Topic: Bhaji Colour

[emin-j]

Hi All ,
I use a T/A just down the road from where I live and although their Curry's vary  : their Bhaji's are always delicious and they tend to be a sort of Orangey colour including the Onion , so I asked the owner tonight what they put in the Bhaji's to get the colour
and all he said was ' Orange Food Colouring ' .

[Razor]

Hi emin-j

Yep, he is telling you the truth, it probably is orange food colouring, amongst other things.

Ray

[chriswg]

Disappointing to find out isn't it! A bhaji without colouring looks too white which our brain tells us will be bland. My wife has already decided a CTM will be good or bad depending on how dark red the colour is. The more vivid the better!

I couldn't find any orange so I use yellow in my bhajis. Essential I think.

[Malc.]

The IG add KTC Egg Yellow to their Bhaji. I wasn't overly surprised but that was largely due to still trying to overcome the fact they added potato too.

But 'dissapointed' is definitely the word I would have used when I first found out years ago, that the likes of Tikka and Tandoori only look as good as they do because of colourings.

Personally, I don't think there is any need to add colouring to a bhaji. They are never around long enough to study.

[Domi]

Personally, I don't think there is any need to add colouring to a bhaji. They are never around long enough to study.

Exactly! ;D Though personally the only thing I use food colourings for is cake decorating. Chriswg's wife would have a time of it round our way as they don't use the colourings in the curries/rice anymore (only the crap ones still do. Ergo for me, bright red = crap curry) :\