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Quote from: CURRYISNICE on May 09, 2018, 01:31 AM.......was chatting to the owner and said I really miss the Bengali currys in the North East of England ..........What curry houses did you frequent whilst in the North of England.? Always up for a decent new one to try.
.......was chatting to the owner and said I really miss the Bengali currys in the North East of England ..........
Quote from: CURRYISNICE on May 22, 2018, 11:35 PMELW thanks so much for taking the time to reply and your helpful and kind post and for making a new comer and new to learing about Indian cooking to the forum feel so welcome, thank you. Yes I now know that the Punjabi and Ashokas use G and G paste in the final dish unlike Bengali resturants/take aways, I must apologize for not reading this in the forum previously before posting otherwise I would have known why the currys in the West of Scotland whos main influence is Punjabi cuisine has a G and G taste to their dishes. Again please accept my apologies ELW I should have read the forum in more depth and I would have found the answer.So reminiscent of Littlechilie's posts. Coincidentally, Littlechilie no longer seems to be a member!!
ELW thanks so much for taking the time to reply and your helpful and kind post and for making a new comer and new to learing about Indian cooking to the forum feel so welcome, thank you. Yes I now know that the Punjabi and Ashokas use G and G paste in the final dish unlike Bengali resturants/take aways, I must apologize for not reading this in the forum previously before posting otherwise I would have known why the currys in the West of Scotland whos main influence is Punjabi cuisine has a G and G taste to their dishes. Again please accept my apologies ELW I should have read the forum in more depth and I would have found the answer.
Quote from: DalPuri on May 20, 2018, 09:32 PMSince living in Scotland for the past 4 or 5 years, I must've been to at least 40 odd curry houses. Be it takeaway or restaurant.They all have (bar one or two) the same flavour to their savoury curries.And I put it down to the G/G paste not being fried at the start of each dish.Ashoka recipes, on this forum since 2008, Punjabi all day long, using a 3 in 2, in favour of garlic pre fried g&g paste in the dish, using a gravy which could be from anywhere. To be expected from CURRYISNICE, as he has clearly read very little on here before posting. Thought you may have came across this after over a thousand posts though. ELW
Since living in Scotland for the past 4 or 5 years, I must've been to at least 40 odd curry houses. Be it takeaway or restaurant.They all have (bar one or two) the same flavour to their savoury curries.And I put it down to the G/G paste not being fried at the start of each dish.
Ere, CURRYISNICE, you been copying my homework? ;D
Quote from: DalPuri on May 20, 2018, 09:32 PMSince living in Scotland for the past 4 or 5 years, I must've been to at least 40 odd curry houses. Be it takeaway or restaurant.They all have (bar one or two) the same flavour to their savoury curries.And I put it down to the G/G paste not being fried at the start of each dish.Since being in Scotland for about 4 years I and others who are from England have all noticed (bar one or two takeaway or restaurants) have the same flavour to their savoury curries also, which includes a raw G and G flavour, These are currys from takeaway or restaurants streaching from Inverkip on the west of Scotland to Dumbarton to Ayrshire to Falkirk to Livingston. I have tried curries from takeaway or restaurants in Edinburgh which included "Bengali" in their name and they DID NOT have the G and G taste in the curries and did not have the same savoury flavour as the before mentioned places, they tasted like a curry you could get in England (Well the ones I have had in England) nothing wrong at all with the way they make the curries and I am not complaining, its just not to my particular taste or preference the raw G and G flavour. As other posters have mentioned the reason is that in those areas in Scotland more Punjabis settled there hence the "Indian" cuisine being influenced by that style. Very interesting though as to how and why their is a regional difference.