PLEASE help me create a clone recipe

[floydmeddler]

Hey folks,

My girlfriend and I discovered our love of curries at this restaurant back in 2003:

http://darbarrusholme.co.uk/index.html

We used to order the Chicken Handi (http://darbarrusholme.co.uk/menu.html#chefspecial) and I've never been able to get it anywhere else. As you can see, the description is quite vague:

Fresh breast pieces of young chicken, cooked in fresh ginger garlic and coriander and served in a clay pot, in a traditional way.

I remember it had finger chilis in it for definite.

Please give me some advice as to where I can start with this. It would be amazing to cook it for her. I'm currently using the SnS base.

Many thanks in advance

From a very hopeful Floyd 

[Razor]

Hi Floyd,

Sorry mate, never heard of Handi dishes but, I'm going down the mile Saturday night.  I'll do some fishin for ya

Is there anything similar that you could compare it to?

Ray

P.S,

Are you a fellow manc by any chance ;D

[Stephen Lindsay]

Floyd

I'm not sure if this will help you or not but I am looking at one of my cookery books called Shezad Husain's Easy Indian Cookery. It is said to feature Balti and Haandi Recipes with Haandi referring to the cooking pot which I can best describe as a wide urn shaped clay pot with handles on the sides.

I would guess that your chicken dish might not be cooked in such a pot but you are looking to replicate that recipe.

There are several chicken dishes in this book:

• Haandi Chicken with Pineapple Chunks
• Mughlai Haandi Chicken in a Rich Sauce
• Haandi Chicken cooked in Green Spices and Herbs
• Haandi Chicken with Leeks
• Haandi Chicken with French Beans
• Haandi Chicken with Whole Fried Onions
• Haandi Chilli Spiced Chicken

I will happily reproduce them here if you think anything sounds close.

[Razor]

Hi Floyd,

Found this on the net http://www.grouprecipes.com/20241/chicken-handi.html I don't know if it is quite what your looking for as It doesn't seem very "BIR" to me, but it my provide you with a platform to work off.

Ray

[Cory Ander]

Interesting....it's the first time I've seen a menu refer to using "special oil"  (i.e. "rogan josh - the characteristics of the dish are derived from....fried in special oil")

[floydmeddler]

Hi Floyd,

Sorry mate, never heard of Handi dishes but, I'm going down the mile Saturday night.  I'll do some fishin for ya

Is there anything similar that you could compare it to?

Ray

P.S,

Are you a fellow manc by any chance ;D

Hey Razor. No, I studied up there but have since moved to Brighton which is my girl's hometown. If you could scope anything out, that would be great! I don't know if there is anything I could compare it to... it's been a while!

[floydmeddler]

Floyd

I'm not sure if this will help you or not but I am looking at one of my cookery books called Shezad Husain's Easy Indian Cookery. It is said to feature Balti and Haandi Recipes with Haandi referring to the cooking pot which I can best describe as a wide urn shaped clay pot with handles on the sides.

I would guess that your chicken dish might not be cooked in such a pot but you are looking to replicate that recipe.

There are several chicken dishes in this book:

• Haandi Chicken with Pineapple Chunks
• Mughlai Haandi Chicken in a Rich Sauce
• Haandi Chicken cooked in Green Spices and Herbs
• Haandi Chicken with Leeks
• Haandi Chicken with French Beans
• Haandi Chicken with Whole Fried Onions
• Haandi Chilli Spiced Chicken

I will happily reproduce them here if you think anything sounds close.

Hi, thanks for the info! I reckon the Chilli Spiced Chicken looks good. Is it similar to the description on the website?

Cheers

[Razor]

Interesting....it's the first time I've seen a menu refer to using "special oil"  (i.e. "rogan josh - the characteristics of the dish are derived from....fried in special oil")

CA,

When I read this from the menu, I instantly thought of you and your spiced oil ;D

I think that this confirms, that it does exist, at least in some capcity!

Ray

P.S,  The music was a little bit irritating wasn't it?

[Stephen Lindsay]

Haandi Chill Spiced Chicken

Ingredients

5 tbps oil
6 large green chillies, slit in the middle
4 fresh curry leaves
1/2 tsp onion seeds
2 onions, diced
2 tsp tamarind pulp
3 tsp brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp ginger pulp
1 tsp garlic pulp
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp salt
1/2 pint water
1kg chicken
1 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped
1 tomato diced
1tbsp sesame seeds

Method

• heat oil in pan
• add chillies, fry for 1 minute then remove from pan
• add curry leaves, onion seeds, onions to pan and cook till onions are brown
• mix tamarind, sugar, spices and salt and form into a paste with half the water
• add paste to pan and cook for 2 minutes
• add chicken, stir in, add remaining water and cook for 15-20 minutes
• when chicken is cooked add the coriander, tomato and sesame seeds

Not sure if this is any use to Floyd but let me know how you get on.

[floydmeddler]

Cheers Stephen!