Topic: MDB’s Birmingham Balti Gravy 100% Clone Al Frash Balti Restaurant MKII

[Kashmiri Bob]

That looks amazing Rob.

Thanks again for all of the positive feedback.

I feel very humbled

Regards

Mick

It's Balti night every night at the moment Mick.  Your base recipe is just incredible! I won't be making anything else. I think the options it gives will be limitless.   However, I make your chicken recipe regularly as the benchmark, so I don't stray off too far.

This one went in the fridge.  Made to spec, except for a pinch of salt and 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder.  Rotisserie chicken.  The next day I offloaded some of the oil and reheated in the combi oven/grill.  May have overdone the grill by a fraction. But that's OK, just needs more practice.   10/10 as usual.  All that is missing is a garlic naan bread, smothered in ghee butter.  Balti paradise!











Thanks again

Rob   

[mickdabass]

I knew I had a photo somewhere of an Al Frash Balti, and here it is.

Youre right Rob, the oil has a reddish tint to it

Regards

Mick

[Kashmiri Bob]

Great photo Mick.  Proper.  I am getting on nicely with the kashmiri powder.  Finding a good rounded tsp in the pan does not impair the flavour.  It will be good to get it into the base, as in your MKII recipe. 





Here's a couple of dishes from this week.  Using what ingredients I had in.


Balti Chicken and Mushroom Jalfraize  (pre-cooked thigh with wild mushrooms)





Balti Meat Jalfraize (pre-cooked mutton shoulder)





Rob

[moonster]

I am considering trying this base as an alternative to JB`s curry base recipe.

Can this curry base be used as a standard base for any curry recipe or is it just recommended for Balti`s?

Thanks in advance

[Secret Santa]

Can this curry base be used as a standard base for any curry recipe or is it just recommended for Balti`s?

Not only can it be used for standard BIR fare I would highly recommend it for that purpose.

[livo]

+1.  This base gravy makes great curry other than just Balti.

[Robbo141]

This base is excellent. I used my last frozen portion this week, with chicken tikka which went down very well with the missis again. Not the heat that I prefer, but very, very good curry.  I will be making a fresh batch this weekend, using my electric pressure cooker rather than the boil for an hour method. On its own, it makes a very good, not hot curry full of flavor.  Used as a base, with added spices, chillies etc, it makes a fantastic dish for me. A strong recommend.

I will also be making the balti paste our good friend Livo posted a link to somewhere on this thread. Managed to find a packet of cardamom seeds so don’t need to husk a load of the pods and very excited to try that. Yes, very excited.  Curry does that.

Robbo

[livo]

Here it is again Robbo. You won't be disappointed when you try it.   

https://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/recipes/balti-paste-scratch/n805h9rv

[moonster]

Thanks SS and Livo, I am very much looking forward to making this now.

Going to do the base today and curry on Saturday.

I will feedback with my results

[Robbo141]

Cheers Livo, how do you use that paste with Mick’s base?  I'm thinking of adding to the initial onion fry stage early on.

Robbo