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Curry Photos & Videos => Pictures of Your Curries => Topic started by: extrahotchillie on January 20, 2006, 02:51 PM
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Hi Peeps
Todays effort, Pillau Rice & Chicken Korma, made with the new base.
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Looks bloody marvelous ! ;D
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Your photos reminded me it's been too long since I had a take-away chicken korma and pilau rice, so I went and bought one last night. Here it is. But the korma wasn't as good as the one I made from Ghanna's recipe on this web site! And the pilau rice wasn't as good as Darth's recipe, either!
Regards
George
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Hi Extrahotchillie, Could you point me in the right direction for the ghanna's korma recipe that you say was good and what base did you use with it?
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Hi Extrahotchillie, Could you point me in the right direction for the ghanna's korma recipe that you say was good and what base did you use with it?
CQ
I assume you mean me, rather than extrahot chilli. It was me that mentioned Ghanna's excellent chicken korma recipe, which can be found at:
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=232.0
This recipe is so good it's a pity it's been denied a place in the hall of fame, the index of recipes. Ghanna, if you ever read this - come back soon, you're sorely missed!
I used it in conjunction with MarkJ's excellent 30-onion base sauce, to which I attribute a fair proportion of the final credit for the great overall outcome which I reported for the chicken korma which I prepared.
Regards
George
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Added, and I have to say Ghanna is greatly missed on this forum
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Just addded it to the list, theres probably other top recipes buried within the chat that have been overlooked send me a pm to add it if you find one.
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CK
Many thanks.
Regards
George
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Hi,
I have tried 3 recipes for korma now and still can?t nail it as a take away. The 1st I tried was the Kris Dhillon method and it was ok.
The 2nd I tried was the one on this forum with sweetened condensed milk but added spices from Dhillons book and the cinnamon and this tasted much better, I also added a golf ball size piece of cream coconut. Really it was very nice, but still not the same as a take away.
Last night I tried Ghana?s method but again added the spices as in Dhillons method. None have worked. But did not add any cream.
George, you seem to be the one who has the best result, could you advise of the exact base and links and how exactly you achieved the korma you got.? I.e. method quantities, I really would like to crack this one, I do really like spicy food but I just want to create this for the mrs....
I also added crushed cashews and 1 tsp of ground almonds to each of the above currys. I did try a separate curry with descicated coconut but it seemed to bitty? Maybe coconut powder?
I would greatly appreciate your help!
Kind regards,
James
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I use coconut powder to achieve a creamier texture...works well...tastes great .
CC
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Try creamed coconut I use it in a CTM and it makes all the difference.
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George, you seem to be the one who has the best result, could you advise of the exact base and links and how exactly you achieved the korma you got.
In order that the forum doesn't miss out on our chicken korma R&D, here's a summary of info I sent to James by eMail.
I found my korma notes on my PC and realise they are not yet ready for publication. I need to do more work, even though my first attempt was better than the last BIR korma I had. Both had the 'character' of a BIR korma.
>The 2nd I tried was the one on this forum with sweetened condensed milk
Try Ghanna's idea of evaporated milk. Oddly, I was going to try condensed milk next time round but, from what you say, perhaps it won't be as good.
>but added spices from Dhillons book
Ghanna adds no spices and it works, relying only on the minimal spicing in the base sauce.
Next time, I will try adding a few spices and if I get the right mix, am confident it will be even better. But start with no spices and take it from there.
>and the cinnamon and this tasted much better
As above, I'm not surprised. Experiment with minimal spicing and do let me know if you hit a success story with a given mix of spices.
>I also added a golf ball size piece of cream coconut.
This is about the quantity I used. Dissolve it in the evaporated milk (half a 170g tin = 85g), warmed at the start. I will try coconut powder as an alternative, but my first success was with creamed coconut.
>Then Simmered added a little single cream and served
I didn't use any single or other real cream. The evaporated milk was my only 'cream'.
>Really it was very nice, but still not the same as a take away.
My attempt was better than half all BIR kormas, and probably not as good as the best half of all BIR kormas.
>This didn't seem to create the result you described. Maybe it was the Onion base.
I used MarkJ's 30 onion base, scaled down pro-rata to 2 onions. As I said, I attribute a large part of the success to his base sauce, plus the 'tang' of the evaporated milk.
>I also added crushed cashews and 1 tsp of ground almonds to each of the above currys.
Grind 0.5 oz raw cashew nuts and 0.5 oz raw almonds in a coffee grinder until powdery.
Make a paste with water. Set aside, before adding to sauce.
>did try a separate curry with descicated coconut but it seemed to bitty?
I wouldn't use this.
>Maybe coconut powder?
I intend trying this, after I saw large sacks of the stuff being delivered to an Indian Restaurant.
Regards
George