Topic: Bengali Chicken Roast

[loveitspicy]

Chewy

Have you tried it with a little more sauce but a thick sauce?

best, Rich

[Malc.]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the reply, I have duly noted your comments and will make the dish as per your posted recipe. As I am making this for the family (4 of us) I might be tempted to roast 2 of the quarters just to do a comparison. If I do, i'll let you know the results, I shall report back either way.

I've just found the Special Jalfrezi video which contains the sauces so no worries on that one. Its been a while since I was last on and there is much to catch up with. I also watched the 2011 Competition video and loved the look of the dish Chef Kohinoor did. How did he get on in the regional finals, is there a topic for it? I love his new approach to cooking. Have some things i'd like to discuss, so i'll drop you a PM.

Cheers for now,

Malc 

[Edwin Catflap]

Hi Chewy what do you do exactly with the milk and lemon, does it curdle etc?

Cheers

Ed

[chewytikka]

Hi Ed
Just drizzle/sprinkle the Milk and Lemon juice onto the dish just before it is ready to serve.
Like a finishing garnish and is common in Bengali Cooking. I don't think I've ever asked why,
but I will ask someone.

Anyway it won't curdle as there's not enough of either.
But if you don't like the idea of the Milk, just leave it out.

cheers Chewy

[preeti22]

hey after reading these post i am getting too excited to visit Bengal and testes this dishes.

[Petrolhead360]

Just made this as per the original recipe.
First time I've used my deep fat fryer for chicken as only used for onion bhajis since I bought the fryer.
I'll report back after I have tucked into it tonight.

I used chicken quarters from Asda (

[RubyDoo]

Final dish looks just like mine did after the 2nd tasting test thing we did. Not a great fan of the process, deep frying etc, but it was tasty. Probably won't do it again but it is one ticked off the ' to do ' list.