Topic: Bir vindaloo

[Donald Brasco]

Is a traditional BIR vindaloo really a madras with extra chilli powder added?  Does vinegar play any role?

I was hoping this video from Latif would shed some light, but he

[mickyp]

After watching a couple of his videos I don

[Peripatetic Phil]

There is definitely vinegar in the traditional Goan dish, but I do not believe that it plays any r

[mickyp]

Some chicken 65 dishes use vinegar in the marinade others swap that for yoghurt, seems to me with Bir there are 247 ways of skinning a cat lol

[Peripatetic Phil]

Yes, I wasn't intending to suggest that vinegar has no r

[fried]

It has its role in my BIR vindaloo, done in my kitchen in France...

[Peripatetic Phil]

La recette de M. Madrasandy, je pr

[fried]

No, much simpler these days though still using cider vinegar. I was going to write something longer but saw we'd already done the discussion in the recipe you linked.

Good tip on the Morrissons Volcanic vindaloo, I picked up a couple when I was visiting family, not bad for 2 quid....didn't taste anything like any other vindaloo I've eaten either. Still have the Phall to go.

[JonG]

In a BIR I think a vindaloo IS effectively a madras with extra chilli powder, because the core flavour of the vindaloo comes from scorching the chilli powder in the early stir fry stage. In other words it (the chilli powder) is not just there to raise the heat level, it