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British Indian Restaurant Recipes - Main Dishes => BIR Main Dishes Chat => Topic started by: Onions on July 02, 2014, 01:33 PM

Title: Bandaloo
Post by: Onions on July 02, 2014, 01:33 PM

What is (was?) it exactly? Bit before my time I think but seems to have been a staple at some time whereas now- it's non-existant. So when and why did it die out?

Title: Re: Bandaloo
Post by: chewytikka on July 02, 2014, 01:48 PM

What are you talking about exactly? ???

Title: Re: Bandaloo
Post by: Onions on July 02, 2014, 02:04 PM

Depends on how old we are I guess- reckon it was very much a 70s / early 80s thing- see here, e.g., keema and egg!!!

(http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww80/zero-minute/menu1980y_zps1d304fe8.jpg)

Title: Re: Bandaloo
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on July 02, 2014, 02:21 PM

Documented in the Shish Mahal cookbook, copies of which are still available.
** Phil.

Title: Re: Bandaloo
Post by: Onions on July 02, 2014, 02:30 PM

Right! But what's the actual sauce, or style?

Title: Re: Bandaloo
Post by: chewytikka on July 02, 2014, 03:44 PM

Lol    ;D ;D How cool is that 70

Title: Re: Bandaloo
Post by: Onions on July 02, 2014, 03:51 PM

Bingo! Cheers CT. So as simple as a spelling mistake! As you say, there's plenty of variants there- pillaw, do-Piaza, Burryani :)  And see chicken breast is 20p more than on bone- I think that got mentioned in a thread here somewhere.

I like the idea of Scampi Pathia... should I recommend it to the curry house- or the fish shop!!! :D

Cheers mate

Title: Re: Bandaloo
Post by: Gav Iscon on July 02, 2014, 04:16 PM

Read the grey bit

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=y6vTun3i4NQC&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=bandaloo+curry&source=bl&ots=G_tZAn0cKJ&sig=YDfpcv5eu3SGb1l8U9F60tMS8Jc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WyG0U5GbK6uY0AXxnoAw&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=bandaloo%20curry&f=false (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=y6vTun3i4NQC&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=bandaloo+curry&source=bl&ots=G_tZAn0cKJ&sig=YDfpcv5eu3SGb1l8U9F60tMS8Jc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WyG0U5GbK6uY0AXxnoAw&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=bandaloo%20curry&f=false)

Theres a place in glasgow still have it on the menu spelt bandaloo.

Title: Re: Bandaloo
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on July 08, 2014, 11:08 AM

Comparison of Vindaloo and Bandaloo recipes, Shish Mahal Cook Book

Title: Re: Bandaloo
Post by: littlechilie on July 19, 2014, 07:39 PM

Thank you Phil for this Scan it sounds like a recipe worthy of a Saturday nights dinner :) tamarind water is interesting I'm guessing 1/4 pint of water with 1 tsp of tamarind paste will do it.

Title: Re: Bandaloo
Post by: ELW on July 19, 2014, 09:07 PM

This recipe could be called anything at all, certainly won't be what you'd get if you ordered it in the restaurant.
That goes for all the other curries on the book. When curry gravy really was a bit of a secret