Topic: Can anyone help me please

[amy1234]

Hello all.? I'm new here.? A friend pointed me in the direction of this board.? I am cooking curry for a friend tonight and am a little stuck as I always tend to do the same old thing.? I want to cook something that is quite hot, but at the same time has alot of other flavors in it and maybe even tastes a little sweet,? but I don't want to add nuts.? Any ideas folks as I'm a little stuck?

[Curry King]

Hi Amy,

What about a Pathia, this can be quite hot\sweet\sour ?

Do you have any base sauce or gravy made up or are you intending to cook from scratch?

cK

[Mark J]

Pathia or Dhansak, some good recipes on the site for both

[amy1234]

I was thinking i would cook it from scratch as don't have any sauces.

As I said before, ?i am looking for something quite hot, but also sweet and with lots of other flavors ? :

[CurryCanuck]

I agree with Mark , Dhansak would be a great choice .

[amy1234]

Thanks.  I think I have eaten Dhansak before.  I have a look for a recipe

[curryqueen]

Hi and welcome,  Pathia would be the best one for you to make.  Although you can make any type of curry to the heat you want, on the whole dhansak is a medium heat.  Pathia is hot, sweet and sour and has great flavour!  I make this most weekends for my other half.  I hope it all goes well for you and let us know.

[amy1234]

Thanks curry queen.  I have had a good look at both and yes have decided to go for the Pathia.  The good new is that i have most of the ingredients at home.  I am just off home now to get cracking on the naan bread.  I am also cooking a potato and okra side dish, and am going to be doing a pudding, so best try and miss rush hour.  I'll let you know tomorrow how i get on.

Amy

[amy1234]

Hello all.  Well all went well last night, in the end.  after adding everything the curry tasted very bitter, so i ended up having to add a few bits and pieces to counteract the bitterness.  Which ingredient would make it bitter?
The nanns came out ok too so all in all I was very pleased.

[Curry King]

Which recipe did you go with ?

cK