Topic: Tandoori (style) starters

[Kashmiri Bob]

Tandoori lamb chops


I rarely order starters from TAs these days preferring to make my own, which is generally chicken or lamb tikka.  However, if tandoori lamb chops are on the menu they are an auto-purchase.  Seem quite scarce these days?  Had some luck recently though and found two really good local places; one is a rather swish restaurant/TA, the other a proper curry house TA.  Anyway, the restaurant does tandoori lamb chops.  Here they are, just opened the tray following a home-delivery and sprinkled on some chopped coriander:







Absolutely fantastic! Really great taste. My favorite starter.  A bit on the thin side though; there are two in the pic above, one on top of the other.  I thought to have a go at making some myself again.  Blade's tikka recipe with a 48 hr marinade, and then cooked on the barbeque:







Believe it or not these are not cooked enough.  It started raining before the barbeque was ready, so I rushed and managed to set fire to my lamb chops, leaving them somewhat raw in the middle!  Not to worry; finished them off in the oven. Besides, I like them well scorched.







Have to say these were easily as good as the restaurants, possibly even better.




Tandoori king prawn suca



The same restaurant does this as a starter.  Here it is, tipped into a serving dish.  I sprinkled a little coriander again:







This was the first time I have tried this dish.  I somehow imagined a bit more in the way of sweet and sour.  It did taste of tamarind (tamarina) but was pretty bland.  It was also very oily/greasy, which unfortunately ruined everything.  Most, therefore, went straight in the bin. 


I thought I

[h4ppy-chris]

Lovely Rob just lovely.

[Unclefrank]

I would be interested in the recipe.
Looks absolutely wonderful.

[Malc.]

Looks very interesting indeed Bob I would be love to give it a go.

Lamb chops underdone would have been fin for me by the way. That said, i'm not averse to a little 'scorching' either.

Well done.

[curryhell]

You've been busy Bob . Good to see you've turned Ali's recipe into something with a bit of flavour, given DP's report and your initial results.  Definitely worth posting the tikka suca recipe 

[RubyDoo]

Looks good to me apart from the chops. Bit of chargroil yep but they look over the top to me. Well somebody had to say it. They may well be good inside but that level of external nuking is not good for both taste or carcinogenic damage ..

[Kashmiri Bob]

Looks good to me apart from the chops. Bit of chargroil yep but they look over the top to me. Well somebody had to say it. They may well be good inside but that level of external nuking is not good for both taste or carcinogenic damage ..

Wait until you see my speciality tandoori pork chops.  They get the proper, full-on, scorching treatment.

Rob 

[Stephen Lindsay]

Bob your pics look great and as you say, better than BIR!

[Willyeckerslike]

They all look great, I must try the lamb chops.

[Kashmiri Bob]

I'll try and put together the suca recipes(s) in the next week or so.  I could do with getting back in the kitchen.  Been living off ex hot chicken vindaloo for the last 6 nights.  It's a bit of a story, but fingers crossed I will be able to watch the chef prepare it for me tonight.  Yippee!

Rob