Topic: Best of BIR

[parker21]

hi jerry have not posted in this very interesting thread but thinking what dish i would include.
posted for a recipe for it about 4 years ago on cr0 but to no avail
it used to be served in the Maharaja in biddenden  in the 90's now called "gram spice" after being Rajver for years my first kitchen demo and where i cooked my own Phall!
 any way the dish was called a "Balti garlic chilli chicken tikka masala" it was hot not too sweet flavoured and aromatic with reddy brown sauce/gravy savoury and very moreish. have tried to recreate it but never got close, so now its vindaloo or hotter all the way, and chicken tikka as a treat chicken tikka vindaloo is probably our favourite but it only works with my own tikka.
any way would love to put this on the list.
regards
gary ;D

[Peripatetic Phil]

it used to be served in the Maharaja in biddenden  in the 90's now called "gram spice"

Ah yes, Gram Spice : it is only a couple of months since I had a take-away from there.  I was returning to Chainhurst from Biddenden when I passed this place late afternoon, and all of a sudden I felt very hungry (as one does !).  I went in, explained I needed to see the menu as I hadn't eaten there before, and immediately was proposed various offerings from the "Specials" menu.  These I politely declined (thereby saving about GBP 8-00) and instead had some nice basic fare which tasted very good indeed when I finally got home.  I would certainly eat there (or have a take-away from there) again.

** Phil.

[Ramirez]

And it is for that reason why I suggested the Madras.

Very much along the lines of what I was thinking. Until I've cracked the humble Madras (and similar BIR staples) I wouldn't want to move onto 'House Specials'.

[JerryM]

parker21,

can't resist a dish with garlic in the tittle.

i now have: roshni, bahar, Balti garlic chilli chicken tikka masala.

[JerryM]

just to be clear i'm not asking for anyone to do anything or move onto anything in this post other than add any dishes they consider to be "Best of BIR".

these are not the restaurant or TA classics.

they are those that stand out in your memory from a night out in your fav BIR or a restaurant that you have visited with friends. i don't believe you will find them in a BIR that only does TA.

ideally i need a description of what the dish is ie the ingredients and if possible the web site of the relevant restaurant.

it's looking as if the search is not going to prove that successful. this is fine if it is the case as at least i have an answer rather than a current not knowing.

[Cory Ander]

If can add anything here it would be to state that whenvwe have as was my case a full account from an actual BIR , it's recipes and procedures they might be best kept together in one section so those who wish can recreat actual BIR standards even if regional variation varies

Hi Panpot,

I forgot that I have already produced an index (well, sort of) for your Ashoka recipes here:  http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=3215.0

Perhaps you could ask a mod (or admin) to make it a sticky in the most appropriate section of the forum?