About an hour a go, i finished making a vindaloo. Half way through cooking, i? had a little taste to see if all was well... and guess what? There it was Once again. That same acidic taste turned its ugly head yet again.

I can now rest assure that i have found the culprit. And the guilty party "ladies & gentlemen, IS"..........(everybody stops what they're doing & theres a sudden silence in the room, all eager to know who killed my poor little curries)...........It was my pan! ! !

(The crowd in the room gasp in disbelief ? ?).

Yes ladies & gentlemen. All this time, it was right in front of my eyes. I didn't have enough evidence & couldn't go round pointing my finger at all the other ingredients. Ill admit -? i DID speculate that it may have been the coconut milk at fault. But all along you were innocent weren't you, my sweet coconut milk . Will you ever forgive me?

"Mr pan" -? "I personally... will make sure you never do this to another curry again."? Justice will be done!!! Straight in the bin you will go.

Misseur poirot.

Did i not say it was the pan in my reply to your first post ( lucky guess heh  ;D).

Although the pan ruined my curry, I'm quite glad because the next time i make a korma with a (non radio-active pan) i won't be pulling my hair out, asking myself what went wrong - or sulking & taking it out on a family member.

You require Hammer for the pan yes ?  ;D
Glad all turned out well for you mate.

What was the pan made of ... aluminium ?

I was using a pressure cooker a lot.
It was great for cooking dried pulses and certain vegetables.
I used it for making pickles too.
But I noticed that sometimes the sides of the pan were extra "clean" after use.
This meant that what I cooked, had now got aluminium in.
Aluminium is not good for you, I have read links to alzeimers desease with it.
Stick to stainless steel or cast iron.
You can't go wrong with them.
Was your pan aluminium?

I thought Aluminum pans were not allowed to be sold anymore .

I did in fact check last night to see if it was aluminium or not, but the pan had no markings on it. I'm nowhere near as professional as you guys & wouldnt be able to tell what type of material it was made from, just by looking.

I understand that Aluminium can be affected by fruit & kitchen acids. Having said that, taste changes are much less than with iron saucepans.

Hi Sultry,

Have a look at this thread if your going to get a new pan:

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=353.0