Topic: Tawrash

[Micky Tikka]

Looks a winner Uf and mouth watering pictures
Will definitely give this ago and report back
For you to make the effort to take the pictures and post a recipe it must be good ;D
Cheers MT

[Naga]

I made this curry for last night's dinner, with mickdabass's Chicken Tikka and following UF's guideline recipe above.

I didn't have any Shan Nihari Masala to hand, so firstly I made up a 100g batch of Nihari masala using the recipe from this website. Sadly, I had no mace, but the remainder of the ingredient list was comparable to others I looked at on the Web.

I made up CA's Korma sauce using JB's base gravy. I always find the original Korma recipe far too sweet for my personal tastes and those of my family, so I reduced the sugar as I normally do by two-thirds and just used 1 tbsp of plain sunflower oil in preference to the 60ml spiced oil.

As it turned out, I should just have missed the sugar out completely - the honey provided more than enough sweetness to the dish. To illustrate the point, my good lady wife highlighted the overly-sweet taste almost immediately!

I also missed out the green chilli paste in deference to my good lady's delicate tastebuds. In doing so, I think I fundamentally disturbed the balance of the curry. It was very sweet, but without the heat and stimulation of the chilli, it didn't turn out as well as it should have. It definitely needs the heat to counterbalance the sweetness.

So, having said all that, what was the curry like? Well, allowing for the caveats of sweetness and chilli heat - both of which are easily rectified - I thought it was very good! There was a range of flavours permeating through the sauce and the thing that really struck me was it's delicate fragrance which tantalised the nostrils and rolled pleasantly across the palate.

The honey-coated onion and peppers really benefited from their late addition in the cooking process and were both fruity and, as UF mentioned, nicely crunchy.


Nihari Masala






The Finished Dish

I will definitely make this again, next time completely cutting out the sugar in the Korma sauce and significantly increasing the chilli heat.

Also, as I now have quite a lot of Nihari masala, I think I'll be revisiting Chewy's Nihari curry video!

[Gav Iscon]

Nice attempt Naga. Looks nice but would probably be far too sweet for me. The good thing is that you weren't far away with your first attempt.

If you have trouble with the Shan Nihari Masala just let me know as they sell it down here.

[Naga]

Thanks, Gav. It's was definitely too sweet for us in its first incarnation, but no sugar and more heat would sort that out for my tastes. Maybe also some additional souring? There's quite a lot going on in the recipe, so it's hard to know for sure, but it's certainly worth tinkering with. I can thoroughly recommend adding the raw onion and pepper late in the cooking process as opposed to pre-cooking them. The crunch is really good!

And I'm grateful for your offer re the Nihari masala. It's not that I can't get it, it's just that it wasn't handy for me to nip out and get any as I'm busy reshaping the garden just now! I had all the ingredients for the masala except for the mace, which I'll rectify on my next trip out for spices. But I do appreciate the offer. Thanks.

[Darth_Muppet]

That curry does look good Uncle Frank but I've had Thai curry before and this Indian dish, Tawrash,  definately had Kafir Lime leaves in it which I cannot see in your recipe.

[Unclefrank]

I just used lime juice instead had not got any lime leaves.
I had no idea what this dish looks, texture or tastes like, if you could order one from your T/A and take a few pictures with a brief description of what it tastes like then we can start from there.

[Secret Santa]

I just used lime juice instead had not got any lime leaves.

Chalk and cheese UF. Not a comment on your curry, just a note as to the suitability of one as a replacement for the other.

[Unclefrank]

I know that SS but nothing was mentioned about the Kafir lime leaves being the main flavour.
Will try this recipe again when i get some Kafir.

[Darth_Muppet]

Found this on their online menu:

Tawrash

This medium dish is from the kitchen of Rampur cooked with pureed turmeric, paprika, garlic, ginger, rose water and flavoured with wild lime leaves

[Gav Iscon]

Our local Indian restaurant does a dish called a Tawrash, it's almost like an indian version of thai curry with the Kaffir lime leaves in, this is from their menu:

Tawrash
This medium dish is from the kitchen of Rampur cooked with pureed turmeric, paprika, garlic, ginger, rose water and flavoured with wild lime leaves.

Has anyone come across this dish or how to actually make it at all?

You posted this in your original post ?