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Title: advise
Post by: ranat22 on March 20, 2009, 12:34 PM

hi all
im newish to this site and have tried a few madras,vindaloo and bhuna recipies i have found on here and i have enjoyed them all.thing is tho when ever i put the curry on the plate(be it with rice or chips)i get a watery liquid appearing(could be oil/or water)
any ideas what im doing wrong,or is there a way to stop it???
cheers

Title: Re: advise
Post by: joshallen2k on March 20, 2009, 01:34 PM

Probably oil if its distinctly separate from the sauce itself.

Try spooning it off when its still in the pan before putting on the plate. I always take a look at the oil content before plating.

Good luck!

-- Josh

Title: Re: advise
Post by: JerryM on March 20, 2009, 06:21 PM

work out if it's oil or water (put some in the microwave and see if it evaps off).

oil would be easy to fix - don't put as much in either the base or at frying stage.

water is a bit more difficult to track the cause - i find anything that's been frozen tends to let water separate out more readily.

let us all know which it is - oil or water so we can focus the grey cells

Title: Re: advise
Post by: Curry Barking Mad on March 20, 2009, 07:21 PM

hi ranat,

It sounds to me as if your describing water on your plate after the sauce has sat on rice or chips for a little while, the water in the sauce can start to drop out of the sauce if you follow me,
this is usually remedied by cooking your sauce a little longer to reduce the water quantity in the sauce a little more,,
If this is what you describe then the same can happen in chillies or spag boll sauce,

Bob

Title: Re: advise
Post by: ranat22 on March 23, 2009, 01:12 PM

cheers for the replies.
it's definitely a watery liquid so i'll cook it a bit longer and see what happens,if not then it's most likely to be through freezing.

cheers