Topic: Mridula Balljekar's Kadhai Restaurant Base Sauce

[DARTHPHALL]

I know what you mean, the many friends i cook for have varied tastes & ask for the Chicken to be cut in either large or small chunks,my preference is small chunks, the size/dimension of a ?2 coin.

[traveller]

Hmm..the chicken was not leathery yesterday!  I sliced it in thin strips - chinese style - and it was very tender!  This is the first time I actually used a 2 step cooking method in that I made the madras base sauce first and then made chili chicken in coconut.  It turned out great!!  I am not sure if it qualifies as a "curry" but it was really very good!  I will post the recipe today or tomorrow for sure.  I have some chicken I will cook today according to a method recommended by someone here when I mentioned the chicken was very tough.  But cooking the chicken in the base sauce until it almost al dried up was great - so much flavor in the chicken!!

Payal

[traveller]

I found the technique by DARTHPHALL - i may give that a try today - I am planning on making chicken pakodas with it and it uses cooked chicken to coat in the besan.

Payal

[woodpecker21]

Thats what I always say when I buy them, im always tempted by an offer and ALWAYS regret buying them!  I don't think it matters where you get them from I can never get the same results with frozen chicken breasts.

try getting Tescos' healthy option chicken breasts, very little to cut off & throw away quite good vfm as well @ 1kg for ?4.99. i too like chunks of chicken especially when making chicken tikka....

has anyone tried bruce edwards recipe for chicken tikka. i did but due to lack of suppliers of mustard oil i had to use sunflower oil instead. i can honestly say it was perfect but for the aroma no tandoor either so 240 degrees under the grill for 15 mins turning once. it was the best i ever had. only wish i had some ghee to brush it with and had "sizzled" it, again i recommend that anyone of you to try the sizzle 
if you need any tips then read KD's book has how to sizzle. to all newcomers i believe it's in the download section on this forum.

regards gary

[DARTHPHALL]

Hi Paast10.
Please do try my method to cook Chicken & let me know if yours turned out as good as mine, i have cooked it several times this way & all the most tender Ive ever cooked, ( remember don't boil the Chicken , just let it reach boil then follow recipe etc..etc.. ).  ;D


DARTHPHALL.... ....

[traveller]

I will try your method next week - I had a few spoons of the madras sauce left over from yesterday so i decided to finish it up and cook the little bit of chicken I had left.  I hope that not boiling the chicken continuously solves all the problems!!!  I will let you know when I try it.
Thanks.

Payal

[traveller]

I am sorry I havent posted the madras curry sauce recipe yet - got very busy but will do it either sunday or monday for sure.  It really was very tasty - not really restaurant style but tasty.

Payal