Topic: help! curry gravy. chicken tikka masala

[funkybastard]

oh yeh and i got a huge sainsburys here and nothing but coconut sachets! 100g also has 700cal in it 

yikes

what i meant to ask.
the spice mix. when you say curry powder? any particular type? ive seen tandoori curry powder and the likes in sainsburys. what is it? a var on the spice mix? or a type of curry powder.
should i just stick to plain old curry powder

bry

[DARTHPHALL]

Hi funkybastard if you follow these links you will see i also was told about carrots & green pepppers etc going into the base gravy ...
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=674.0

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=673.0

hope this helps you matey  ;D

[Mark J]

And a BIR CTM has at least 1000 calories in the sauce + chicken alone? ;D

[DARTHPHALL]

Bloody hell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[funkybastard]

Hi funkybastard if you follow these links you will see i also was told about carrots & green pepppers etc going into the base gravy ...
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=674.0

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=673.0

hope this helps you matey ;D

excellent my man! i will give this a bash asap! in the meantime i gotta finish up the base ive already made!
i made a balti last nite! it was fantastic. NEARLY what i was looking for. however it was missing something. possibly curry powder. i didn't put any in

can i just half ur incredients darth? im not feeding...... the WORLD!


\cheereerrrsss
bry

[raygraham]

And a BIR CTM has at least 1000 calories in the sauce + chicken alone? ;D

Hi,

I find the volume of calories stated for most BIR curries huge to say the least and wonder why. After all it is really only Onion ( few calories), Garlic (not much), Ginger (tiny) and Tomato ( small ) etc etc. Then the ingredients such as Chicken would add a fair bit more but not so much to bring it to 1000 cals.
This must mean virtually all of the calories in it come from the oil. One reason why Darth advocates Olive oil in his.


Ray

[CurryCanuck]

The majority of cooking oils ( including olive oil ) have approximately 120 calories per tablespoon .  For those counting the calories ,the more oil you can recover from the dish the better.

[Mark J]

The onion dishes like rogan josh, vindaloo etc are the best and only have ~600 calories, the reason the others are deadly is due to addition of nuts, condensed milk and cream makhani being the worst with all that lot plus ghee, thank god I detest the kids curries  ;D

[DARTHPHALL]

Hi FunkyBastard...You can try & make a 50% batch but i don't know if it will be as good as doing the full batch.
But consider this...(1) If you make just the base it will make any Curry you like if you omit the Chilli powder..
                          (2) It will be one of the best bases you ever make.
                          (3) You can freeze it & it keeps for months.
Problem solved now go & chop all those Onions you should be finished by tomorrow morning,but seriously if you prep up all the things you need first you will be surprised how quick it is to make then you wont need to make any Curry bases for a long time.

Okee dokee !!!!  ;D

[funkybastard]

ill give it a bash when i get home from uni on tuesday.

just wish my local would tell me the ingredients. make it a whole lot easier for me