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The discussion centers around the feasibility of cooking BIR (British Indian Restaurant) style curries in a slow cooker. Several users share their experiences, suggesting that while traditional BIR recipes may not be designed for slow cookers, good results can be achieved by browning meat beforehand and adjusting spice additions. However, one user expresses skepticism about the existence of true BIR recipes for slow cookers, emphasizing that the cooking methods differ significantly. Overall, the community agrees that while it may not be authentic BIR, slow cookers can produce tasty curries with some experimentation.

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Offline John

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Slow cooker recipes ???
« on: September 25, 2005, 10:27 PM »

Anyone have any BIR recipes for a slow cooker?
Is it even possible to cook a tasty BIR type of curry in a slow cooker?
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Re: Slow cooker recipes ???
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2005, 02:13 AM »
Hi John -

I use a slow cooker on a regular basis for some curries not containing yogurt or cream . If you brown the meat first then add any of the base sauce recipes on this site , you can achieve a good result . Additional spicing can then be added during the final stages of cooking to enhance the flavour. Hope this helps .

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Re: Slow cooker recipes ???
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2005, 07:43 PM »
Cheers CurryCanuck

I'll give that ago!

have you tried making the base sauce in a slow cooker? just wonder how it would turn out with whole spices being slowly cooked for hours?
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Re: Slow cooker recipes ???
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2005, 08:29 PM »
Hi John,

I haven't tried it myself with curry bases but have used a slow cooker a lot.
If I used whole spices I would "fry" them briefly first as in a "Tarka" to release their flavours before adding to the pot.
The other thing would be to add less water/liquid to start with as the covered pot does not allow for evaporation and you are likely to end up with a thinner watery sauce.
One big plus with a slow cooker is the meat/chicken ends up very tender and not dried out at all.
I think it is an area worth a bit of experimenting. You can imagine adding the ingredients before setting off to work and returning to a completed base sauce.......magic!

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Re: Slow cooker recipes ???
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2005, 03:43 AM »
Concur with Ray...the spices  ( tarka ) should be added at the end otherwise the flavour will be far too over-powering .

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Re: Slow cooker recipes ???
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2006, 02:44 PM »
I can endorse the slow cooker. I use it a lot but particularly for beef curries. The long, slow cooking certainly does tanderise the meat to a point where it falls apart in your mouth when you eat it.
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Re: Slow cooker recipes ???
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2006, 12:09 AM »
Has anyone actua;;y got a Slow Cooker Recipe?
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Re: Slow cooker recipes ???
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2006, 01:41 AM »
Hi Midge -
Here is a link to a recipe that I have used ( and modified on occasion ) - base sauce can be subsituted for stock .

http://home.comcast.net/~c.bendickson/recipes/crockcurry.htm

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Re: Slow cooker recipes ???
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2006, 12:34 PM »
Quote from: John on September 25, 2005, 10:27 PM
Anyone have any BIR recipes for a slow cooker?
Is it even possible to cook a tasty BIR type of curry in a slow cooker?

I doubt very much if hardly any BIRs use a slow cooker, so there's highly unlikely to be any "BIR recipes" as such. Now, you can probably achieve similar or better results with a slow cooker than they do with a furnace under a frying pan but then it wouldn't be BIR, would it?!

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Re: Slow cooker recipes ???
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2006, 11:05 PM »
Quote from: George on March 06, 2006, 12:34 PM
Quote from: John on September 25, 2005, 10:27 PM
Anyone have any BIR recipes for a slow cooker?
Is it even possible to cook a tasty BIR type of curry in a slow cooker?
I doubt very much if hardly any BIRs use a slow cooker, so there's highly unlikely to be any "BIR recipes" as such. Now, you can probably achieve similar or better results with a slow cooker than they do with a furnace under a frying pan but then it wouldn't be BIR, would it?!
Well Thanks george for you input! i was asking in the way of taste not style of cooking!
Regards
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