Balti meat (pathia) with egg fried rice.









Would have preferred mutton, but economising.


Rob

Homemade Balti chicken (madras). With rice and mango chutney.





Too much pulp in this one. Lost the taste/flavour.

Rob

Quote from: Peripatetic Phil on November 01, 2025, 05:29 PM
Apart from the chips 

Recommend the Samphire Fries I posted recently Phil. On the menu at Rajah Monkey, Birmingham (part of the Lasan group). A reasonably priced high-end dining accompaniment. Just £4.50. Actually the cheapest thing there, except for the papadum basket, which is £3.50, I think.

Found they are also mighty fine with a Craster kipper, vinegar and tomato ketchup.

Rob

Quote from: martinvic on October 31, 2025, 09:27 PM
Think that is quite normal when you freeze and defrost stuff like curries. Just water ice crystals form quicker when freezing and also defrost first, thus leaving water around it. I always reheat frozen food like that in a pan, so you can mix it all back together easier and evaporate some of the water.
Looks really yummy anyway.

Have made another Balti chicken and frozen it. Will be interesting to see what happens after defrosting; may give an idea on how much pulp to use. Also now blending the pulp with blitzed onion and fresh garlic, although I think this will actually need pre-cooking. The idea is I will have two pans to make the curry. The base gravy and the pulp. Dispensing with the pan fry onion/garlic approach at the start. No green pepper either. Also omit the green (and red) pepper from the base gravy. I may change my mind on this last idea, but at the moment am not buying into it, for this balti.

Rob

Apart from the chips 

Think that is quite normal when you freeze and defrost stuff like curries. Just water ice crystals form quicker when freezing and also defrost first, thus leaving water around it. I always reheat frozen food like that in a pan, so you can mix it all back together easier and evaporate some of the water.
Looks really yummy anyway.

Have an epic man-flu now. Blast it. Normal service should be resumed shortly

This was some of the real deal Khyber pathia. Previously frozen and defrosted. Put some in a bowl for a quick supper. Noticed quite a lot of liquid coming out of it, so left it for a while. Syringed off before reheating. Clearly not oil. Pineapple juice/pulp. It was the same with the Balti chicken, albeit less obvious. The relatively light texture of the sauces is identical to Adil's.





Rob

 

I'm so enjoying the balti journey.  I just wish I could get a proper one locally so I could truly understand the flavours and uniqueness and why the balti is driving this much passion.

https://youtu.be/mUphDiTnZ-U?si=jezyJVhVU1R-OrIY

Rob

Haven't been here in ages. Still have a fishmongers, everything on ice. Good to see, I remember these.


Got home and made a quick tester for tomorrow's sea bream starter accompaniment; very nice.





Rob