Would love to go back and see Az at the Zaal and study his technique again.Still not sure about this singing technique but I definitely made sure my spices were cooked out properly,cooked out more in fact than I'm used to doing.Tastewise well if it was all served up to me in a restaurant I would be more than happy.The remnants are in the fridge at the moment which I'm picking at during the day.Either my taste and smell senses have recovered from all the cooking or the flavour has improved,definitely BIR flavour and texture.
The madras was superb,I tried a little ground star anise(I'm sure my local T/A uses this) but I think I put too much in,nevertheless the second one I made was as good as it gets.The bombay aloo,sag aloo,mushroom bhaji and aloo chat were all perfect.The bhuna was the only one that I felt was not quite there,although that was the last dish I did and I'd had enough cooking by then so I think I rushed that one a bit.The massala was spot on,although I made a second batch of Az's massala paste and upped the paste ingredients.I'm still not convinced that a tablespoon measurement of each paste is enough and indeed my massala had a much better 'massala' flavour with chef's spoon measurements.Curryhell's North Indian was nigh on identical to my local T/A.The only thing I would omit is the mango chutney as I found it a bit too sweet,bearing in mind the spicy onions that went in were also sweet and contained mango chutney as well.The addition of a dollop of massala paste for me completed the dish.Finally Blade's tikka....what can I say??? If anyone is still in doubt I say it's probably the best tikka I've had in a very long time!!
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