Topic: Cooking Lessons with Az

[natterjak]

Updated video of the masala sauce we cooked on this visit is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFNcc7b0Sc

[Kashmiri Bob]

Excellent footage.  Sounds right and will be trying it out.

Rob 

[curryhell]

Nice work Chris.  A memorable day and a turning point for me

[natterjak]

Nice work Chris.  A memorable day and a turning point for me

I quite agree. Totally worthwhile.

[Unclefrank]

How many dishes can be made out the sauce?

[natterjak]

Quite a lot I guess, but it's over a year since I made it and it also depends how much you're adding to each dish!  I'm going to make this again soon and would probably make a half of the batch shown on the video, as that would be a little too much for me.

[peshwarinaan]

Well I'm only 12 years late in watching these videos (thanks for still hosting them on YouTube, @natterjack).

Unfortunately the techniques (especially the "be brave and singe fry the spices until almost burnt") didn't add anything beyond the typical curry cooking methods for me. Might just be a personal thing or a matter of preference, of course, but it didn't produce an extraordinary taste or smell for me.

Then again I mostly cook Scottish curries which often don't even use any mixed powder at all, so again it could just be a regional/personal thing.

Still great to see videos from a working restaurant though, so I'm glad to have given it a try.