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Beginners Guide => Just Joined? Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Lol999 on July 14, 2008, 08:07 PM

Title: New to site
Post by: Lol999 on July 14, 2008, 08:07 PM

Hi all, just joined and looking to cook a proper curry. I'm good friends with an Asian couple so there's no pressure to perform! made a chicken biryani and chicken curry saturday, not good despite following the recipes 100%, so I will be trying the recipes here and picking peoples brains ;-)

Cheers, Lol

Title: Re: New to site
Post by: joshallen2k on July 14, 2008, 08:35 PM

Hi Lol,

"Not good" by whose reckoning? Yours or the Asian couple?

The reason I ask is that the recipes here are primarily (but not exclusively) focused on the British style "BIR" Indian restaurants. Authentic Indian is quite different. I, like many others on this site, would take a British style Indian over an authentic dish any day of the week. Its a unique taste/texture/aroma that we are all trying to achieve!

Which recipe did you try? Welcome aboard.

-- Josh

Title: Re: New to site
Post by: JerryM on July 15, 2008, 08:03 AM

i'm on the trail of the biryarni

this video looks spot on and intend to try out as soon as time permits

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=2688.msg23913#msg23913 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=2688.msg23913#msg23913)

big welcome and do ask when in need - it's a part of what the sites for

Title: Re: New to site
Post by: Curry King on July 15, 2008, 12:40 PM

Hi Welcome to the forum  ;)

Be sure to come back and let us know how the curry from here compares!

Title: Re: New to site
Post by: Bobby Bhuna on July 15, 2008, 01:53 PM

Best of luck!

Title: Re: New to site
Post by: Lol999 on July 15, 2008, 07:02 PM

Quote from: joshallen2k on July 14, 2008, 08:35 PM

Hi Lol,

"Not good" by whose reckoning? Yours or the Asian couple?

The reason I ask is that the recipes here are primarily (but not exclusively) focused on the British style "BIR" Indian restaurants. Authentic Indian is quite different. I, like many others on this site, would take a British style Indian over an authentic dish any day of the week. Its a unique taste/texture/aroma that we are all trying to achieve!

Which recipe did you try? Welcome aboard.

-- Josh

Hi Josh, the curry was spoiled by my own overzealousness with the yoghurt trying to create more gravy and trying to protect my wife's pallate from the heat. It just took the edge off everything, i think it would have been okay but I fubared it. The byriani was followed to the letter and was,for my tastes, too wet. My Indian friends are too polite to criticise and ate three platefuls, but I know it wasn't as good as the one they cook because I've tasted it. Start of a steep learning curve I think ;D

Cheers, Lol