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Curry Chat => Talk About Anything Other Than Curry => Topic started by: Les on February 29, 2012, 10:11 AM
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Last night one of my son's asked me to show him how to make a BIR curry from base to finished dish, Which I thought was a good idea,
Why waste everything I have learned,
Anyway this got me thinking what the rest of you guy's/girl's will do with your curry know how, Will you pass it on to someone in your family or someone you know, Or will it just disappear, when you go to that great curry house in the sky, ;D, and cr0 is just a memory in cyber space. :o
Les
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Hi Les,
Despite family and friends enjoying my curries (or so they say) I haven't managed to get anybody else interested enough to try this out. I even made up a curry kit in a box for my brother in law containing instructions and all the spices he would need and measuring spoons but I don't think he ever used it.
Maybe I'll be able to pass the knowledge to my son who is only 6 but he likes spicy food.
Cheers
Paul
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Maybe I'll be able to pass the knowledge to my son who is only 6 but he likes spicy food.
Cheers
Paul
That would be nice Paul, He's never to young to start learning ;D
I think what puts a lot of people off is the making of the Base, Even my son's(4) and daughter seems to think that it's long winded and complacated. But as you said they like to eat em ;)
Les
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My missus reckons she's well and truly curried out and would probably be happy for me to take it to the grave with me hehe ;D ;D
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Its a passion making curry you either want to do it or you dont - plenty want to eat it but have no interest how it comes together!!
Its a shame that folks think a curry can only be made by someone of an ethic origin -
best, Rich
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Hi Les,
As my eldest daughter (23) no longer lives with me and being a massive fan of Korma, I have taught her how to make base sauce, spice mix, korma and garlic chilli chicken masala (her partners favourite and one of mine too).
We went and bought all the spices together and she is now fully stocked up on those. It's nice now because when I go to see her I get cooked a curry now instead of chips!!
She now also wants to learn some of the other dishes I make too, so next time I go over there for a weekend I guess we'll be in the kitchen! :)
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Hi Les,
As my eldest daughter (23) no longer lives with me and being a massive fan of Korma, I have taught her how to make base sauce, spice mix, korma and garlic chilli chicken masala (her partners favourite and one of mine too).
We went and bought all the spices together and she is now fully stocked up on those. It's nice now because when I go to see her I get cooked a curry now instead of chips!!
She now also wants to learn some of the other dishes I make too, so next time I go over there for a weekend I guess we'll be in the kitchen! :)
Good on you 976bar
Don't it just make you fell good when one of the family want to learn something that you know,
Your daughter may even pass it on to one of her children in the future, Can't you just hear it now, "My dad taught me how to make this" Priceless mate
Les
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Hi Les,
It is a nice feeling that she has taken such an interest in this and as she and her partner are big fans of Indian Cuisine then I am hoping it will be passed down the line in years to come.
Funny really, in the olden days it was always cakes, now it has moved on big time. I remember my mum used to make home made toffee (and in particular toffee apples does anyone remember them?) also honeycomb :)
And I'll never forget the day when I was a kid and my parents had some friends round and my mum gave the guy some of her home made toffee, which stuck both sets of his false teeth together and he had to prize them apart in the back garden!! ;D ;D ;D
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Hi 976bar
Yes I remember my Nan and mum teaching me how to cook and make cakes, and went out with my dad poaching rabbits and pheasants at night (was born on a farm) and yes toffee apples and toffee, Toffee apples from the fair ground always tasted better than mine though ::) (but not as good as Mum's) Scotch Broth was the first dish I ever learned to make ;D And I loved it.
Les
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Ahhh the good old days :)
I used to go poaching with my great Uncle for rabbits and pidgeon, he showed me when I was a kid on how to set up a trap using 4 bricks and some twigs, put some bread inside and they would knock the twig which was supporting the top brick which then fell down and trapped the bird inside, but I can't for the life of me now remember how to build it anymore :(
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I think what puts a lot of people off is the making of the Base,
Les
Its for this reason why i think all newbies should be put onto CA's simple 2 onion base
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7645.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7645.0)
For me, it tasted like any other good base and being only 2 onions is a quick no hassle introduction into BIR cooking. None of this "you what!?, i need a sack of onions, an armfull of garlic and ginger, giant pots. nahhh, i dont think i'll bother."
Frank. ;)
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We set wire snares over the rabbit holes, (cruel now when you think of it) and an axe Handel to put them out of their misery :( Pheasants where easier, a pitch fork was the weapon of choice then, as pheasants roost low in the pine branches all you had to do was spear them :o But, you got to eat in hard times ;D
Les
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Its for this reason why i think all newbies should be put onto CA's simple base
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7645.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7645.0)
For me, it tasted like any other good base and being only 2 onions is a quick no hassle introduction into BIR cooking. None of this "you what!?, i need a sack of onions, an armfull of garlic and ginger, giant pots. nahhh, i dont think i'll bother."
Frank. ;)
Agree 100% Frank,
CA's base was the very first one I tried, Which got me hooked on how easy it was
Les
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I think what puts a lot of people off is the making of the Base,
Les
Its for this reason why i think all newbies should be put onto CA's simple base
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7645.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7645.0)
For me, it tasted like any other good base and being only 2 onions is a quick no hassle introduction into BIR cooking. None of this "you what!?, i need a sack of onions, an armfull of garlic and ginger, giant pots. nahhh, i dont think i'll bother."
Frank. ;)
I'll second that, Frank, and that's exactly what I do when any friends or family show an interest (though I've been using small versions of my favourite bases, as I hadn't seen CA's until you posted that link. Will give that one a try for def though, as I'm a huge fan of simplicity.)
It's all about getting them hooked and witnessing how simple it all really is, and means that you can say, "Of course, if you want to make up a big quantity you have the option", rather than the other way round and putting them off before they've started.
As for who will continue to carry the curry flame after I've shuffled, well, I'm lucky that everyone in my family is curry crazy. (This is entirely down to my parents, who were early converts to the cause when the first restaurants started opening up in London in the late 50s / early 60s.)
My brother is an excellent exponent of the BIR art, and my two daughters wield a pretty mean chef's spoon, too (insert proud dad smiley)...
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Pheasants are as daft as a Brush!!
The amount of timmes there has been one in the middle of the road and then runs to the side of the road as you approach, then does a complete U turn and runs straight back at the car!! ;D ;D
Lol Dalpuri, I've often wondered how many newbies have thought, I can't be asred with that base sauce milarky!! ;D
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My brother is an excellent exponent of the BIR art, and my two daughters wield a pretty mean chef's spoon, too (insert proud dad smiley)...
Its a great feeling to put an aching smile onto someones face when you introduce and encourage them to make these great bir curry recipes ;D
I have a friend in glasgow who i've been teaching via msn and so far everything she has made has been fantastic!
She just cant stop smiling and laughing at how good it all tastes.. and smells.
I've turned her into a curryholic with cupboards bursting with spices and no room in the freezer.
Yeah, it makes you proud ;D
Frank. :)
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Nice one Frank,
Before we know it we'll have a BIR anonymous for all the addicts!! lol ;D ;D
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My sister in law uses my Tika Masala recipe to the letter and all her fam cant get enough of it.
4 people at work have asked for the recipe and I know at least 1 has used it.
Last week 4 people asked for my onion bahji recipe after tasting some I took in to work.
Better than all that, the wife is cooking more home made food now rather than doing the freezer to oven style of cooking, she must feel outdone by my skillz ;)
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I'll share what little knowledge i have with anybody that want to use it, failing that i'll take it with me to that great BIR in the sky where phall is on the menu everyday and its free ;D ;D
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I gave my eldest daughter a similar curry kit to that mentioned earlier in the thread when she went to uni. I was well chuffed with it because living in Slovakia some of the stuff in there had been hard sought. I also gave her my stick blender and my favourite old wok ... she's now about to finish her degree and she's never used any of it :)
Bloody students !! ( said very tongue in cheek because she's worked her arse off .. very proud dad .. shame about the curries though !! ).
I hope at least one of my children will show an interest just so my wife has somewhere to dump the endless equipment , spices and so on when I depart for the BIR in the sky ... not a nice thought for Friday afternoon . What about a cold beer and a vindaloo tonight ? .. that's a nice thought !! ;)