Topic: Any shop bought curry that comes close to restaurant or home cooked curry?

[Paul1980]

Tesco Deli counter Jalfrezi come in a takeaway foil container. Best curry I have had by a mile from a supermarket.

[suppster]

OK I'll try the tesco suggestion. Shame Lidl aren't doing it any more.

Anyway, I'm not sure I'll get anything close to bir / authentic curry from a supermarket. Maybe there's a deli somewhere (no, not the city, a shop!) that does bir / authentic curries that can be heated up. Or somewhere like whole foods that I haven't heard of. Or maybe there's an enthnic shop that sells pre-prepared meals that you just heat up??

[billycat]

why dont you just go to a bir takeaway

i believe they do smashing meals in foil containers

[suppster]

Looking for a ready meal / supermarket takeaway as opposed to a curry house takeaway because

- it's good to have a curry in the fridge instead of having to go out to an indian restaurant when you need it
- it's cheaper
- you have to eat restaurant curry the same night
- restaurant curry is less healthy

I'm trying to find the closest thing to bir / authentic curry that you can buy in a supermarket/ethnic shop/deli/whatever. I'll still eat at restaurants of course, and make my own curry. There's just something in the middle there that I want. Nothing seems to come close at the moment, I wonder why.

[George]

- restaurant curry is less healthy
Nothing seems to come close at the moment, I wonder why.

I think you've answered your own question! BIRs don't have to provide a table of contents, so they can tip in a cupful of salt, and who cares? Similarly with fat. But shops have to declare the contents of each dish and I guess they'd be too ashamed to use a recipe based on an unhealthy BIR mix.