Topic: Thermomix

[Aussie Mick]

Hello everyone

i have just found this site, and am looking foward to reading and learning more about cooking my favourite food.

I have been seriously cooking curry at home for about 25 years.

I recently bought myself a Thermochef, which is a cheaper version of the "Thermomix"

I was just wondering if anyone else has one and uses it in the curry making process? I have made a few base sauces using it, and it makes very light work of chopping and cooking onions/garlic/ginger, and also the actual bhuna process of cooking the spice mix. So far so good, the oil always seperates from the mixture, indicating it has been correctly cooked, then i transfer to a pan to cook the meat and other additives (veg/seafood etc)

It'll be interesting to hear other peoples experiences with Thermomix/chef.

[Micky Tikka]

G' day        I have thermomix and although a great machine I would not use it to cook a curry in .(sorry) In my opinion a cheap Ali pan is best to cook a curry ( utube Julian curry2go   online he explaines)     You need to add ingrediants at differernt times with your curry spoon with a shake ,stir and a scrap. I would have thought your base would be ok in it.  But for me it wouldnt be big enough I like to do a big pot so I can freeze some  .It does get used in the blended stage when making the base .Ive heard that's why most pro chefs use them in thier kithens they blend such a fine puree they dont even have to use a sieve so a bit over the top for a curry gravey but at least my curries are smooth . Hope I helped Michael

[Aussie Mick]

Thanks for the reply and the link Michael. I will check out the youtube link later.

At the end of the day, here in OZ, the standard of restaurant food is way below UK standard, so the Thermochef takes out all that hard labour for me, and still produces results far superior to the average restaurant.

I'm sure the more I remain a memeber of this forum, the "chef" will be used more and more for chopping only.