Topic: Spice School

[DalPuri]

Chicken Bhuna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2KXUCwDWv8

Vegetable Pakora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhPmaiRVStg

Fish Pakora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7msedV-K64

and a couple of extras. Including a real Shami kebab and something from north of the border.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaIlOrVAVvE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItztihWguzk

The presenter is a bit of a  hindrance and a pain in the first three vids and Bajia can talk! but still worth a watch.

Cheers, Frank. 

[Peripatetic Phil]

The presenter is a bit of a  hindrance and a pain in the first three vids and Bajia can talk! but still worth a watch.

I skipped to the end, and the finished product looks good.  Thanks, Frank !
** Phil.

[Malc.]

That's making me hungry!

[Naga]

That's making me hungry!

You can say that again! Having recently arrived at what I think is a pretty good veg pakora recipe, fish pakora is next on the list this weekend together with Aussie Mick's Butter Chicken. Just seeing that fish pakora draining on the kitchen paper has me salivating!

[Geezah]

I tasted fish pakora for the first time last week in Delhi, and although it is not something I would have instintively ordered from a menu it was a really nice starter.

This video is just what I was about to search for.
Thanks for posting.

[DalPuri]

You're welcome Geezah.
I hope you ate your fill around Delhi   

Mr. Lal's face, he looks like he's straight out of a 40's Hindi film  ;D
This is his place: http://www.moghulrestaurantbotanic.co.uk/index.html

[Peripatetic Phil]

Mr. Lal's face, he looks like he's straight out of a 40's Hindi film  ;D
This is his place: http://www.moghulrestaurantbotanic.co.uk/index.html

And this is what he writes on his web site :

The name Moghul translates quite literally as sophisticated flavours

whereas every other authority says much the same as Wikipaedia :

Etymology

Ultimately from Urdu (mu?al), variant of (mu?ul), from Persian ? (mu?ul), from Mongolian  (mong?ol). In early use via various European languages.
Noun

Moghul (plural Moghuls)

    A head of the Mongolian dynasty founded by Zah?r-ud-D?n Muhammed B?bur (1483-1530) which controlled large parts of southern Asia from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
    (now historical) A Mongol or Mongolian, especially a member or follower

[goncalo]

This is his place: http://www.moghulrestaurantbotanic.co.uk/index.html

His restaurant is in belfast, around 1h30 drive from Dublin. Adding it to my "curry-route-66" ;-)

[chonk]

Yes, interesting and very unusual translation.

I'd be interested in your thoughts regarding the prep of the besan-batter. Always asked myself, what the advantages are, in adding the flour to the ingredients first, and the water last, and not preparing the batter alone, mixing flour and water, adding whole spices and the chopped vegetables at last. Would assume the first version, and it seems to me that most folks here do it that way, produces a better, more evenly, consistent batter or coating?

Greetings!