Topic: Chicken Bhuna from Unlocking the taste.

[Kashmiri Bob]

None of the images I have been able to find on the web really match my memories of a Chicken Bhuna from the late 60's/early 70's, and Chris's more heavily reduced version is still miles away.  The nearest I can find is this one :



where what is clear is that there is virtually no sauce clinging to the chicken (because no base sauce is involved; it is chicken cooked in spices and oil), and it  is as close as I can find to the look of the dish I most miss in today's BIRs . . .

** Phil.

Looks lovely too.  I think you would like the staff curry at my local Phil.  The lads love their bhuna.  Staff lamb bhuna, staff chicken bhuna, staff king prawn bhuna, with/without shatkora.  Bhuna, bhuna, bhuna, and plain rice.

Rob     

[Peripatetic Phil]

Looks lovely too.  I think you would like the staff curry at my local Phil.  The lads love their bhuna.  Staff lamb bhuna, staff chicken bhuna, staff king prawn bhuna, with/without shatkora.  Bhuna, bhuna, bhuna, and plain rice.

Where's your local, Rob ?  I've got my coat on, and still plenty of time to catch a train !
** Phil.

[DalPuri]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg-Ycc-yKqY

[Salvador Dhali]

None of the images I have been able to find on the web really match my memories of a Chicken Bhuna from the late 60's/early 70's, and Chris's more heavily reduced version is still miles away.  The nearest I can find is this one :



where what is clear is that there is virtually no sauce clinging to the chicken (because no base sauce is involved; it is chicken cooked in spices and oil), and it  is as close as I can find to the look of the dish I most miss in today's BIRs . . .

** Phil.

Yep - that looks much closer to the mark (though I found that most places used to use a little base gravy just to keep things moist in the early stages, but this was reduced down to virtually nothing). I was always a Lamb Bhuna Gosht man, and this is the closest image I can find to the best I ever tasted, which, sadly, my favourite local restaurant can no longer replicate:

[Malc.]

This one from vahrehvah looks pretty good. Best bit is at the very end. ;D

http://youtu.be/Yj47r_o_9EM