Topic: Chicken Bhuna - Finally Cracked It!!

[RobinB]

[976bar]

Lovely looking curry, glad you liked it

[gary_p]

hi there
tried this dish last night and it was the best Bhuna I have tasted, exectly how it tastes in my local, the consistency was perfect and the taste was smooth.

Thanks

[976bar]

hi there
tried this dish last night and it was the best Bhuna I have tasted, exectly how it tastes in my local, the consistency was perfect and the taste was smooth.

Thanks

Your welcome GP, glad you liked it

[natterjak]

Sensational recipe Bob! hats off to you

cooked this for the first time tonight and had an excellent result, but did have a few problems so hope you don't mind some questions....

Do you really only add 2 tbs oil? I was using my chef's spoon as a measure so added half chef's spoon chalice hot oil and half plain oil which makes 3 tbs in total. Despite this by the time I was adding the peppers and chillis the onions had soaked up all the oil and adding the spice powder just gave me a dry paste which wouldn't fry. So I had to top up with more oil.

 I was also wondering about just 1 tsp tomato puree, or should it be 1 tbs? 1 tsp of salt seems like a lot as well but I guess it's personal taste. At the risk of upsetting those who insist it's mandatory to cook a recipe exactly as written I added much less and it was fine to my taste.

Bit these are just quibbles. Fact is the recipe gave me a great tasting dinner so I'm happy 

[976bar]

Sensational recipe Bob! hats off to you

cooked this for the first time tonight and had an excellent result, but did have a few problems so hope you don't mind some questions....

Do you really only add 2 tbs oil? I was using my chef's spoon as a measure so added half chef's spoon chalice hot oil and half plain oil which makes 3 tbs in total. Despite this by the time I was adding the peppers and chillis the onions had soaked up all the oil and adding the spice powder just gave me a dry paste which wouldn't fry. So I had to top up with more oil.

 I was also wondering about just 1 tsp tomato puree, or should it be 1 tbs? 1 tsp of salt seems like a lot as well but I guess it's personal taste. At the risk of upsetting those who insist it's mandatory to cook a recipe exactly as written I added much less and it was fine to my taste.

Bit these are just quibbles. Fact is the recipe gave me a great tasting dinner so I'm happy 

Hi Chris,

As I use Taz's base mostly, it contains a lot of oil, so no need to add more. I guess if you use any other base then yes maybe you will need to adjust the oil content at the beginning. Again it depends on how oily one wants their curry..

I have been in so many restaurants where a Bhuna is too tomatoey. For me it should not over power the dish, again another personal preference and the same with the salt, add as much or as little to suit your palate..

Bhuna is supposed to be a dryish consistency and not too much sauce, but can be adjusted for personal preferences....

I'm glad you enjoyed it otherwise

[George]

976bar - I tried your bhuna this evening and thought it was very good indeed. I gave it priority in my list of dishes to try because of your obvious enthusiasm, and also your success at getting at least two jobs on the basis of your cooking. You must be good! I've never had a bhuna in a BIR but this tasted great. It occurred to me that it must be quite like a Jalfrezi, with the chillis, green pepper, onions and tomato chunks. Perhaps the difference is that the sauce is thicker which, as you say, seems to make it even more tasty. Thanks again.

[curryhell]

At the weekend I decided it was time to cook the other half of my full leg of mutton using the slow cooker method here:
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4852.0

The only difference was that I used the gravy from the first batch  which I had frozen.  Needless to say it was even better still.  Given the price of lamb / mutton versus chicken (or beef for those that use it in curries) I tend only to use it for really special dishes.  And 976

[Malc.]

You know its rude not to invite fellow CR0 members to dinner, when your cooking food that looks that good, curry porn at its finest. Good darts!

[colin grigson]

That's a great looking dinner CH !!