Topic: The Takeaway Secret

[haldi]

Has anybody else bought this?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0716022354/ref=oss_product
It's an interesting read, and includes BIR recipes too
I've just made the garlic mushrooms
They were really nice
The book even has a donner kebab recipe

[subj]

hiya haldi
yeah i bought this a couple of months back and would advise anyone to give it a go.i bought my mate a copy and hes practically opened his own kebab shop ;D the author has certainly done his homework

[jb]

Mine's on the way from Amazon...Oh no not another cookbook the wife said...

[jb]

  I got the book through the post this morning,very interesting read.Nothing revolutionary curry wise,although the use of coconut block in the curry base sauce crops up gain.The author does say in his notes that he wrote the book after talking to numerous take-away owners,shame he hasn't got an email to find out a bit more.It actually covers most take-away recipes,pizza.chinese etc.
   I can recommend it(it only cost me 4 quid from Amazon).I've just ordered my usual take-away so I thought I'd try his spicy onions recipe for my popadoms,they were lovely!!!! I thought I'd seen a similar recipe somewhere before just found it here incredibly moorish!!!!  Just wondering Gazman where you got the recipe from???

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=3897.0

[moonster]

jb,

i got it as well and like you found it very interesting.

I think his recipe for doner meat will beat the real thing in the sense that it wont be as greasy.

i thought the chicken tikka recipe looked good as well.

good book defo worth ?3.77

Alan ;D

[George]

I thought the book looked quite promising until I reached his recipe for Pilau Rice (said or implied to be BIR style). I don't ever recall having pilau rice with bits of onion or any trace of tomato in it, yet his recipe has both ingredients.

The most likely source of inspiration for the base sauce recipe is this forum.

[haldi]

I thought the book looked quite promising until I reached his recipe for Pilau Rice (said or implied to be BIR style). I don't ever recall having pilau rice with bits of onion or any

Hi George
I made the pilau rice , last sunday
Everybody loved it and I got lots of compliments
It was nothing like anything I bought, though
It come's out a brown colour!!
That's from the powdered spices in it
The Bengal Cuisine rice had onions in
I thought that was unusual too, but it is done

[Razor]

Hi George,

I don't ever recall having pilau rice with bits of onion

Really, I don't think that I've ever had it without onions!  Certainly never had tomatoes in it though.

Ray

[Peripatetic Phil]

I thought the book looked quite promising until I reached his recipe for Pilau Rice (said or implied to be BIR style). I don't ever recall having pilau rice with bits of onion or any trace of tomato in it, yet his recipe has both ingredients.

I am certainly familiar with the use of pre-fried (browned) onions as a top dressing (in moderation of course !)  I use these myself, and buy them pre-fried and dried in a small tub (100g).  I think they are described as "fried shallots", but the present batch are labelled "Onion Salad Crispies". With added salt, they are delicious by themselves !

** Phil.

[George]

Haldi, Razor, et al

Perhaps I need to take a closer look at BIR pliau rice next time but I've never noticed any trace of onions. It's always white, too, with specs of colour (varies a bit from one BIR to the next) and never brown but I stand to be corrected if the Takeaway recipe tastes good, regardless.