Topic: In anticipation of all the good food to come

[Peripatetic Phil]

Indeed, so what would you say the colour of the base is?

At the end of stage-1, it is green; then, in stage-2, it is blended with (liquidised peeled plum tomatoes [1]), oil, tomato pur

[Secret Santa]

Yes Phil I can definitely see the key points there. So there's three quite bright red chilli powders, an orangey coloured base and the redness of the tomatoes. Crucially though the cooking of the spices on a low heat which will darken them less than my full blast method. I think it's coming together, just need to try it now.

[curryhell]

It's from a new place,not sure if you've tried it called 'Spice Hut' in Crammavill Street,Grays.The onion bhajis are to do die for,in fact the chef has just been voted one of the top 44 curry chefs in the country(although his madras/vindaloo are not that hot but still tasty).Anyway the dish I'm trying to crack is called 'Chicken Khaleda'...described as 'Barbecued chicken in special tandoori sauce with crushed dry chilli-sweet and hot'.It's not your average sickly over sweet massala affair,in fact it's nothing like I've had anywhere else to be honest.It has a rich,deep tandoori sauce and is slightly sweet and medium hot.I thought I could detect some mr Naga in there but I'm not so sure.I really need a second opinion mate.Who knows? If you try it you may not like it but then again it could be another NIS on the forum!  Any ideas are greatly appreciated.Here's a picture of last night's offering,although the garish picture doesn't really do it justice

Now there's a challenge    Did you take the pics after a few stellas jb  ;D Severe camera shake or was the nuclear colour of the curry  :
Have heard of it.  Had  a flyer through the door about a  month ago.  Never heard of the dish but from the leaflet it promises a lot.  Bearing in mind it has a restaurant opposite, it will need to be good to survive. I will give the dish a try and see if i can get my head round what i think could be in it.  From your initial pic and description, it most definitely contains masala sauce and a few bits we need to work on  ;D
Am still working on the East Tilbury project but have been a bit tied up lately.  Will keep you advised on that one

[curryhell]

Started to dip into my supplies of pre-cooked meats and decided to try something new.  Mmm  , this went down very well when i got home from the pub - CBM's Chicken Garlic Naga with special fried rice.  I'll be cooking it again this evening and will post a review after my second assessment  :.  I'm normally happy to review a dish after eating it the first time, but on this occasion I really do feel the need to try it again

[jb]

It's from a new place,not sure if you've tried it called 'Spice Hut' in Crammavill Street,Grays.The onion bhajis are to do die for,in fact the chef has just been voted one of the top 44 curry chefs in the country(although his madras/vindaloo are not that hot but still tasty).Anyway the dish I'm trying to crack is called 'Chicken Khaleda'...described as 'Barbecued chicken in special tandoori sauce with crushed dry chilli-sweet and hot'.It's not your average sickly over sweet massala affair,in fact it's nothing like I've had anywhere else to be honest.It has a rich,deep tandoori sauce and is slightly sweet and medium hot.I thought I could detect some mr Naga in there but I'm not so sure.I really need a second opinion mate.Who knows? If you try it you may not like it but then again it could be another NIS on the forum!  Any ideas are greatly appreciated.Here's a picture of last night's offering,although the garish picture doesn't really do it justice

Now there's a challenge    Did you take the pics after a few stellas jb  ;D Severe camera shake or was the nuclear colour of the curry  :
Have heard of it.  Had  a flyer through the door about a  month ago.  Never heard of the dish but from the leaflet it promises a lot.  Bearing in mind it has a restaurant opposite, it will need to be good to survive. I will give the dish a try and see if i can get my head round what i think could be in it.  From your initial pic and description, it most definitely contains masala sauce and a few bits we need to work on  ;D
Am still working on the East Tilbury project but have been a bit tied up lately.  Will keep you advised on that one

You're right there Curryhell it was after a few stellas...quite a few in fact!!!

Here is the same dish from Saturday night,hopefully a better picture...



The potato dish is another one unique to this takeaway,they're called Bangalore potatoes.Quite similar to normal bombay aloo but described on the menu as 'potatoes with dried red chilli'.Again I'm sure I could detect a whiff of mr.Naga but I may be completely wrong.Very,very tasty indeed.If I could crack these dishes I would be more than happy.

[curryhell]

Now that's a much better looking picture jb.  Looks very appetising indeed.  On just looks it could be a distant relative to a CTM  .  I will make a point of ordering the dish in the near future and see if i can discern anything from it, if it wants to give up any of its secrets that is  ;D
The spud and the rice look good too 

[jb]

I've just noticed that in CBM'S volume two recipe book he has a dish called naga massala,looking through the ingredients this could be very similar indeed.

[curryhell]

I've just noticed that in CBM'S volume two recipe book he has a dish called naga massala,looking through the ingredients this could be very similar indeed.

Eyed that one up already jb  .  The chicken garlic naga went down a treat.  Will post my review of it shortly