Hi everyone,
I am new to this forum so just thought I would say hello and introduce myself. I am a 25 year old psychology graduate from Sunderland with a love for all things curry related.
I have joined this forum for cooking hints and tips to help broaden my culinary skills.
I am looking forward to trying many, many new recipes!
Welcome Honey, you'll need plenty psychology on here but for all things curry related, you've come to the right place. Don't be frightened to ask if you get stuck.
Haha I will hopefully be able to put my degree to good use! :D
Thanks Gav, I am looking forward to experimenting and learning some tricks!
If you're new to BIR, as I am, you can't go wrong with starting with either Dipurajas, Cory Anders or Chewy Tikkas bases and recipes to start out with.
Hi Honey,
Welcome to the forum.
Sometimes its a bit like Grandads Army, sitting on a park bench, discussing all things trivial.
But don't let that put you off. ;)
What is your favourite Restaurant Curry, that you would like to make at home?
cheers ChewyTikka
I'm local, South Shields and I do talk to Maccams ;D
Thanks Gav, I will have a browse through the recipes and pick some to try out. :)
Haha Chewy, that definitely won't put me off. My favourite restuarant curry is madras, I'd love to learn to make it 'restuarant style' at home. I love side dishes such as saag aloo too. Ooh a 'sand dancer' hmm? Haha well why wouldn't you speak to us mackems? Rumour has it that we are the nicest people in the North East! ;D
Rumours, Rumours ;D
I've made a few video recipes, of me knocking up my supper.
Theres a couple on Madras, you might one to look at.
https://vimeo.com/mikestyne/videos
Making a good Madras has a technique/method, which is the opposite
to your usual text book recipes and even goes beyond culinary logic somewhat. ;)
cheers ChewyTikka
Thank you very much, I will have to try this! It looks amazing!
This might sound like a stupid question but what do you mean by 'spice mixture'? I am guessing it means a mixture of spices ha but which spices?
Thanks again!
Hi Honey
No stupid questions when you starting off.
The restaurants use what they call a Mix Powder, Instead of just a straight forward bought Curry Powder.
Every cook does a slightly different mix. Which leads to discussion on which is the best etc
welcome from Scotland honey, my brother used to live in South Shields but has been in Seaburn Dene for ages - good curry country.
Welcome Honey. You couldn't have come to a better place to learn about BIR curry, especially madras, nor could you have found a better place to do some phsyco analysis ;D There a few on here close to going off the rails, and some have long since left the track :) :) :)
Quote from: honey on September 02, 2013, 07:41 PM
Rumour has it that we are the nicest people in the North East! ;D
No, its just the ones from Whitley Bay. ::) ;D
Thanks Chewy, I think I will try your mixture. I have quite a lot of spices, I usually get them from Chester road in Sunderland, but I will have a look in Castletown too because I always like to add to my collection ;D
Hi Stephen, Seaburn is a lovely area of Sunderland. I haven't had the pleasure of spending much time in Scotland yet but I have visited Edinburgh and absolutely loved it!
Haha curryhell, well maybe in return for some amazing curry recipes I can offer some psychoanalysis? ;)
Another local lad Gav! Seems to be a few North-Easterners on here!
enjoy the forum honey
HI
Hutchinsons on Chester road have all the ingredients you will need
its a fruit n veg shop on one side .
spices and powders on the other side
fresh ocra ,chillies coriander etc etc at the back of the shop ,plus halal butcher ,good prices
check it out,its just a little way up from the Chester's pub .on the left as you leave Sunderland City centre.
Hi Steevee00,
Thank you. That's where I usually get my spices, vegetables etc from. It's really handy, just around the corner from me! I will definitely have to stock up, now just need a weekend to dedicate to curries!
Welcome to the form Honey. I hope you find it as useful as I have.
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Even worse, the pictures he uses on his site are
stolen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59021654@N00/8412263918/) from elsewhere ...
not being a perv Honey( and in Thailand ) but great looking pic i clicked on it like any normal male would do and it came up with a pic the same size - very small - where is the enlargement!! would be great to have a ganders
best, Rich