Topic: My first (and last!) Korma.

[Secret Santa]

Having only had a Korma once in my BIR career, and that being decades ago, I thought it only fair to give a recipe a go to see if I was being unduly critical of it, given its unquestionable popularity in BIRs.

I had no recipe as it's the easiest curry in the world to make but included base sauce, sugar, coconut block, almond meal and cream. I deliberately held back on the sugar, making it sweet but not nauseatingly so as I taste tested while cooking. No pic as it just looks like every other generic Korma, i.e. like someone emptied the contents of their baby's nappy onto the rice.

Verdict - well, it started off bearable enough but after the third or fourth mouthful I was almost starting to heave. Despite deliberately curtailing the sugar content to well below that of a normal korma it was just too sickening for me, perhaps due to the added cream content.

So it's still a big, fat, no way would I ever eat this again for me. And, to add insult to injury, I had no almond meal but did have almonds so I ground a few in my favourite grinder which had a slight crack in the plastic cup and the damned almonds widened the crack and blew out a small piece of the plastic.

Korma killed my grinder! 

[George]

I had no recipe as it's the easiest curry in the world to make but included base sauce, sugar, coconut block, almond meal and cream.

I'm sorry to hear of your failure to prepare an enjoyable dish. But doesn't it suggest it might not be quite as easy as you expected?

Your mention of the term 'almond meal' suggests you may have made some use of a recipe by CA. If so, what do you expect?!

Excessive cream would make a korma unpalatable for many people, so perhaps that's where you went wrong. My recipe on this forum, based on Ghanna's comments, doesn't even use cream, but relies on evaporated milk instead. This tinned product has an interesting flavour and is nowhere near as rich as cream. I doubt if you'll ever make korma again but, if you do, try adding milk or cream to taste.

[Garp]

I would suggest that Madras is by far the easiest curry to perfect 

[Gav Iscon]

Well heres proof from a health visitor....3rd post down


www.madeformums.com

I'm glad prospective curry cooks don't go there first instead of coming straight here. 

[Secret Santa]

I'm sorry to hear of your failure to prepare an enjoyable dish.

Au contraire George. I succeeded in preparing an unpalatable dish.

But doesn't it suggest it might not be quite as easy as you expected?

Contrary to Garp's and your suggestion there simply is no dish easier to make than Korma. You slop everything in, order is irrelevant, and cook it for a bit. There really is no technique to this one.

Your mention of the term 'almond meal' suggests you may have made some use of a recipe by CA. If so, what do you expect?!

I did peruse CA's version and Ghannas, but I have to say that CA's version is as close to several BIR versions as you can get. I didn't follow it but the Korma ingredients are petty standard so there would have to be a strong similarity.

Excessive cream would make a korma unpalatable for many people, so perhaps that's where you went wrong. My recipe on this forum, based on Ghanna's comments, doesn't even use cream, but relies on evaporated milk instead. This tinned product has an interesting flavour and is nowhere near as rich as cream.

The only Korma I'd tried before this one, being a BIR Korma, did indeed noticeably contain evaporated milk and that was one more factor in my dislike of it as it has a weird taste to me. I used approximately as much cream as I've seen BIRs squirt from the cartons they use, so I don't think i overdid it. And, anyway, I love cream!

There's no way of sugar coating it George, it's puke on a plate and only sugar fiends and the Scots could disagree!  ;D

[Secret Santa]

I would suggest that Madras is by far the easiest curry to perfect 

Dear boy, if you think that then this forum has taught you nothing...but I suspect you're actually being sarcastic. 

[Peripatetic Phil]

Well here's proof from a health visitor....

Yes, I see what you mean ...

   

[Secret Santa]

Well here's proof from a health visitor....

Yes, I see what you mean ...

   

And given the choice I'd probably opt for the one on the right!  ;D

[George]

There's no way of sugar coating it George, it's puke on a plate and only sugar fiends and the Scots could disagree!  ;D

Your version maybe, but that surely doesn't apply to the majority of BIR or supermarket kormas, or the dish would not be as popular as it undoubtedly is.

As for other comparisons, if korma is compared to babies then I suggest that Madras's and quite a few other curries are not unlike adults. It's an absurd comparison.

As I've suggested before, this forum clearly dislikes kormas, and siezes any opportunity to make rude comments about the dish, almost certainly alienating dozens of potential members, as a result.

[Garp]

There's no way of sugar coating it George, it's puke on a plate and only sugar fiends and the Scots could disagree!  ;D

Hmm, maybe you should ask to borrow Phil's UKIP Manifesto, or, preferably, just (moderated)!!!!