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Lets Talk Curry / Re: 24 H with a Master Chef of Indian Cuisine
« on: May 29, 2025, 11:43 PM »
It depends upon the fat content of the milk.  Some people add extra cream to the milk, which I did on one occasion.  I can't really recall the yields I achieved but it would be somewhere around 2 - 3 litres at least I'd say.

Rik (Loveitspicey / Backyard Chef) says 250 - 300 g per litre using full fat whole milk.

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: 24 H with a Master Chef of Indian Cuisine
« on: May 29, 2025, 12:14 AM »
It's not East End Phil. Deeper colour and more viscous. Do watch the video when you get chance. The editing is clumsy in places, but overall it's very good. Nepalese chef. I am going to have a go at making my own paneer. It looks quite straightforward; bet it isn't. For the claypot presume the flavours of the seasoning permeates through the pastry.

Amazing from 7.30 pm. Fabulous. When I visit Milan next...

Rob

I have made my own paneer a few times Rob.  It isn't too complicated at all, but it helps to have a press of some kind.  I used a small rectangular plastic trinket basket and a suitably cut piece of acrylic sheet along with a perfectly sized Railway electrical wire tensioning weight I had lying around.  You will also need a milk thermometer or just a candy thermometer.  What I found though, was that it is not really cost effective, unless you can get full cream milk at reduced prices.

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Curry Base Chat / Re: Next base to try
« on: May 06, 2025, 01:43 AM »
I agree that the ads are a frustration and quite a nuisance, however the fact that the site keeps disappearing for long periods is even more annoying with the last outage lasting 12 days for me.

Why can't we just post photos in the posting of comments, as attachments, as you do on any other forum, and how we used to be able to do it here?  Admin?  Why can't you fix this?

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Curry Base Chat / Re: Next base to try
« on: May 04, 2025, 10:37 PM »
It did go well.  The original 5 curries were all good and subsequent beef curries were also good.  I have frozen enough base to make another 3 or 4 dishes.  The beef (rump) would have benefited from longer pre-cook but it was acceptable in regards tenderness.  Chuck or gravy beef would be better.

I'm growing more and more frustrated with the forum.  It is obvious that several others of the last of us are also falling off as well.

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Curry Base Chat / Re: Next base to try
« on: April 21, 2025, 08:53 AM »
I hope it is as good as he says.  I've just made a full batch, to specifications, Tomato Paste and pre-cook Chicken (thigh and breast in 2 separate batches).  I've just cooked 5 different curries and not tasted a thing in the process.  Just followed the instructions and cooked it, which is normally against every bone in my body.  Anyhow, we are 30 minutes away from giving it all a try out.

I made the Madras to spec, a milder curry for the family, a Jalfrezi, all using thigh fillet pre-cook, and I did a Butter Chicken and a Mango Chicken using Breast Fillet.

The verdict awaits.

I have 2 things to note.  Our chicken out here must be full of water, and I could not get the oil to separate in the Base / Paste.  I have had this issue before with recipes stating that it is done, when the oil separates, and it just won't.  I cooked the crap out of it today but no oil separation, and, yes, I used the full amount and the Butter Ghee.

It really pisses me off that I can't just post a frigging photo.  It seems the KB is the only person who can.

Edit: By the way.  5 hours start to finish for all prep, pre-cook and 5 finished dishes with a Rice Cooker Basmati rice and 6 freezer Samosa.

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Curry Base Chat / Re: Next base to try
« on: April 18, 2025, 11:24 PM »
Here is the Madras video, just released.
https://youtu.be/8q2qX8s3gzk?si=wDJMs5BXTiS-Ies-

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Morning Bites video East Indian Bottle Masala Recipe.  28 ingredients.

This would need to be scaled for a home use as it makes just shy of 2 kg.

Ingredients are individually / group roasted, cooled and ground to a fine powder masala.

In video order,

150 g Coriander seed
250 g Cumin seed
250 g Mustard seed (brown)
10 g Mace
10 g Mugwort (Note: These appear to be reverse labelled and ??? mugwort.  Not sure what this is.)
25 g Stone Flower
10 g Cubeb (Tailed Pepper)
25 g Black Cardamom
10 g Triphala (Note: possibly omit this if unavailable. Ayurvedic ingredient.)
25 g Sesame seed
25 g Fenugreek seed
50 g Fennel seed
25 g Cloves
30 g Star Anise
35 g Green Cardamom
35 g Black Peppercorn
150 g Cinnamon stick
4 x Nutmeg
1 piece stone Asafoetida (substitute powder hing, quantity ?)
200 g Turmeric root (substitute powder)
30 g Poppy seed
30 g Caraway seed
25 g Tej Patta
25 g Wheat kernel (Warning: contains gluten)
25 g Gram (dehydrated chickpea)
100 g Pandi Mirch
200 g Kashmiri Mirch
200 g Bedgi Mirch (Byadgi)

I would imagine that 500 g of MDH Deggi Mirch would be a suitable substitute for the 500 g of chilli varieties.



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Here is a fairly recent article/recipe for a bottle masala curry plugging (in part) Derby Dave's product.

https://glebekitchen.com/bottle-masala-chicken-curry-restaurant-style/

Interesting read.

Glebe do some good stuff. A decent resource. Contemporary BIR approach, not a bad thing. Although, these days I can't help thinking the "trap" the author mentions is instead the blank canvass gravy approach itself. Shock horror!  Depends on what people are looking for, I suppose. Or maybe I am just bonkers :)

Rob

Our loss but Romain's site is a great resource.

This is a fairly recent video for anyone interested in attempting their own Bottle Masala.  However, I've not seen Mugwort looking like this stuff anywhere unless it is the flower.  Even that is questionable.  I thought mugwort is a leafy herb.  Also ensuring the 3 different types of chilli won't be an easy task.  Requesting Pandi Mirch, Kashmiri Mirch and Bedge Mirch (Byadgi) anywhere over here at least, will raise confused looks upon the staff at the Indian Grocers.  I do love the appearance of the fresh spices being used, and you can only imagine the aroma and flavour.  We don't get spices anywhere near this quality here.

https://youtu.be/QxyuTT5itZo?si=SdcERuIFl5dS2HJD

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Question for the experts here.. I have seen a couple of Base recipes that use potatoes. Is this common?
It is not unheard of; however, it is usually only a small quantity added to a base gravy.  I think Chewytikka used to add a piece or two to some of his base.  I know I've done it several times, so it must be used in a few different bases.  Naturally it will have a thickening effect.  I've seen all sorts of things added to base gravies. There is one old base here by Andy2295 that even contains Chinese (Mooli) Radish and about 20 other ingredients.

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1476.0

It doesn't change much so you can use it or leave it out.

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This is the Salmon portion recipe I used. It was from Youtube, but I used the Masala I had made up instead of the one on the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esYuj6RC2Tw

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