Topic: Cyrus Todiwala, BBC Good Food Programme from early 90s

[natterjak]

I thought this video was pretty interesting, Cyrus Todiwala (who has gone onto great things but continues to run http://cafespice.co.uk/) teaching Joe Public about Indian restaurant cooking in the early 90s.  Might've already been posted and discussed as it's courtesy of our very own petrolhead:


http://youtu.be/R6rpKbpup0I

The approach to a meat curry was far more like a traditional curry than the base gravy approach of today and the korma got it's own base sauce. Were they still at that time preparing different sauces for each type of curry rather than the one size fits all base we see today.

This huge frying tray with a tap at the back fascinates me, like a large built in frying pan with a tap to add water for making a sauce. It's a pretty strong clue as to how the BIR recipes of that time differed to today:



The rice is cooked in a similar tray (but no tap)