Favourite dish at the moment ?

[JerryM]

i'm not that convinced anymore that BIR or curry is bad for you. in fact i'm strongly positive on the health aspects.

my recent back trouble was down to not enough magnesium (for muscle strength). when i looked at how i could up this (and other important body chemicals using Axe's pointer on the food website) i was taken aback by how much spices offer of the good things that the body needs.

put this together with all the vegetables, tom puree, garlic, ginger then i'm sure it beats most foods well into the distance.

even the verdict on coconut is still not that clear even though it's technically high sat fat.

that leaves the veg oil and salt as the only downers.

[fishy]

i'm not that convinced anymore that BIR or curry is bad for you. in fact i'm strongly positive on the health aspects.

my recent back trouble was down to not enough magnesium (for muscle strength). when i looked at how i could up this (and other important body chemicals using Axe's pointer on the food website) i was taken aback by how much spices offer of the good things that the body needs.

put this together with all the vegetables, tom puree, garlic, ginger then i'm sure it beats most foods well into the distance.

even the verdict on coconut is still not that clear even though it's technically high sat fat.

that leaves the veg oil and salt as the only downers.

I agree also with the health benifits of spices, it has recently been proven that chilli is good for your heart as chilli relaxes the arteries, i know from fact that it relaxes my bowls, more vindi for me please!

[Willyeckerslike]

i'm not that convinced anymore that BIR or curry is bad for you. in fact i'm strongly positive on the health aspects.

my recent back trouble was down to not enough magnesium (for muscle strength). when i looked at how i could up this (and other important body chemicals using Axe's pointer on the food website) i was taken aback by how much spices offer of the good things that the body needs.

put this together with all the vegetables, tom puree, garlic, ginger then i'm sure it beats most foods well into the distance.

even the verdict on coconut is still not that clear even though it's technically high sat fat.

that leaves the veg oil and salt as the only downers.

I agree also with the health benifits of spices, it has recently been proven that chilli is good for your heart as chilli relaxes the arteries, i know from fact that it relaxes my bowls, more vindi for me please!

Never played bowls but my dad does, I will tell him to try some chilli it might stop him snatching his shots by being more relaxed   ;D

sorry I couldn't resist it ;D

But I too think curries in general are not at all unhealthy

[fishy]

Oopps! did i say bowls, sorry i meant skittles ;D

[George]

i'm not that convinced anymore that BIR or curry is bad for you. in fact i'm strongly positive on the health aspects.

The above advice goes against almost everything written by medical people and others who know about healthy diets. Whilst all the vegetables and spices are probably quite good for you, this is massively offset by litres of oil and salt, at least if you're getting close to the BIR style. If you can keep oil down to 1 tbls and salt down to a pinch per serving, then that should be OK but that's not what you'd get from a BIR.

[PaulP]

I'm pretty precise when it comes to salt using about a quarter teaspoon per person. This is about 1.5 grams which is less than you'll get in a tin of soup and well within the recommended daily intake of 6 grams or less. I don't care if this is not BIR because if I add any more it tastes too salty to me.

That only leaves the oil to worry about but I use a fairly healthy rice bran oil so there is only really the calories to watch out for.

Apart from oil and salt the ingredients of curries are pretty healthy IMO.

Paul

[Domi]

But you can make a delicious curry with little oil and salt - far better than any supermarket pre-prepared stuff anyway and you can always make a curry from scratch in around 20-30 mins. Unfortunately we have had to suffer a couple of weeks on supermarket fodder and there has not been a single item that is tastier, healthier or indeed less expensive than home made. Thankfully most of our work is coming to an end and I can get back in the kitchen ;D It may not be BIR but it's a close second!

[JerryM]

But you can make a delicious curry with little oil and salt

It's exactly it - the great advantage that we have - we can keep the oil and salt low for midweek and up it at the week end.

i was taken aback recently by how much some salt bought sauces have in them - i tried HP's BBQ which was very nice but was very thirsty afterwards - i guess even more than with TA.

[Domi]

Hi Jerry....it's funny you mention salt because for me the overriding taste has been sugar...we had a lasagne the other night that was just too sickly to eat.....Had farmshop pork chops and purple mash for tea today and it was like ambrosia! Got piled up with steaks and bought an electric steamer so it's tata pre-mades for us ;D

[Derek Dansak]

society worries too much about oil and salt and the like. dont believe the scare mongers. If you exercise , and always be moderate, the odd 1 or 2 un healthy curries each week is not so bad. When I cook curry i always leave my sensible half a sleep in front of the telly  ;D   the wicked half always cooks the tastiest food!