Topic: JB cooks a Pathia at Zaman Restaurant, Datchet

[natterjak]

Never one to be rushed I finally got around to uploading JB cooking his Pathia from our cooking lesson at Zaman. Like most restaurants they have their signature style and this Pathia made use of many of the same elements as the Bhuna, eg..

- fine julienned strips of garlic and fresh ginger to start (no G&G paste)
- pre cooked fine chopped onions
- pre cooked chunky onions and green peppers fried with mix powder and cumin & mustard seeds
- red masala sauce with blended plum tomatoes, green chillies, coriander leaves, garlic & ginger paste and garam masala

Interesting omission was no mix powder used in the final prep of this Pathia, which JB queried but was told it's not used in their Pathia (although some of the spice flavours will come from the use of pre-cooked onions and chicken stock).

http://youtu.be/0UdwmswA5_c

(Zaman Bhuna is here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,11778.0.html)

[curryhell]

Nice one Chris. Another good one from Natterjak Productions 

[jb]

Thanks for that.Forgot I cooked a pathia!!

[haldi]

I'll give that one a go at Christmas
Thanks for sharing

[natterjak]

I think I'll have a crack too. A faithful reproduction is going to be hard due to the use of the red masala sauce and precooked onions and peppers, which we don't have a firm recipe for. Nonetheless the core proportions of sugar, lemon and chilli are there to see, and those are the defining sweet, sour and hot ingredients for this Pathia. Worth a try I think.