Curry Pastes ( Pataks style )

[Davegrc]

I have attached a PDF file that covers my current methodology to produce curry pastes !

these are fermented pastes so the Lactic acid you see on  the label of the commercial curry paste jars is a byproduct of the fermentation process !

I have many different spice blends but the process is the same as described in the attached in producing spice pastes !

The object is to get as close as possible to that perfect curry as you can from a paste and I have set Pataks pastes  as my standard !  given I can not buy these where I live

Please I am open to any comments suggestions and questions !   least it be about my spelling or grammar



Cheers 

[Onions]

Great stuff mate very scientific. Not sure about your Hadron Collider though

[Garp]

No offence mate, but if you are using Pataks pastes as your standard for the perfect curry, I'm out....

[commis]

Hi
Pataks pastes, BIR curry standard.
Regards

[Onions]

Wel, I've never been in a BIR kitchen, but some who have say that commercial paste is standard in small quantities- if that's the case then in order to emulate the BIRs, we would have to use the paste too.
HOWEVER- of course it might depend on which era of BIR cooking we want to aspire to- and if it's from before commercial pastes were being used, then it would indeed be wrong to use it.

Not that there's any real right or wrong in this game, surely?!?!

[Donald Brasco]

Very impressive Dave. Do you have a background in food science? Not many people would start playing with fermented spice pastes with no prior experience or knowledge of whether the results might be safe to eat. I'm quite impressed though and thanks for sharing.

[Madrasandy]

How very dare you! Pataks pastes in a curry? not in my kitchen 

[George]

Wel, I've never been in a BIR kitchen, but some who have say that commercial paste is standard in small quantities- if that's the case then in order to emulate the BIRs, we would have to use the paste too.

I agree. There are too many people too ready to dismiss certain ingredients and methods.

Blade's excellent tikka recipe uses some Pataks paste, for a start.

[littlechilie]

Yep have to say I also use Paste in my BIR marinades . :-X

[commis]

Hi
Pataks did not invent curry paste, they saw an existing market they could supply. It's not there fault they became the brand leader.
Regards