Topic: Achari Murgh Video Recipe

[chewytikka]

Hi All
New recipe for you, if you like it Hot, Sweet, Sour and Spicy.
(Not one for the Korma/CTM club)

Ingredients
3 tbs of Veg Oil
1tsp G&G paste
1tsp Mixed Powder
1tsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder
1tsp Amchur Powder (Mango)
2 Fresh Green Chillis
A quarter of each Capsicum Trio & Red Onion, chopped Tikka size.
Handful of Chopped Coriander
1 heaped tsp of Olive Pickle ( Pran, Authentic Bangladeshi Brand)
Half a tsp of Mr. Naga hot chilli pickle

Tip for par cooking the veg: Drizzle a little olive oil, over capsicum and onion, cover and half cook in the Microwave. Just 2 minutes @ half power, say 500.

Method
Cook Bhun style, adding Curry Base gradually, cooking down, then adding more, repeat..etc, until you get a fairly dry finished dish.  Watch the Video and you'll get the idea.
cheers Chewy ;D

"http://player.vimeo.com/video/24117518"

[Malc.]

Its making me hungry!

What does the Olive Pickle taste like? Please don't say olives. ;D

[solarsplace]

Hi

Great vid as usual Chewy

Was Googling for the 'Pran Olive Pickle' to see if it could be bought online, and was confronted by several pages that claim this brand contains a carcinogenic and banned food colouring?

Most of the pages / articles are quite old approx 2004/5 - any thoughts on whether this is true?

Chewy, can you confirm whether your jar has 'Sudan 1' listed in its ingredients?

http://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/32442-urgent-food-warning.html

I hope given 5 years they are now using some other safe ingredient?

Cheers

[chewytikka]

Its making me hungry!

What does the Olive Pickle taste like? Please don't say olives. ;D

Hi Malc
Has a really strong pungent flavour, 63% Green Olives, strong on mustard oil and seeds, plus loads of other pickling spices. Much more like a home made pickle.
A lot less processed than say Pataks Chilli or Lime pickle.
My recipe calls for Olive Pickle, but you could use any Indian pickle that you like, to achieve an Achari Dish.
Cheers Chewy

[chewytikka]

Hi

Great vid as usual Chewy

Was Googling for the 'Pran Olive Pickle' to see if it could be bought online, and was confronted by several pages that claim this brand contains a carcinogenic and banned food colouring?

Most of the pages / articles are quite old approx 2004/5 - any thoughts on whether this is true?

Chewy, can you confirm whether your jar has 'Sudan 1' listed in its ingredients?

http://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/32442-urgent-food-warning.html

I hope given 5 years they are now using some other safe ingredient?

Cheers

Hi Russell
No 'Sudan 1'
According to the Interweb, PRAN have both ISO 9001:2000 certificates and are HACCP compliant being the largest exporter of processed agro products
to more than 70 countries from Bangladesh.
Incidentally, looking at jar labels, Pran have a lot more ingredient information than Pataks and probably because Pataks is made in the UK,
they don't  have to state that their HACCP compliant ? Which makes me even more confident using PRAN products.
cheers Chewy

[Malc.]

Thanks Chewy, i'll have to see if I can find some. I know one store near me does the Mr Naga, so i''ll be heading there first.

I love Olives and and seem to be getting through my Mustard Oil too, so this stuff sounds like heaven.

 

[mickdabass]

Hi Chewy
is this a bir recipe or one of your own?
regards
mick

[chewytikka]

Hi Chewy
is this a bir recipe or one of your own?
regards
mick

Hi Mick
Half and Half,  Achar or Achari has been on some BIR menus for a few years, each Cook will tweak it slightly, but its basically a pickle curry.
In my recipe I've tweaked it, by using Olive Pickle, Amchur and Naga, which all work great together.
So I guess it's a BIR dish, cooked at home, to my recipe.
cheers Chewy

[gazman1976]

where did u get your cooking pan from Chewy? looks great

[chewytikka]

where did u get your cooking pan from Chewy? looks great

Hi gazman1976
Got the pan at a New Bengaladeshi store down the road, very handi ;D

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5632.msg57280#msg57280
cheers Chewy