chives

[oscar]

just tasted my daughters takeaway curry sauce that came with tandoori chicken. plenty of  finely chopped chives also being a restaurant owner, on my trips to the local cash &carry i always notice that the bir guys  have a case of carnation brand condensed milk on the trolley

[Yousef]

Oscar,

Welcome thanks for this information i was under the impression that the Chefs used Chives in the curry then when i looked into it it turned out to be chopped coriander stalks, which give a very strong kick in the finished dish.

Not sure about condensed milk though, maybe for desserts...

S

[oscar]

amin. yeah could be coriander stalks,but could taste chives aswell. on a different note ,iwas given a box of s&b japanese curry sauce concentrate anybody tried this

[John]

Not sure about condensed milk though, maybe for desserts...

I've seen bir's use condensed milk in kormas and passandas.
I too have used condensed milk in a korma which tasted just like a bir's.

[Ashes]

If youve ever made Kulfi indian ice-cream youll know that when you reduce the milk by half, it tastes like Carnation condensed milk which i presume is all that condensed milk is. Indians love the taste and is probably used in ice-creams and mild curries like korma.

[laynebritton]

They also use this type of milk in their tea they fill a saucepan with a whole tin of carnation milk then add cardamom pods, sugar and tea bags and let it simmer I have tasted it and it's to sickly for me but I gather that is how most Indians make their tea.
Layne

[traveller]

I can say for sure, being an indian, that is not how any indian i know makes tea, not in the US, UK, or India!!! Please do not make assumptions like that without any true knowledge.

[laynebritton]

Hey calm Down
when I was at a friends home this is how HE made it OK !
and he WAS Indian.
And Further more I Don't make assumptions I know what I seen with my own eyes.

[Cory Ander]

Firstly, regarding chives, I have found the same as Stew.  I also thought that the little stalks in my special fried rice were chives but, upon looking more closely, I found that they were actually finely chopped coriander stalks.  They were really sweet and tasty and seemed to have absorbed quite a lot of oil!

Secondly, regarding condensed milk.  Same as John.  I also use it in kormas and pasandas.  It not only gives them a creamy sweetness, but it also gives them a similar texture to BIRs.....used fairly sparingly though, cos it's really thick, sweet, stuff!  Not to be confused with evaporated milk though.  I use this too.

Thirdy, I might just try using condensed milk in my tea as Layne describes 

[DARTHPHALL]

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