Tikka Sizzler and curries

[Secret Santa]

That all looks scrummy. Is your mushroom rice a copy of your local BIR or just your own version?

[SoberRat]

That all looks scrummy. Is your mushroom rice a copy of your local BIR or just your own version?

Thanks SS. The rice is something that I have tried to get as close as I could to the local TA but it's all just guesswork really. I shouldn't think soy sauce is particularly BIR but I always use a touch when cooking mushrooms. Sometimes I don't use any mix powder and other times I use a bit more.

[Secret Santa]

I shouldn't think soy sauce is particularly BIR...

Oh I wouldn't say that SR. These days the BIRs are so desperate to differentiate their dishes from the competition that they seem to use all manner of ingredients that wouldn't have been seen in a BIR 30 years ago. I think it's why I don't recognise the flavour of many of the curries today as compared to past versions.

but I always use a touch when cooking mushrooms.

Yes that extra umami flavour in fried mushrooms is a real treat.

[SoberRat]

There is something that has changed in curries of today. I started eating them in the '80s and they are not the same anymore and I really have no idea how to produce the curries of old, but I'm guessing that it seems to be everyone's quest on this site.

[Stu-pot]

Nice looking Tikka mate.... I could do with some of that right now!