and baking the rice rather than boiling it. Simple and very tasty.

-- Josh

[Curryswede]

What size ladle is used for this recipe? The size in ladle can make a huge difference in the amount of sauce you end up with.

[JerryM]

the ladle i use/used is 150ml

[Curryswede]

I tried this recipe out the other day. It turned out really nicely once I added plenty of salt, but it was a bit too hot for me, even though I halved the amount of chili powder. This was probably the hottest curry I've ever eaten, I had to wipe my head with a towel several times and my nose was running like crazy lol.

[Curry King]

I tried this recipe out the other day. It turned out really nicely once I added plenty of salt, but it was a bit too hot for me, even though I halved the amount of chili powder. This was probably the hottest curry I've ever eaten, I had to wipe my head with a towel several times and my nose was running like crazy lol.

The addiction will kick in now though, next time you have your usual it just won't be hot enough 

[JerryM]

Curryswede,

not a lot of help now but i left the 1 1/2 tsp of chilli out. i also took the seeds out of the green chilli's. this made the heat spot on (just below a madras).

[Yousef]

joshallen2k,

Great post, thanks for sharing your experience with this one.

Stew