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Title: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: annabellab on October 31, 2011, 06:18 PM
hi there!!

when i was a little girl i went to a friend of my mothers house.... its a very vague memory but it was the most exquistely fragrant curry sauce, more liquid than conventional curries and was mainly consisting of fruit, peaches, lychees that sort of thing. ive searched and searched to no avail
anyone have any ideas???
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: PaulP on October 31, 2011, 06:48 PM
Hi,

There is a fruit curry recipe in this book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Curries-India-Camellia-Panjabi/dp/1856265463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320086669&sr=8-1#_ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Curries-India-Camellia-Panjabi/dp/1856265463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320086669&sr=8-1#_)

I can't find my copy at present, wife has "tidied" up. It just sounds gross to me!

Good luck in your search.
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on October 31, 2011, 06:52 PM
Without wanting to be undiplomatic, Annabella, could you possibly give us some idea of the decade during which you experienced this dish, and tell us in which country (or at least in which continent) ?  That would help me, at least, to know in which cookery books to start looking.  I do seem to recall that during what many of us think of the "golden age of BIR" (i.e., the 60s and 70s), curries with fruit were a regular part of BIR menus, but because I am one of those odd people who like to keep sweet and savoury separate, I was never tempted to try one, nor can I be sure what name they were given, though it /might/ have been "Chicken Malaya".

Update : I see that NLi10 (http://foodstufffinds.blogspot.com/2009/10/pocky-guest-post-via-nli10-specialist.html) says he had a lychee and peach fruit curry "yesterday" (that would have been Sunday October 11th, 2009); he (or she) hails from Birmingham (England) -- may be worth getting in touch.

** Phil.
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: annabellab on November 01, 2011, 07:06 AM
Hi. Yes I suppose I was a little vague. Well I'm 23 now so it was probably only around turn of millenium. It was in kent, england. The woman was a friend of my mothers and in her 40s or 50s so it could be an older recipe
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on November 01, 2011, 10:07 AM
Quote from: annabellab on November 01, 2011, 07:06 AM
Hi. Yes I suppose I was a little vague. Well I'm 23 now so it was probably only around turn of millenium. It was in kent, england. The woman was a friend of my mothers and in her 40s or 50s so it could be an older recipe
OK, I'll make enquiries (but it may well be worth contacting NLi10, as suggested above).  As it happens, I live in "deepest" Kent, and know a number of the older generation, so I will ask them whether they are familiar with the dish you describe.  One final clarification needed, though : was this /just/ a fruit curry, or were there any other ingredients (meat, tofu, whatever) ?

** Phil.
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Unclefrank on November 01, 2011, 10:14 AM
Hi Annabellab is this close to what you can remember
Mixed Fruit Curry
4 to 5 pieces of crystallised ginger
Hot water
2 onions,chopped
60g butter
1 tsp crushed coriander seeds
1 tbsp curry powder
1 tbsp plain flour
2 cups (500ml) chicken stock
2 tsp lemon juice
freshly ground pepper
3 cups grated coconut
4 to 5 cups of chopped mixed fruits (melons, peaches, plums, grapes, bananas, apples, pears, etc..)
2 to 3 tbsp cream
METHOD
1. Cover ginger with hot water for a few minutes to remove sugar. Drain, pat dry and dry.
2. Saute onions in butter until tender.
3. Stir in ginger, coriander seeds, curry powder and flour and cook gently for 5 minutes.
4. Gradually add stock, stirring rapidly. Bring to boil, add lemon juice and season to taste. Simmer for 30 minutes.
5. Stir in coconut, fruits and cream.

You could add some base gravy( instead of chicken stock).
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on November 01, 2011, 10:27 AM
Quote from: Unclefrank on November 01, 2011, 10:14 AM
Hi Annabellab is this close to what you can remember[snip]
Is that based on the curry on Nivedita's Kitchen with the same name, Uncle Frank ?

       http://niveditaskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/09/mixed-fruit-curry-for-cook-and-click-4.html (http://niveditaskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/09/mixed-fruit-curry-for-cook-and-click-4.html)

** Phil.
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Unclefrank on November 01, 2011, 11:00 AM
No from this book first published in 1984 http://ebook3000.com/Indian-Cookery--Bay-Books-Cookery-Collection-_87503.html (http://ebook3000.com/Indian-Cookery--Bay-Books-Cookery-Collection-_87503.html)

I have had this book years, got it from a carboot for 50p, have cooked all the recipes from this book over the years thats why i put that recipe up because i have tried it with CA's base (replacing chicken stock with base) and turned out quite nice.

Just read all the article she got it from the same book.
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on November 01, 2011, 11:07 AM
Ah, interesting (and a useful link to boot).  Thank you, Uncle Frank.
** Phil.
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: chriswg on November 01, 2011, 11:10 AM
Assuming this lady is now 60 tops is she still alive? Surely the easiest thing to do would be to speak to her and beg for the recipe. If she is Indian then the recipe could have been 1 of thousands of local or regional traditional Indian recipes. If she is English then there is a chance it came from a book / tv show.
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Unclefrank on November 01, 2011, 11:12 AM
No problem Phil. ;)
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Les on November 01, 2011, 11:36 AM
Quote from: Unclefrank on November 01, 2011, 11:00 AM
No from this book first published in 1984 http://ebook3000.com/Indian-Cookery--Bay-Books-Cookery-Collection-_87503.html (http://ebook3000.com/Indian-Cookery--Bay-Books-Cookery-Collection-_87503.html)

I have had this book years, got it from a carboot for 50p, have cooked all the recipes from this book over the years thats why i put that recipe up because i have tried it with CA's base (replacing chicken stock with base) and turned out quite nice.

Just read all the article she got it from the same book.

What a shame, the links don't work anymore, Looked interesting

HS
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Unclefrank on November 01, 2011, 11:39 AM
Hi HS it might still have a valid link in the e-books section but cant remember which one its in.
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Les on November 01, 2011, 11:53 AM
Quote from: Unclefrank on November 01, 2011, 11:39 AM
Hi HS it might still have a valid link in the e-books section but cant remember which one its in.

Cheers Unclefrank
Totally forgot about our download section

HS
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on November 01, 2011, 11:57 AM
Or you could always search for a torrent with the same name ...
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Les on November 01, 2011, 12:10 PM
Quote from: Phil (Chaa006) on November 01, 2011, 11:57 AM
Or you could always search for a torrent with the same name ...

Already have Phil, But just "Indian Cookery" brings up loads of hits but can't see the one i want.
Can't find it in the download section either, Oh Well. back to the web search

HS
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on November 01, 2011, 12:21 PM
Quote from: hotstuff09 on November 01, 2011, 12:10 PM
Already have [searched for a torrent with the same name] Phil, But just "Indian Cookery" brings up loads of hits but can't see the one i want. Can't find it in the download section either.  Oh well, back to the web search.
Well I haven't tried this (of course), but if I were looking for such a file as a torrent, I might try a search string such as '"Indian Cookery" +btjunkie.org' ...

** Phil.
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: Les on November 01, 2011, 12:34 PM
Quote from: Phil (Chaa006) on November 01, 2011, 12:21 PM
Quote from: hotstuff09 on November 01, 2011, 12:10 PM
Already have [searched for a torrent with the same name] Phil, But just "Indian Cookery" brings up loads of hits but can't see the one i want. Can't find it in the download section either.  Oh well, back to the web search.
Well I haven't tried this (of course), but if I were looking for such a file as a torrent, I might try a search string such as '"Indian Cookery" +btjunkie.org' ...

** Phil.

Cheers Phil
Can't get on there at the minuite, so will try again later,

HS

PS
Just found on Kickass torrents, cheers phil
Title: Re: ive tried to search for this recipe since i was a little girl.... please help
Post by: BazC on November 01, 2011, 02:10 PM
Camelia Panjabi's book 50 great curries of india actually has several fruit curries.

Mango and yoghurt curry
Watermelon curry
Mixed dried fruit curry
Pineapple curry

any of those sound promising? It's a cheap book and well worth getting.

Link! (http://"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Curries-India-Camellia-Panjabi/dp/1845092643/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1320156028&sr=8-2")