Hi,
I'm a ex-pat from the UK. I have been living in South Africa since the end of 2004.
Super weather and scenery on the plus side!
On the minus side is my nearest Indian restaurant is a cool 700km round trip! :-\
Odd really because South African's love curry but they don't anywhere near a fraction of the Indian restaurants found in the UK.
I have however, nearly perfected my curry skills and turn out quite a mean Vindaloo. My wife says as good as we got in the UK...
Rice is still my problem! Of course I use basmati rice and steam it with two split cardamom pods and one clove per portion and it's OK. But I never get that classic "British Indian Restaurant" flavour... It's fast becoming the holy grail for me! :)
I used to order "Special Fried Rice" at my local Indian restaurant in the UK and it was such a lovely flavour, I'd eat a spoonful before I even attacked my curry.
Now to search!
Hi Jim and welcome to cr0.
I'm sure that you will find the perfect rice recipe on here.
Good luck, and happy cooking.
Ray :)
Hi Jim
Start reading there is a lot of useful information on this site!!
Hi Jim and welcome to cr0
paul
I guess at 700km they don't do free delivery either ;D. Welcome to the site. You've already cracked your vindaloo, the pilau rice bit is so easy. Have a read of this thread:
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5779.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5779.0)
and have a look at dipuraja's video on youtube - shortcut here
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4371.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4371.0)
DONE ;D