Hi All,
I thought it might be helpful to provide some directions for those who are new to cooking British Indian Restaurant ("BIR") curries and/or are new to this forum. Here's what to do and where to look (just click on the links):
Using this Forum to Cook a British Indian Restaurant Curry
Step 1: Arm yourself with the necessary basic
ingredients - see here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1766.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1766.0). You may need additional ingredients for your selected curry base, main course dish and starters and side dishes
Step 2: If you want to make your own
curry powders ("spice mix") or garam masala, rather than buy those that are commercially prepared, look here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=28.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=28.0)
Step 3: You will need to make a
curry base ("curry gravy" or "curry sauce") - see here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=2.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=2.0)
Step 4: ]Prepare your
pre-cooked meat using one of the methods here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=28.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=28.0)
Step 5: Select
main course recipe from here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=3.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=3.0)
Step 6: Select
starter and side dish recipes from here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/board,73.0.html (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/board,73.0.html)
Step 7: Post
pictures of your results here!: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=10.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=10.0)
Hope this helps! 8)
Hi cory, ;) its helpful to me and I have been here for a while! Its like a fingerpost. Nice one matey... ;D
As a newbie to this that helps a lot,
thanks!
A great help - to be pointed into the various sections - there is such an amount of information on here! - THANKS
These links, and help, are very useful.
Thankyou. :D
You have just answered my newbie questions :) thank you very helpful.
Great starting point for a newbie
thanks
Since CA is no longer around, maybe one of our senior members could update these links?
Seniority won't help -- the only people who can update them now are George & Stew (no-one else has privilege so to do).
** Phil.
I meant senior as in cooking ability/reputation as opposed to seniority in the ranking of the site.
Maybe yourself, CH, CT, SL, Rob, and others could get together and agree on a welcoming starter thread for complete newbies
Yes, I understood what you meant by seniority; the confusion is more about whether the links can be updated. CA's links can't (other than by a moderator or the site admin), but a new set could be created. It's probably a worthwhile task, but if it's not to have to be done all over again in a few more years, we really need a better mechanism that can be continually updated in the light of the current received wisdom. I would suggest that we ask George if he can take this under his moderator's wing; he could set up a "Beginners start here" thread, and because he can continue to update the first message in the thread (because he is moderator), it need never get out of date. To make life simpler, all that might be necessary in the first place is to clone CA's post, and then the rest of us can make suggestions for possible improvements; if there is good agreement on these, then we can ask George to incorporate them. How does that sound ?
** Phil.
Thank you - looking forward to contributing as well as learning more about BIR curries.
Thank you for this. Very helpful.
Perfect, just what this Trainee needs. Next stop local farmer's market for some quality mutton or chicken. Which sauce to start with?! Thanks Cory.