Topic: Madras and chips

[976bar]

I remember going for a sit down and a mate of mine ordered "chickin curry and chips mate and make it hot as ya mum"

I felt like i had to apologize to the waiter, I mean curry with chips? never heard anything like it!.

It's a delicacy known north of Watford.... lol...

[SpiceyPoppadom]

Great photos. Hopefully this site will teach me how to cook a curry like that in the near future, my one and only effort (using the curry secret book) came out horrible, very thin, tasting of onions.

[Secret Santa]

You must have messed up somewhere spiceypoppa...oh I can't be bothered...SP, because while KD's curries are not the best (being too heavy on garam masala) they all taste perfectly acceptable.

Anyway, read around here and your curry making will improve no end.

[Aussie Mick]

You're right, great looking curry and LOVELY looking chips too! 

PS:  To put things totally into perspective, how hard is it to cook realy good chips!?  Bl**dy hard!

Yeah, it can be if you go by the top chefs, triple cooked chips? what's all that about? 
Medium sized chips, not too thick, and a cheap olive oil, sprinkle of salt, ... sorted 

Cheap olive oil?  A proper chip requires fresh quality spuds and a good quality sunflower/vegetable oil, or beef dripping.  It needs to be very hot.  The moisture of the chips also needs to be removed as much as possible before cooking.  Lay the chips out on paper towels and agitate them, vigorously.  Them, more paper towels.  As my mum told me, if you dont, the chips will be soggy, and it will also ruin the fat.  You are spot on about the fancy TV chefs.

Rob 

Or lard. That's what I was brought up on.....lol

[Kashmiri Bob]

Or lard. That's what I was brought up on.....lol

There seems to be a bit of resurgence in the old skool chippy.  This place opened up a while back near me and your fish and chips will be done in beef dripping, unless you specify otherwise.

http://www.chamberlainsfishandchips.co.uk/index.html

They have just won some awards.  Best Newcomer in the UK to the Fish & Chip industry, and also the Choice Chip Award for the Midlands, as part of the 2012 National Chip Week.  National Chip Week? Keep meaning to go there, but its best part of 10 quid for cod and chips, and I would need to pass at least one quality Bangladeshi TA to get there. 

Rob 

[Peripatetic Phil]

its best part of 10 quid for cod and chips, and I would need to pass at least one quality Bangladeshi TA to get there. 

I paid

[Malc.]

Madras and chips? You northern lot are barmy lol love it! Chips look good. 

Best fish i've ever eaten is from Toffs in Muswell Hill, they cook fresh fish straight from market. Best chips though has to be Superfish they cook in dripping and turn out good clean food.