Topic: CBM Naga Chilli paste

[Curry Barking Mad]

Hi All,
Yesterday while in the Asian shop I bought 300 grams of Naga Morich (Bhut Jolokia) (Ghost) chillies, call it what you will.

I fancied making my own Naga paste. So I set about it this morning....




I simply fried them in some veg oil until they were softening.
I added 1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of sugar
2 tbsp of spirit vinegar

And blitzed them up, then into sterilised jars.

The paste does taste very nice but holy mother it's powerful

Cheers,
Mick

[Peripatetic Phil]

Remember to wash your hands before doing anything else, Mick !

[chewytikka]

Looking good Mick
How does it compare to Mr.Naga in flavour.

Fresh Naga's around my way are always green or on the turn,
I've never seen so many red ones altogether, they look great,
like a punnet of Strawberries. Are they English grown?

I also do this with Green finger chillies (raw)
cheers Chewy

[Curry Barking Mad]

Looking good Mick
How does it compare to Mr.Naga in flavour.

Fresh Naga's around my way are always green or on the turn,
I've never seen so many red ones altogether, they look great,
like a punnet of Strawberries. Are they English grown?

I also do this with Green finger chillies (raw)
cheers Chewy

Similar flavour Chewy but I didn't add the paprika (I'm assuming they add it to help with the colour)or 'spices' that go in Mr Naga's,
to be honest it doesn't give you long to taste it before it thumps you in the head
I only did it to be able to add it to certain curries rather than to be eaten on it's own.

I believe they are English grown and the box contained bright green to bright red, I just dug out the red ripe ones just for the finished colour.

Cheers,
Mick

[madmatt]

Hi guys, any chance of a chicken naga recipe? I have bought a jar of mr naga and was going to do a madras, and add some mr naga near the end.
Would this be right, or is it an enitely different recipe? My new local nor does one and it's top notch. Vindaloo hot but u can really taste the chillies.

Matt

[976bar]

Hi All,
Yesterday while in the Asian shop I bought 300 grams of Naga Morich (Bhut Jolokia) (Ghost) chillies, call it what you will.

I fancied making my own Naga paste. So I set about it this morning....




I simply fried them in some veg oil until they were softening.
I added 1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of sugar
2 tbsp of spirit vinegar

And blitzed them up, then into sterilised jars.

The paste does taste very nice but holy mother it's powerful

Cheers,
Mick

I can only imagine, that if you can leave that for about 2-3 weeks it will really improve with flavour....

[mr.mojorisin]

looks good CBM
me fancy spreading this over some Welsh Rarebit..mmmm

[chewytikka]

Hi guys, any chance of a chicken naga recipe? I have bought a jar of mr naga and was going to do a madras, and add some mr naga near the end.
Would this be right, or is it an enitely different recipe? My new local nor does one and it's top notch. Vindaloo hot but u can really taste the chillies.

Matt

Hi Matt
You could try my Achari Murgh recipe, just using Mr.Naga as the key flavour.
Depending how hot your taste is, I'd still go easy with it, maybe 1tsp added about halfway on a 10minute curry.
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5834.msg57818#msg57818
good currying mate
cheers Chewy

[Curry Barking Mad]

The thought has struck me.... some garabi's call for a little chilli content for those curries that are not on the mild side.
Should I add some to the garabi and allow the flavour and heat to infuse in the garabi or omit it and just use it when making the final curry?
Decisions, decisions....garabi or not garabi?    

[SteveyG]

Hi All,
Yesterday while in the Asian shop I bought 300 grams of Naga Morich (Bhut Jolokia) (Ghost) chillies, call it what you will.

I fancied making my own Naga paste. So I set about it this morning....




I simply fried them in some veg oil until they were softening.
I added 1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of sugar
2 tbsp of spirit vinegar

And blitzed them up, then into sterilised jars.

The paste does taste very nice but holy mother it's powerful

Cheers,
Mick

You should have taken them back. They definitely are not Naga Morich or Bhut Jolokias (they're different to each other). Looks more like a generic scotch bonnet from the wholesaler.

The paste definitely looks great though