Topic: Veg Oil/Extra Virgin Olive Oil

[guitarmanguitar]

I notice that most base sauce's, & BIR main dishes, all have either Ghee, or Veg oil added.

I was wondering if one could use Extra Virgin Olive Oil instead?

CArl...

[Peripatetic Phil]

Kris Dhillon mentions somewhere (maybe on her web site) that she now uses olive oil, but Kris is now living in Australia and has "gone organic", so I don't know whether her advice reflects current BIR practice or her own preferences -- I suspect the latter.

(Tried to find the original reference but failed; however, Kris has a couple of recipes here -- http://debskitchencreations.blogspot.com/search/label/Kris Dhillon -- that use olive oil : Goan Coconut Chicken Curry, and her new base sauce).

[guitarmanguitar]

Thanks Chaa006,

I was maybe thinking it's slightly healthier too.

CArl...

[Peripatetic Phil]

Healthy.  Curry.  Oxymoron  ;D

[guitarmanguitar]

  Oxymoron  ;D

Thanks for the compliment Chaa....

[PaulP]

Extra virgin olive oil is not recommended for cooking with - it is more something you drizzle on your salads.

You can use light refined olive oil as it doesn't taste of much.

I use rice bran oil for my curries as people claim it is nearly as healthy as olive oil and doesn't really have a flavour of it's own. It costs me about 2 quid a pint from Sainsburys.

Cheers,

Paul

[Peripatetic Phil]

  Oxymoron  ;D

Thanks for the compliment Chaa....

Oops, I hope you didn't misunderstand what I wrote : "Oxymoron" is a figure of speech that combines normally-contradictory terms (in this case, "Curry" and "Healthy"); it has nothing to do with a shorter word that does not contain the letters "Oxy".  Very sincere apologies if I failed to make myself clear and caused any offence.

[guitarmanguitar]

 
 Very sincere apologies if I failed to make myself clear and caused any offence.

No need to apologise Chaa006.
No offence taken.

CArl...

[Malc.]

Rapeseed Oil is a very good alternative.

http://www.rapeseedoil.co.uk/

[Curry King]

You can use any oil you like but it won't be authentic BIR 

Just to add, I have tried to make a healthier version of a BIR and it is a waste of time, better to eat the full fat unhealthy goodness less often instead