What Makes a decent BIR madras "the classics"

[Peripatetic Phil]

Argh, of course : do dheagh shl

[Stephen Lindsay]

Argh, of course : do dheagh shl

[JerryM]

parker21,

thanks for idea on kashmiri chilli powder. i use this quite a lot. i have it and the deggi mirch. both are top notch chilli powder that i like a lot.

the 70s chilli taste is just the same as today's plain chilli powder ie nothing special just more of it. the "crimson" colour i am now certain is down to food colouring alone.

i feel enough of the mist has cleared to enable a 2nd go without feeling that it would be a waste of time. going to be a while down to the time of year - season to be jolly (home pizza and curry TA / eat in).