That's got my juices flowing for my leftover Chicken Bollywood Blast.  Saag looks good Rob.  Any recipe for it?

Not an exact recipe Dave. Expect will of got most of it from on here somewhere.

Have been using fresh spinach lately. It’s often on yellow sticker. The big bags, not sure on amount. Steam it. After wilting down one bag, can cram another one into the basket. I use a potato masher to force the liquid out.

A little oil in the pan with chopped fresh garlic (lots) first, followed by chopped onion and salt (lots). A little turmeric powder. Chopped fresh tomato. A squeeze of lemon.








All mixed in. Usually store at this point, as a pre-cook. Frozen.





Partial defrost and take enough out for a portion of bhaji. A little oil, or butter.  More salt (to taste). I like to add some fresh chopped green chilli. A local TA use a masala in theirs; it’s fabulous. The Bangla Lounge or the Bangla Kitchen, I can’t remember. Here I used Jalpur GM (1/2 tsp), which is quite a lot, given its pungency; it’s heavy on black pepper too. As standard for the saag bhaji, fry hard and hot whilst bashing the living daylights out of it. It should catch. I have a small black iron frying pan for this, which is best, but I can’t find it.





Next time will try a chaat masala. Julian has said that some kitchens use it like a GM. Also, Yorkshireindian has suggested recently, I think, something on the lines of chaat masala being the secret to many of the TA side dishes.

Chicken Bollywood Blast?

Rob

Supposedly based on review rankings plus some kind of expert input. I haven't heard of any of these places. Have you?

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That's got my juices flowing for my leftover Chicken Bollywood Blast.  Saag looks good Rob.  Any recipe for it?

Thanks Bob. Is this gnger balti chicken on the site?

Have made this one before and thought had gone over how to do it; maybe not, am getting forgetful these days. So it’s Mick’s balti base, 2 tsp chilli powder option, salt to taste. For the balti, 20 g root ginger. Finely chopped/julienned, 50/50. The chopped ginger goes in at the start (with the garlic). Most of the juliennes go in half way through cooking, along with 2 tsp (or more) of ground ginger powder. A pinch of GM/ground ginger to finish. The remaining juliennes are for garnish. The amount of ginger additions (and salt) can be adjusted according to taste. That’s it. So not much to do really. If, as I have done in the past, also grated in some lime zest towards the end of cooking, it would result in a Balti chicken (ginger & lime).

Should add, I did read somewhere that the sequential addition of chopped and julienned is important, when the aim is to emphasise notes of ginger in a curry. So I am not just making it up as I go along.

Rob

Quote from: Kashmiri Bob on August 13, 2025, 11:07 AM

Balti chicken (ginger) and basmati rice.



Rob

This looking particularly divine, Rob.

Thanks. Good to see you back. Hope you are OK.

Rob