Has anyone called the takeaway he was working for to find out?

An Indian lady on Youtube claims that asafoetida dissolved in water results in a better flavour and aroma in food.

You can dissolve a lot of it, store it in a bottle and then use it when required.

She also claims it's a very important ingredient in Kashmiri cooking.

The tip is 2 minutes and 5 seconds into the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBvcJ-jrk8I

The recipe is for Chatpata Chana Chaat.

Quote from: Garp on July 08, 2015, 08:10 PM
I'm not sure if someone 'born and bred in the sub-continent' would have an innate understanding of BIR, Phil. As you well know, it is a very different cuisine from traditional dishes.
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THIS fascinates me. HOW and WHERE DID BIR arise?

It is a remarkable evolutionary step if there are no strong links to traditional dishes.

The food is simply incredible.

Excellent pics, Bob 

How does it compare to other curry recipes you've cooked?

Can we have the recipe!

Vah chef, an Indian chef on Youtube, uses a "handi biryani" pan to cook biryani recipes.

It looks like a casserole pan with a bulging base: youtube.com/watch?v=iJUdcbCoIcA

Does it make a difference if you use this pan or a standard casserole pan?

George, an award winning Indian chef told me that 20% of the flavour of Tikka comes from cooking in the Tandoor oven.

The man's food is excellent:

purplepoppadom.com

*MEGA BUMP*

This thread is almost 10 years old.

I think you should be the new mod Dal Puri!  ;D

George, if you stop being a mod, this will turn into another CA situation.

Rapidly.

I disagree, George is not an intrusive moderator - and most importantly he's not a tyrant.

This has started to look like bullying.