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Beginners Guide => Just Joined? Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: tongey on April 23, 2012, 01:19 AM
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Hello all!
I am so happy to have found this website!! Hello to everyone, I am Chris and I love to cook curry!!
I love eating and cooking curry!! I have tried cooking curry for the last 10 years or more, and never really found that 'taste' and 'smell' that you get from your local indian restaurant!
Until now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....it was actually "leviteish" YouTube channel which got me started on the BIR route, and, I am sure all you guys know the difference in flavour once you put all the elements togethere is FAN_BLEEPING_TASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!
Now, I have perfected the Base and some curries I want to learn to make some starters... I have tried many recipes for sheekh kebabs but they always end up looking like *unmentionable* - Already I have found a recipe on this site which looks awesome... !
Cheers!
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Welcome Chris ,
I hope you get what you're after from this forum !! :)
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Welcome Chris. Glad to hear you having success and that you have "cracked" the base and some curry recipes :D Whilst your sheek kebabs maybe look unmentionable, how did they taste? On this subject the following thread is well worth reading through to help you on your way:
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4393.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4393.0)
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Hi there Chris
get some curries made and post the pictures - looking forward to seeing them
best, Rich
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Welcome Chris. Glad to hear you having success and that you have "cracked" the base and some curry recipes :D Whilst your sheek kebabs maybe look unmentionable, how did they taste? On this subject the following thread is well worth reading through to help you on your way:
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4393.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4393.0)
Hi curryhell, and thanks for the link. The kebabs tasted fantastic and I made lots of them!!
Basically 1kg worth of minced beef and froze whatever I didn't use.........to be honest, I could have gotten away without freezing them because they were pretty much gone in under a week 8)
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Hi there Chris
get some curries made and post the pictures - looking forward to seeing them
best, Rich
Hi Rich. I got a few pics. Should I post them here or is there a dedicated section for pics?
Thanks
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Hi Toungey and a warm welcome to cr0 my friend.
Can I offer you some advice? Use minced lamb instead of beef. Most British Indian Restaurants and Takeaways use lamb and if that's the taste that you trying to replicate, then you would struggle using beef.
This is my recipe for Seekh Kebab but read through the whole thread first because there is an updated recipe further into the thread. Try them both as I believe them both to be very good and have served me well for a long long time. Here's the link ; http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4393.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4393.0)
If you need any help, send me a pm and I'll do all that I can mate.
Ray :)
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Hi Toungey and a warm welcome to cr0 my friend.
Can I offer you some advice? Use minced lamb instead of beef. Most British Indian Restaurants and Takeaways use lamb and if that's the taste that you trying to replicate, then you would struggle using beef.
This is my recipe for Seekh Kebab but read through the whole thread first because there is an updated recipe further into the thread. Try them both as I believe them both to be very good and have served me well for a long long time. Here's the link ; http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4393.0 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4393.0)
If you need any help, send me a pm and I'll do all that I can mate.
Ray :)
Hi Ray
Thanks for the tip!! Yeah, I always go to buy lamb but find it too expensive!! But then again if I cam recreate the taste then it is still much cheaper than getting them from a Restaurant!
Thanks for the link. I did see that recipe the other day and the moment I saw those skewers I just knew I HAD to have some!! So I ordered these last night...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-GIANT-AUTHENTIC-INDIAN-TANDOOR-TANDOORI-STEEL-BBQ-SKEWERS-TIKKA-SKEWERS-NEW-/350559493844?pt=UK_Home_Garden_BBQ_Utensils_Accessories_LE&hash=item519ef95ed4 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-GIANT-AUTHENTIC-INDIAN-TANDOOR-TANDOORI-STEEL-BBQ-SKEWERS-TIKKA-SKEWERS-NEW-/350559493844?pt=UK_Home_Garden_BBQ_Utensils_Accessories_LE&hash=item519ef95ed4)
As soon as they arrive I will trying your recipe!! Cannot wait. These will be great for tikka aswell. Hope we have some nice weather this year as I will be getting the BBQ out!!
Cheers
Chris
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Hi Chris,
Yeah, the big skewers are great and being square, you can get a really even cook with them. As for the expense of minced lamb, true it is dearer than beef but if can get to an Asian supermarket that has a resident butcher, you can pick up 500g for around 2.30GBP, which will make you 8 good size kebabs.
Anyway, good luck and shout up if you need any help,
Ray :)
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Welcome along.
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Thanks Wickerman :)
Hi Ray
Yeah, at that price it doesn't sound too bad. I live in Cardiff and funnily enough I come across a halal bucher close to where I work who does mutton leg for ?6/kg. Day off tomorrow so may pay a visit to check their price on lamb mince!! Just had a message from eBay too saying my skewers are on the way!!
So, all looks set for a Saturday of Seekh Kebab making!!! :D
Cheers
Chris
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Nice one Chris, looking forward to your results mate.
Ray :)
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I will certainly post the results on here!! I went down to the Halal butcher, they did not sell lamb mince, but I took the liberty of buying 1kg of mutton shoulder while I was there!!! ;D Guess it is Mutton Rogan Josh on the weekend for me!! Maybe a Mutton Madras too! I see they do lamb mince in asda which is 2x600g packs for ?7 at the moment. But, in typical fashion was out of stock when I was there..... ::) Have to go back on Saturday morning.
So, have Mutton marinating in the fridge. Will leave that there until Saturday morning. Then down to Asda, pick up my lamb mince. Hopefully, my skewers would have arrived by then :)
Saturday will be a day of cooking then...
1) 2 hours of slow cook for the mutton, then cook up some lamb stock with the bones from the shoulder.
2) Cook up a few mutton curries.. Rogan Josh, Madras, Bhuna
3) Cook up some Ray's Seekh Kebabs (providing my skewers arrive by then)
Just some general Forum questions....
Where do you generally post stuff?
I mean, if the post includes pictures do you post them in the Pictures board?
Or, if you are cooking starters do you post them in the starters board..
Or, mains in the mains board...... etc...
or do you use the Curry Talk board?