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Just Joined? Introduce Yourself / Re: Wow & Hi

« on: April 01, 2009, 01:55 PM »

Hi,

welcome,

This site is addictive, but its the people on here that make it what it is..

good luck

windybum

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British Indian Restaurant Recipe Requests / Re: Hot red sauce

« on: April 01, 2009, 03:20 AM »

Hi,

This is a recipe for chili sauce found on another site i hope it helps.

Chilli Sauce

1 to 5 ripe Chilli naga's finely chopped
1 Onion finely chopped
3 cloves of Garlic crushed
1 tin Mangos in syrup (chopped and drained)
250ml Cider vinegar
1 cup of Sugar
juice of 1 Lime
1 tsp Curry powder
2 red Chillies ie cherry bombs or red habs
? tsp Salt
2 tsp English mustard

Method

1 .First fry onion and garlic until golden,
2. Add curry powder and stir fry for a minute.
3. Next add chopped mangos, lime juice, naga's and red chillies.
4. Cook down for 10 minuets on a medium low heat, stir to prevent sticking.
5. Now add vinegar, mustard, sugar, salt and boil for at least 5 minuets, or until a nice sauce consistency in achieved.
6. Now blend until smooth and pour into sterilized bottles.

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Lets Talk Curry / Re: Who else thinks they could reproduce any of their average local BIRs curry?

« on: April 01, 2009, 03:10 AM »

Hi Bobby,

I joined this site to be able to come as close to my local as possible, although I'm not there yet I'm well on my way and have to say exceeded all of my expectations. m y friends now preffer my cooking ..they say it tastes fresher... more flavoursome.. but they are probably just saying it to be nice, where else can you get a 10 dish buffet for free?
I want to crack a good ct korahi and although the ashoka is good i am experimenting with pataks kashmir,tandoori,tikka pastes as hinted to me by my local t.a waiters combined with a little yogurt and frozen in icecube trays ready to Be popped out as and when, if i crack it ill post it.

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Supplementary Recipes Chat / Chaat Masala

« on: April 01, 2009, 02:54 AM »

Hi All,

I did a bit of investigation work at my local take away the other night asking questions i have wanted to know for a few years now, anyway one of the dishes they serve has overridding tones of star anise, I pretended it had a small wager on it with my mate and asked what the flavour was hoping to get the recipe.
The waiters looked at eachother and smiled and one went into the kitchen, he came back with a list of the ingredients they were, Chaat Masala, chili powder, fresh coriander, fresh garlic,curry powder, he said the curry powder was not a spice mix.. i asked..i said oh madras curry powder? he said no...normal curry powder.. and he said we use a lot of pataks pastes too..hm mm
As the chaat masala dish is called laziz zerstick i will hazard a guess it is the laziza chaat masala the chef is using.

I cant wait to experiment with these ingredients

Has anyone used this chaat masala or can anyone recognise the ingredients given as i have not seen this dish anywhere else.. can you help?

Smoke me a kipper ill be back for breakfast!!

keep it curry

windybum

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Supplementary Recipes Chat / Re: The "Secret Ingredient" Onion Paste

« on: April 01, 2009, 02:37 AM »

Hi,

Regarding the secret onion paste photo above, i feel due to the longer cooking time the smokey burnt flavour was really present in this paste, i did not add cinnamon powder i used a two inch piece of cassia bark and removed it after two hours, just enough i feel.
I will make the ashoka paste again to compare again. I think i will caramelise the ashoka paste further next time to get a better comparison, but overall I'm undecided on which i prefer at the moment, both are good.

I found a recipe on another site called Punjabi onion paste which is made in the microwave... i may give that ago some time soon..

When adding onion pastes to my dishes i do think it finishes the dish off in terms of that smokey Moorish flavour and will keep a batch in the fridge at all times

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Pictures of Your Curries / Re: Some dishes from this site.

« on: April 01, 2009, 02:24 AM »

Hi All,

Thanks for the tips, i will try it next time..

windybum

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Curry Base Chat / Re: Members most recent choice of base / curry recipe

« on: April 01, 2009, 02:16 AM »

hi Bobby,

So far i have to say saffron and ashoka do it for me, i have made a different base tonight with no capsicum, carrot or potato, with a little cinnamon, made my curry edible by noticeably worse off for it I'm my opinion. it will be ditched tomorrow i think. makes me appreciate a good base even more.

windybum

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Supplementary Recipes Chat / Re: The "Secret Ingredient" Onion Paste

« on: March 27, 2009, 09:53 PM »

This is my attempt at the secret onion paste - 3.5hrs cooking time.

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Pictures of Your Curries / Some dishes from this site.

« on: March 27, 2009, 09:31 PM »

Hi All,

Here are my Onion Bhajis (Cory Ander), Chicken Tikka (Blade's) and Chicken Tikka Balti (Haldi) - with added decoration - O.H thinks it looks like boobs...