Topic: North Indian Special (vindaloo strength)

[Whandsy]

Not familiar with this dish CH as i usually stick to the old jalfrezi, but i'm gonna give it a whirl tonight as it does look and sound delish!
1 question though, is page 8 of this thread the final draft of this dish

W

Page 8 is indeed the final draft W.  Just beware my mistake on the tomato paste qty.  Recipe should read 2 tbs of already diluted tom paste ( 1 part paste to 2 parts water).  It could be misinterpreted in the recipe.  I have clarified this a little later on in the post on page 9.  Hope you enjoy it W.  Look forward to feed back and pictures a little later.  Out of interest which tandoori masala are you going to use??

I have the rajah tandoori masala CH, will report back later

[curryhell]

I have the rajah tandoori masala CH, will report back later

Ere on the side of caution and reduce  tandoori masala to 1/2 tsp then W, as someone else said that the Rajah TM they used stood out.  The TM should be in the backround. I have been making my own for years so i have  a good idea on how it affects the flavour of dishes.  It's posted in the thread somewhere. Good luck and good singeing.  May just order one from the TA tonight for a treat ;D.  Look forward to the report.

Jamieb728 certainly did it justice the other day.  Some mouth watering pics of his NIS here:
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=8139.0

And for the Taz base enthusiasts there is a carefully crafted  recipe by Stephen Lindsay here with the normal curry porn included:
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7831.msg68495#msg68495

[Whandsy]

As promised some pictures of CH's NIS.

I was very pleasantly surprised and impressed with this dish CH . I didn't really know what to expect with the addition of a few of the sweetening ingredients (gaz's onions and mango chutney) along with the tamarind paste. This dish tasted superb and not at all too sweet . Its nice that the spiced onions come through slightly as an aftertaste along with the softened onions and the general spiciness of the dish.

I have to admit that i did wimp out on the chilli amount, i used a heaped tsp of deggi mirch along with 3 chopped chillis and 2 whole chillis halved
In case anybodys wondering about the oil separation, it happened about 2 mins after i took the pics before tucking in
I could actually stand to go a bit hotter and will do next time
This is a dish i WILL make again

Thanks CH

Wayne

[curryhell]

Just gone 7.00 in the morning and i'm dribbling and dreweling already  .  Well done W.  Your NIS is looking good mate.  Glad you liked the flavour(s).  For those who are unfamiliar with it, as it doesn't featuring on every TA menus, the dish is full of different flavours as the ingredients would suggest.  The taste is complex as you identify  the flavour of many of the ingredients individually as well as the overall taste of them merged together.  I can only describe it as  a flavour explosion in the mouth  . As for the heat content via the chilli powder, down to personal taste, although some would say I can't have much of that left now after all these years of eating molten lava  ;D
Thanks for giving it a go Whandsy and feeding back with some more curry porn for us porn lovers ;D

[Terramamba]

Hi all!  ;D

Just cooked this fantastic dish tonight. WOWZEROONIE! May not find that word in the OED, but I think you'll get my meaning! The depth of flavour was amazing, heat levels at scorching, lovely jubbly! BIR taste - sadly not quite, but I'm pleased with my first attempt at this dish

Curry porn to follow tomorrow as it's pub time 

[Unclebuck]

That looks bang on! well done feller!

[curryhell]

Hi all!  ;D

Just cooked this fantastic dish tonight. WOWZEROONIE! May not find that word in the OED, but I think you'll get my meaning! The depth of flavour was amazing, heat levels at scorching, lovely jubbly! BIR taste - sadly not quite, but I'm pleased with my first attempt at this dish

Curry porn to follow tomorrow as it's pub time 

Thanks for trying the dish and reporting back.  Love the new descriptive for the NIS  ;D  Glad it hit the spot Terramamba and am looking forward to viewing the curry porn tomorrow :  Must go myself now as i too need to go to the pub

[Whandsy]

That looks bang on! well done feller!

Thanks unclebuck, credit to CH's recipe it was superb, i took the remainder into work next day and everybody said they'd happily pay for that over their local takeaway, and in true BIR style it did seem to taste even better the next morning

W

[jamieb728]

Hi all
Looks fantastic W glad more people are trying the recipe now

jamie

[curryhell]

That looks bang on! well done feller!

Thanks unclebuck, credit to CH's recipe it was superb, i took the remainder into work next day and everybody said they'd happily pay for that over their local takeaway, and in true BIR style it did seem to taste even better the next morning

W

Bloody hell W, you obviously did an excellent job the other day ;D.  The proof of your pics was definitely in the eating and it did taste every bit as good as it looked ;D. That's a pretty high accolade from your work colleagues so feel free to take a well earned bow mate