Topic: Best Mains

[JerryM]

we must all have our favorite main's that we make time and time again and they hopefully get pretty close to BIR.

i keep "yellow stickies" in my cherished KD1 book of the ones i use.

trouble is there's only 5 stickies for mains and i'd like a few more. also i'm sure we would all like to know what each of us makes regular just for interest.

please post away.

[chinois]

I always have to make a korma for the girlfriend and find it works really well to show variety. The difference in colours (as well as taste obviously) is impressive for balance. Even my blokey/macho friends agree that it's a goodun. The fact it's so easy to cook and can be cooked at the same time as others in a small saucepan make it a firm favourite.

Either a dhansak or patia are now a must due to the mango chutney and ketchup used respectively. As well as chilli and lemon juice of course. Whenever i have used chutney or ketchup the curries have been enormously popular and of BIR standard.

I suppose my only other 'must have' is the madras.
I get worried that dishes like rogan josh, dupiaza, balti, karai, jalfrezi etc are too similar. What i'll do sometimes is use a different curry powder when making two similar curries. Jeera chicken's a good one as it only involves frying some whole cumin in the oil but gives an impressive result.

[joshallen2k]

Madras and CTM are the staples.

Sometimes mix it up with a Jalfrezi and the occasional korma.