Topic: Indian restaurant chef just left my house!!!!!!

[parker21]

hi jb try ebay, or pop to brick lane in london!
regards
gary

[jb]

Looking on eBay now.What size should I go for????11 litres capacity or 15 litres??? Probably a silly question but should I have two??? After all once the base sauce has been finished it has to be blended bit by bit in my blender and then slowly transferred into another large pan(he said my jug blender would be adequate by the way)

[Unclefrank]

ASDA (the big stores) have started selling big pots not that expensive either, can you get to a place called "MAKRO"they sell a very good range of cooking stuff at very good prices.
I have a 11 litre pot and dont have any trouble doing any bases on this site.

[artistpaul]

JB

If you buy a stick blender/hand blender then you can just do the blending directly in the cooking pot thereby avoiding the hassle of using another pot / blending in batches.

You can buy these very cheap now under a tenner

Regards

Paul

[jb]

Thanks guys think I'll get another blender as well

[chriswg]

I'd reccommend either Amazon (free delivery) or nisbets. Anything around 10 litres will be plenty but go as big as you like. The book auther uses a 20L one for cooking at home.

Stick blenders are good but when you get to big volumes (like 10 litres) they take a long time, get very hot, and dont blend as fine as a jug blender in batches would. I doubt many BIR's use this unless they have big industrial ones like this bad boy http://www.nisbets.co.uk/products/productdetail.asp?productCode=CF014

[benalder]

I'm considering buying this Raymond Blanc Stockpot 7.6L. What do you guys think, is this big enough for cooking CRO bases? Or would I be better buying a bigger Stockpot?
http://www.pots-and-pans.co.uk/acatalog/Meyer_Anolon_Professional_24cm_Stockpot_7_6L.html

[Unclefrank]

benalder that is  a bit expensive, i use one like this one http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes/images/u-pot-sslg.jpg
Paid about 13 or 14 quid for it.

[benalder]

I realise I can get one cheaper Frank but I/we have some wedding present cash needing disposed of  ;D Do you think 7.6L is enough? What size is the one in your photo?

[TyeNoodle]

Hi the one I use is around 7 litres.. Good enough for a few curries.