I made this last night, and when it was cooked I tasted it and didn?t like it.? Too sweet!?

So I cleaned up the kitchen and walked around the block to get the smell of curry out of my head.? When I came back and tasted the curry again, it was lovely.? The lemon and sugar had melded with the whole, and it didn?t seem sweet at all.? I like the fennel in it, too. This is a curry that could keep its identity if served with another one that?s full of cumin.

Details:? I cooked it in spicy oil spooned from the top of previous curries.? Deciding that was a bad idea, I added a lot of plain oil to dilute the flavor.? Then the onion-ginger-garlic got away from me and became quite (!!!) brown.? I used Pete?s 600ml-oil curry sauce.? Part fresh jalapeno and part dried chilli powder.?

I just tried it again (refrigerator-cold and on a spoon).? It?s even better.

Thanks, Curry King.? It's a keeper.

-Mary?

Nice 

I don't like my currys to sweet either, mine didnt come out to sweet but then I used a different gravy so it may have been that.  I think sometimes a curry can go quite sweet naturaly so doesn't need that much sugar adding to it, maybe depending how long the base was cooked for.

Quote from: John on April 16, 2005, 12:07 AM

Just a thought....... the spice mixture is very very similar to "panch pharon"

CK,

couple of questions please. is the recipe still the same (have u changed it)

have u tried it with panch puran.

is it essential to roast the spices ie can u just grind them as u would a mix powder.

i ask as the ingredients are pretty std except for the spice mix which for me makes it quite different and unusual.

This looks like an interesting dish. Can you confirm the amount of fenugreek seeds please CK? I would probably guess half a teaspoon.

The fact that is has no cumin is interesting too - I hope to make this soon.

Hmm, this does sound tasty! I agree it sounds bengali with the choice of spices and the sweet and sour elements. I think this has got to be tried, sounds like my kind of curry!

When googling i could only find recipes with fish. Are you sure your friend had it with meat?