Topic: mix powder from Zaal,Fleet

[jb]

This is the actual mix powder Az's assistant was prepairing on our lesson.It was surely the biggest amount of mix powder I've ever seen!!  Obviously it needs scaling down for home use,in fact Az said it would last his chef about a week.He prefers to use East End/Natco brand of spices.

The curry powder he uses is mild madras,not Eastern Star.It's very important to make your own garam massala.Az said most takeaways make their own and the pre made stuff is no good.He'd never heard of Jaipur garam massla although he did know of their existence of producing spices.I will post Az's garam massala mix next.This is not that different from any other mix powder on the forum,but non theless it is the actual mix powder used in the restaurant.

22 heaped chefs spoons curry powder
16 of corriander
12 of cumin
15 turmeric
2 chilli
just a half of garam massla

[gazman1976]

Thanks JB

[Jeera]

Thought this simple spreadsheet might be useful for someone looking to make this with scaled down quantities... Just change the number in the yellow box to if you want to tweak. I used this to make a reasonable home dose of the stuff (tablespoons)

ps. Thanks a million to all who made the effort to get this hands on training. Superb!!

http://www.mediafire.com/?gaz29yy9n4hd99g

[haldi]

Thought this simple spreadsheet might be useful for someone looking to make this with scaled down quantities... Just change the number in the yellow box to if you want to tweak

That's briliant
Thank you Jeera
I made the spice mix last night
I needed it for the curry gravy
What a brilliant aroma this gives when cooking
If fact I keep going back to the spice mix jar and having another sniff
This could be habit forming!!!
Thanks JB

[JerryM]

did i pick up that msg was added to the mix powder albeit in a small amount.

[curryhell]

did i pick up that msg was added to the mix powder albeit in a small amount.

  . It most definitely was not Jerry

[JerryM]

curryhell,

many thanks. it's something that i've tried but don't use although some BIR's must use down to that after thirst.

personally i'm well pleased it's a NO.

[Jeera]

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What a brilliant aroma this gives when cooking
If fact I keep going back to the spice mix jar and having another sniff
This could be habit forming!!!
Thanks JB

lol Haldi, that is exactly what I did when I first made the mix powder up. addictive as hell...hehehe

[curryhell]

curryhell,

many thanks. it's something that i've tried but don't use although some BIR's must use down to that after thirst.

personally i'm well pleased it's a NO.

Mmm, could that not maybe be garlic powder though creating the thirst: ;D

[curryhell]

Thought this simple spreadsheet might be useful for someone looking to make this with scaled down quantities... Just change the number in the yellow box to if you want to tweak. I used this to make a reasonable home dose of the stuff (tablespoons)

ps. Thanks a million to all who made the effort to get this hands on training. Superb!!

http://www.mediafire.com/?gaz29yy9n4hd99g

Nice little tool Jeera.  Thanks