Suryaa Roasted Curry Powder (Illustrated)

[Bobby Bhuna]

Coming in at 3 quid, I finally gave in and tried this 'high end' curry powder from my local. I'm glad that I did as I really enjoyed using it in my Madras. Quite spicy but still aromatic. Here are some images for anyone who is interested.

Has anyone else tried it?

[SnS]

Hi Bobby

Is that lumps of leaf (methi or curry) floating on the surface of the powder .. or is it bits fallen in from the foil seal when you opened it?

SnS  ;D

[Cory Ander]

Probably the curry leaves SnS

[Bobby Bhuna]

Is that lumps of leaf (methi or curry) floating on the surface of the powder

That's Curry leaves SnS.

[Curry King]

Looks a little more authentic and home ground than your regular curry powder.  Looks similar in texture to the bazzar mix, that was quite chunky.

[Bobby Bhuna]

That's what I was thinking, especially considering that the main ingredient is red chilli.

Check out the old woman on the front making the divers 'OK' sign - that means it must be good

[Curry King]

Yeah I think your right bobby, almost as good as the woman in the parsi cooking dvd I have, the way she magically appears in this plastic apron is comedy gold   

This is the one, I picked it up from a garden center for 2 quid, not very good but worth a watch if you can stop yourself from laughing all the way through it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Indian-Cooking/dp/B000M7FSEE

oops I drifted of topic again, back to the bazzar mix I found that it was very overpowering and like this one it was mainly chili powder. 

[Bobby Bhuna]

I found that it was very overpowering and like this one it was mainly chili powder. 

Does anyone else find it odd that this is the mild version and yet the main ingredient is chili? I also notice that the tub of curry powder the old Indian (or actually SriLankan so I'm told) woman in the picture is holding is totally different. I particularly like the 'The right choice' written at the top right hand side. Buying any other brand is plain morally abhorrent!

[SnS]

I found that it was very overpowering and like this one it was mainly chili powder. 

Does anyone else find it odd that this is the mild version and yet the main ingredient is chili? I also notice that the tub of curry powder the old Indian (or actually SriLankan so I'm told) woman in the picture is holding is totally different. I particularly like the 'The right choice' written at the top right hand side. Buying any other brand is plain morally abhorrent!

You should already know the answer to this Bobby  :

Just because the main ingredient is chilli powder, it doesn't have to be hot. There are many chilli powders that are so mild you wouldn't even notice them in your curry.

Paprika is a chilli powder - it's just that it's made from a very mild chilli pepper (Pimento chilli at only 12000 SHU). Authentic Degghi Mirch is also mild (but very red) and comes from the Kashmiri chilli - another mild chilli.

The main ingredient in your curry powder could be any one of a number of mild chilli powders (not the chilli powder as you know it).

Regards

SnS  ;D

[Bobby Bhuna]

You should already know the answer to this Bobby  :

Right, where's the emoticon for raising my middle finger while blowing a raspberry? ;D

Just kidding SnS, now I do recall that being mentioned at some point, although I did not know (or rather never thought about) Paprika being a Chili - but I'll certainly never forget now ;D

That said, if they differ so widely, why isn't the particular variety of chili then specified in the ingredient list of packaging? I wanted to know which chili my pack of Heera chili powder contains but the packet just lists chili. Perhaps it contains more than one variety?