I have been meaning to try these Mr Huda pastes from the Spices of India for a while now but only just got around to buying them. I made this Jalfrezi last night and it was spot on. I was very surprised as I hardly had to add any spices as they are all in with the pastes. These pastes have a lot of Tamarind in and some nice looking and smelling spicy oil on the top which I used for frying which is where I assume the great taste came from.

Has anyone else tried these?

If you order anything from this site in the near future I suggest you try one of these pastes as they are not that expensive and will keep for a while.

Here is the link
http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/acatalog/Chicken-Tikka-Jalfrezi-Recipe.html

I also bought some of this Coriander paste/mine this tastes a treat
http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?SS=coriander+mince&PR=-1&TB=A&SHOP=

Hi Paul,

I bought some of the Mr Huda curry paste just before I discovered this forum. The stuff is still in the jar unopened as I'm happy with my cooking results now.

I might give it a try as a small extra ingredient in my curries since I've paid for it!

I have used the Mr Huda Tikka marinade which I thought was excellent and will probably buy some more of that. I think these pastes are a little more subtle than the Pataks range but they are fairly pricey.

Paul.

The universal curry paste in this recipe is miles better than any other Pataks pastes I have tried something to do with the oil inside.
I am making the CTM version tonight see how it goes.