Topic: Bombay Aloo Group Test

[Ramirez]

Great stuff moonster! Not started the test yet myself, but Chewy Tikka's looks the closest to what I would expect from a Bombay Aloo.

[solarsplace]

Hi All,

boards been funny latley hasnt it!

enjoyed doing the group test, good fun.

lol at Razor thought better of against blind folding mrs moony, she might of thought she was on a promise ;D

please find attached the pics

To put no finer point on it - they all look sodding delicious! great work

The under cover curry one looks a tad peculiar though - a little, well, sitting in dark juice? - could just be the lighting though

BTW - I try to never blindfold the wife either  ;D they always get the wrong idea - like when I'm trying to get up to no good.

Nice one!

[moonster]

Ray,

when i started the test i wasnt expecting there to be much difference in presentation either but with the different methods of cookinga the recipes each produced an alternative dish in both taste, appearance and texture!!

i cant wait to use micks method of par boiling veg the next time i make a bombay aloo.

thanks for the kind comments Ray and Ramirez.

I really enjoyed participating in a group test for the first time and would do so again.

regards

Alan ;D

[Willyeckerslike]

The pictures look great Moonster,  looks like some hard work went ito them to me.
What I do notice is they all look pretty dry (apart from UC which looks erm different  ;D, but all the same it may taste great ) as here in Doncaster all the bombay aloo 's I have had do have quite a bit of curry sauce on them, but again it may just show how big the regional differences are in BIR cookery.

Well done, I would like to participate in one of the group tests soon, time permitting :

cheers

Will

[chriswg]

Brilliant pics Moonster, I'm really looking forward on getting ours done this weekend.

[curryhell]

Sterling effort Moonster.   I would love to blind taste that lot. May just have to have a go myself at this.  Looking forward to the results coming in and the comments from all.

[chriswg]

Solar and I had a great afternoon of Bombay Aloo cooking on Saturday. It's interesting to watch other people cook and the different techniques. We made all 6 using plain boiled potatoes and scored them separately (with the help of our other halves).

I have 4 full sets of results now. I'll give it a couple of weeks before publishing so everyone who wants to take part has time. There are a couple of definite patterns emerging. It will be nice to see how this progresses with more results. One thing that might have been useful would have been to have had a proper takeaway one to compare against.

I took some pics so will post them when we get a chance.

Chris

[Peripatetic Phil]

Solar and I had a great afternoon of Bombay Aloo cooking on Saturday. It's interesting to watch other people cook and the different techniques. We made all 6 using plain boiled potatoes and scored them separately (with the help of our other halves).

I have 4 full sets of results now. I'll give it a couple of weeks before publishing so everyone who wants to take part has time. There are a couple of definite patterns emerging. It will be nice to see how this progresses with more results.

Chris, did you & Solar use plain boiled potatoes even for his recipe [1] ?  In the published version (which I have followed), they are to be pre-cooked in turmeric.

I have two completed so far, and hope to have completed all six before you need to publish the results.

** Phil.
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[1] * Boil approx potatoes in salted water with tumeric until not quite cooked.

[chriswg]

Sorry yes. I meant we didn't use the Mick approach as we had planned to do once the tests were complete. Solar brought turmeric cooked spuds for his recipe.

[solarsplace]

Ha ha!

Yes Saturday was a proper beer and curry cooking fest! did you ever manage to get your cooker clean again Chris? - really jealous of that BTW your range is seriously excellent to cook curry on!

Had to shower and get clean clothes on when I got home - absolutely reeked of curry lovely smelling curry though!

Did you notice at the end after all your garlic masala experiments that kitchen was in its own curry vapour cloud?

ATB