Topic: Hi from Dubai

[ruthgrundy]

Hi Everyone,


My first post  to say hi to everybody....HIII

My husband and I have been curry/chili fans for 30 years and more. I have been trying for years to duplicate the BIR curries since moving to the middle east. (cannot get a descent curry for love nor money) I have made some delicious curries, without a base. Last week i made  a base, i used the saffron base recipe, i have made a vindaloo and a jalfrezi using Cory Anders recipe, both were absolutely deliiicious, what a brilliant site and so many dedicated people, i think your wonderful the way you have persevered to get the recipes the way you have. Looking forwards to many more dishes and so is my hubby.lol.

[PaulP]

Hi Ruthgrundy and welcome to the forum. Glad to hear you managed to cook some cracking curries with the information on this site.

I guess you won't be using any poppy seeds though, 4 years in jail for possessing them in Dubai 

Cheers,

Paul

[Vindaloo-crazy]

Hi Ruth, welcome to the forum.

[Stephen Lindsay]

Hello from Scotland Ruth and welcome to the forum

[Ghoulie]

as a past ex pat from Dubai, I find it unbelievable you cannot find a good curry in Dubai.  Get your self to the RAVI restauarant at Satwa - order a chicken tikka a naan and a curry sauce - also ther butter chicken is excellent.

Try also the Khyber restaurant.

If you are looking in the phone books - look under Pakistani restaurants - NOT Indian - they differentiate precisely there as to the true origins.. Khyber dishes that excell are chicken butter boneless, Khyber special veg

[artistpaul]

Welcome to the site mate and greetings from Turkey

[George]

as a past ex pat from Dubai, I find it unbelievable you cannot find a good curry in Dubai.

I agree. I'm not an ex-pat but I've visited Dubai several times over the past 20 years. One of the highlights is the Indian food - better than almost anything I've had in the UK.

[Ghoulie]

Thanks for that confirmation George - Asian food in Dubai is incredible and has been since the early 70s to my knowledge - even better than India itself in my experience (apart from the Taj Hotel - Mumbai - that is where the Gaylord chefs were trained !). 

I got the Dubai intro when I moved there in '76 and had the local food knowledge passed onto me by expats working for the likes of Taylor Woodrow, Wimpey, Costains, Halcrow etc.

The Ravi @ Satwa is legendary - no one should visit Dubai without trying it out - forget the decor ! - the food is fantastic, cheap and consistent - i returned to the Ravi after 25 year gap - food just as I remembered it - your taste buds don't lie - and my grandkids absolutely loved it !