Topic: New videos from Curry2Go in Chorley

[ELW]

enjoying these videos that much that i ended up watching the lot on you tube

These videos are great, he should have a slot on Saturday kitchen, has anyone tasted anything from c2g yet?
ELW

[Ramirez]

enjoying these videos that much that i ended up watching the lot on you tube.

Julian is clearly top man and wish him all the best.

ps i have the ingredients (kashmiri chilli) for the vindaloo and have base et al on the go. have not tried the kashmiri chilli before and took real strength not to pick up the norm nagga (de seeded for me). even treated myself to some standard chilli powder (have always used the hot version out of habit).

Are you making the vindaloo, Jerry? His Kashmiri chillies looked dry to me, not fresh - not sure what difference it would make though.

[Ramirez]

This is going on my favourite recipe list along with ChewyTikka's madras. Thanks for posting Curry2Go!

Nice post Solar - curry looks lovely. Going to give this one a whirl. I'm going to use pre-ground cardamom, so will feedback as to how strong of a taste this imparts.

[Razor]

I too would like to give the 'curry2go' recipes a try but I have already hit a hurdle.

His seasoned oil is basically oil from his deep fat fryer, strained.  I asked him via his channel on youtube if my oil would be good to use being that, I have mainly used for for onion bhajis but I have fried off a couple of batches of samosas and the odd batch of frozen chips.  He hasn't replied as of yet so I've just done another batch of Chewy's 3 hr base (which I love to bits).

What do you guy's think, do you think that my oil would be fine or, should I wait until I have a batch just used for bhajis only?

Ray

[curryhell]

I too would like to give the 'curry2go' recipes a try but I have already hit a hurdle.

His seasoned oil is basically oil from his deep fat fryer, strained.  I asked him via his channel on youtube if my oil would be good to use being that, I have mainly used for for onion bhajis but I have fried off a couple of batches of samosas and the odd batch of frozen chips.  He hasn't replied as of yet so I've just done another batch of Chewy's 3 hr base (which I love to bits).

What do you guy's think, do you think that my oil would be fine or, should I wait until I have a batch just used for bhajis only?

Ray

Not being a purist ;D I would say it would work out fine Ray.  Frozen chips aint gonna taint the oil and i think samosas can only add to the flavour

[Ramirez]

I think your oil would be fine, Ray. You could always do one batch with your oil then another with just bhaji oil (when you have it available). Sometimes I think doing things like this can be very beneficial, as it give insight into the impact of individual ingredients.

When I do this base, I am going to start with fresh oil before moving onto bhaji oil, so I can judge the impact. I've used bhaji oil in the past and I am still sceptical of it's impact.

[Razor]

Ok, thanks guy's.

Well I have 3.5 litres of Chewys base left so it will be a day or two before I need more ;D

I'm not sure that it's the missing ingredient, seems more like a means of using up old oil to me but hey, it's working for Julian so who am I to say any different.  My only worry is, someone commented (can't remember who now) that it made the curries a bit "sticky", which made me wonder if frying chips and other stuff would have this effect on the seasoned oil.  With that said, surely currys2go must sell chips, would they have a separate fryer though?

Ray

[haldi]

What do you guy's think, do you think that my oil would be fine or, should I wait until I have a batch just used for bhajis only?
Ray

It's the chip oil that makes the BIG difference
It gives that wonderful subtle flavour
You need a lots and lots of chips put through the oil
If it's had fried chicken cooked in it, then it's even better

You would have thought (like I did) that bhajee and samosa oil would do the trick
But it doesn't
It give an extra something, and improves the base
But it's not what you're after

I have seen this done at takeaway kitchens, this is not just speculation

It's also my brick wall, because I can't reproduce this oil

[Unclefrank]

Razor DO NOT use the oil you have fried chips in frozen or fresh i made the same mistake and the curry was horrible just tasted like chip oil.
Your oil is ok to use if only samosa and bhajis have been fried in it.

[Razor]

First this;

It's the chip oil that makes the BIG difference

Then this;

Razor DO NOT use the oil you have fried chips in frozen or fresh

Ooo err lol

And THAT'S why I love this forum so much ;D

Ray