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

[emin-j]

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

Don't buy a ' cheap ' stick blender they get red hot and likely to burn out , 5 + litres of cooked base veg is a fair o'l job to blend , buy a blender with a large motor .

[jb]

Brought a set of three from Ebay for ?20...6,8 and 11 litres...that should do the job!!

[Unclefrank]

ben i use an 11 litre one, popped to asda yesterday got pots in there  from ?15-?17 think 7.5 litre to an 11.8 litre.
Extra wedding cash eh! you could buy a decent blender instead of buying the ?64 pot.
 

[Derek Dansak]

after all this discussion about buying a 10 litre pot, I bet the chef comes round and advises making a scaled down base with 5 onions and half a red pepper !   ;D

[jb]

Well he did have a look through all of my kitchen equipment and the only thing I didn't have was a large base sauce pot.I do have a largish saucepan but he said it wasn't big enough.Forgot to say he is going to get the necessary spices for me from his local cash and carry.He's going to Email before the first lesson with all the fresh stuff I need(he did mention a sack of onions so it's going to be a full scale sauce)

[benalder]

Have just picked up this 8L Stellar Hard Anodised 24cm Stockpot from my local TK Maxx. Reduced to ?40 from ?130!!
http://mydeco.com/p/stellar-hard-anodised-24cm-stockpot-80l/GB697CD1POLBWCCCZLTMXGWRCPADLXTQ673MEDKC/

[chriswg]

It looks like a good pot but make sure you have plenty of hard plastic or wooden spoons. If you use a metal chefs spoon you'll risk scraping off all the teflon coating into the base.

[benalder]

Will do Chris, I usually use wooden spoons anyway.

[Domi]

Hi Chris

I've used hard anodised pans for years with metal utensils and never so much as a scratch.....and nothing (even burnt on jam) sticks to them ;D I bought them specifically for these reasons...they're not like the teflon coated pans at all You can get some real bargains on hard anodised...got myself a 35cm saute pan for ?16 the other week....the 3 pan set I bought years ago cost me hundreds

more info here:

http://www.meyergroup.co.uk/cookware/MeyerCookwareGuide4.html?Lang=1

[haldi]

I can't wait till you start the lessons
I am really looking forward to this
I'm still seeing old BIR chefs, but there's nothing new to write
It's all about using the old oil in the base
This is a stumbling block, that I can't get over
Other than begging some old oil from somewhere, I'm stuck
Because I can't reproduce it
Once the base is right, then everything follows
You don't need any special cooking equipment
I'm hoping this chef will show an alternative