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Curry Photos & Videos => Pictures of Your Curries => Topic started by: Cory Ander on May 22, 2012, 02:50 PM
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Just a photo of my Chicken Vindaloo (made using CBM's Little India base) and Peas Pilau Rice.
Very enjoyable indeed....(I'm eating it as I speak!)
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The vindaloo looks lovely, CA, but I can't get as enthusiastic about the rice. Sorry !
** Phil.
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Sorry to hear that, Phil, the rice is probably what I enjoyed most! ::)
What, exactly, can't you "get as enthusiastic" about?
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As usual the dish looks and I bet tastes fantastic .. you are a 'curry king' CA !!
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All looks good to me CA. What is your verdict on the CBM Little India base?
Cheers,
Paul
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Sorry to hear that, Phil, the rice is probably what I enjoyed most! ::) What, exactly, can't you "get as enthusiastic" about?
Well, I'd prefer to focus on the positives : the vindaloo looks just about as good as it gets. But for me, a pulao rice needs to have more colour differentiation between the grains -- the white grains (the majority) should be a clear, clean, white, whilst the coloured grains should be few in number and saturated [1]. In your rice, the grains seems to be a sort of uniform creamy yellow, which I don't personally find appealing or appetising. But that's just me : I am sure that many will be more than happy to enthuse about its presentation.
** Phil.
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Looks like a great curry (and rice!) CA ;)
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What is your verdict on the CBM Little India base?
I found it had a very strong distictive flavour
I liked it, what are your thoughts, CA?
That vindaloo looks fantastic!!
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I certainly wouldn't mind tucking into that plateful. It looks excellent, rice included ;)
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But for me, a pulao rice needs to have more colour differentiation between the grains -- the white grains (the majority) should be a clear, clean, white, whilst the coloured grains should be few in number and saturated [1]. In your rice, the grains seems to be a sort of uniform creamy yellow, which I don't personally find appealing or appetising. But that's just me : I am sure that many will be more than happy to enthuse about its presentation.
Interesting point, Phil, and not one that I would necessarily disagree with.
Your are totally correct that the grains in mine are "sort of uniform creamy yellow" since I deliberately made them so. The reason for this is that the rice was left over from a large dish of Chicken Biriani I cooked for a large group of people, which included none curry eating Aussies! And, from experience, I know that Aussies (and even many British expats!) tend to shy away from highly coloured rice (even though, like you, I personally prefer it that way).
What is your verdict on the CBM Little India base?
Hi Paul. I thought it would probably be more appropriate to reply to this in CBM's Little India Base Video thread here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=8242.msg74395#msg74395 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=8242.msg74395#msg74395)
Suffice to say, here, is that I think the base (and spice mix) is up there with the very best that I have tried on the forum.
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Looking good CA.
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Hi CA
Rice looks fine to me, nice and moist with a long grain, quite unlike some BIR's which can be slightly under cooked.
Your Vindaloo looks a great colour and texture, certainly makes you want to have a taste. ;)
It does look a lot lighter than your previous Vindaloo recipes, have you changed your tomato
paste, or maybe using less?
good looking dish
cheers chewy
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It does look a lot lighter than your previous Vindaloo recipes, have you changed your tomato
paste, or maybe using less?
Hi Chewy,
Not really. The main difference, I think, is the base (i.e. I used CBM's Little India base here). The pics I posted of a Vindaloo I made using the Curry2Go base was very dark....I think because the Curry2Go base is pretty dark (compared to most)...or, at least, mine was.
Maybe it's partly due to the camera/lighting too.