Topic: New to site

[Lol999]

Hi all, just joined and looking to cook a proper curry. I'm good friends with an Asian couple so there's no pressure to perform! made a chicken biryani and chicken curry saturday, not good despite following the recipes 100%, so I will be trying the recipes here and picking peoples brains ;-)

Cheers, Lol

[joshallen2k]

Hi Lol,

"Not good" by whose reckoning? Yours or the Asian couple?

The reason I ask is that the recipes here are primarily (but not exclusively) focused on the British style "BIR" Indian restaurants. Authentic Indian is quite different. I, like many others on this site, would take a British style Indian over an authentic dish any day of the week. Its a unique taste/texture/aroma that we are all trying to achieve!

Which recipe did you try? Welcome aboard.

-- Josh

[JerryM]

i'm on the trail of the biryarni

this video looks spot on and intend to try out as soon as time permits

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=2688.msg23913#msg23913

big welcome and do ask when in need - it's a part of what the sites for

[Curry King]

Hi Welcome to the forum 

Be sure to come back and let us know how the curry from here compares!

[Bobby Bhuna]

Best of luck!

[Lol999]

Hi Lol,

"Not good" by whose reckoning? Yours or the Asian couple?

The reason I ask is that the recipes here are primarily (but not exclusively) focused on the British style "BIR" Indian restaurants. Authentic Indian is quite different. I, like many others on this site, would take a British style Indian over an authentic dish any day of the week. Its a unique taste/texture/aroma that we are all trying to achieve!

Which recipe did you try? Welcome aboard.

-- Josh

Hi Josh, the curry was spoiled by my own overzealousness with the yoghurt trying to create more gravy and trying to protect my wife's pallate from the heat. It just took the edge off everything, i think it would have been okay but I fubared it. The byriani was followed to the letter and was,for my tastes, too wet. My Indian friends are too polite to criticise and ate three platefuls, but I know it wasn't as good as the one they cook because I've tasted it. Start of a steep learning curve I think ;D

Cheers, Lol