Topic: what is bassar curry masalla ?

[Peripatetic Phil]

In that case, let me tell you about a curry I made recently.  On the previous day I had made a lamb karahi, pre-cooking the lamb (bhunao-style) in MDH karahi/fry masala and then finishing it off the next day using Laziza karahi/fry masala + Kashmiri mirch |+ degghi mirch + KD-base/PT.  So on this particular day I wanted to cook something very different.  For meat I used a commercial (catering) pre-cooked pressed turkey breast ("Steam cooked and roasted turkey saddle, formed from selected cuts of turkey breast"), which I cut into curry-size pieces and pre-spiced in the remains of the garabi from the lamb.  I then gently stir-fried some g/g paste in a mixture of chilli-infused and garlic-infused oils, added one teaspoon Bassar curry masala, one teaspoon Kashmiri mirch, one teaspoon degghi mirch,

[CarpCarp]

Thanks Phil for such a great response.

[chewytikka]

As a Christmas gift I received two 400g bags of Al Noor Bassar Masala, I

[CarpCarp]

Thanks Chewy, I read your post at the start of the thread and see your views on Pakistani Bassar haven

[George]

CarpCarp - don;t let ChewyTikka put you off, As you may have read in my reply#4 from 2012, I rate this stuff highly and find it a very useful ingredient in one-dish cooking, using anything from a pinch to a level teaspoon. Thanks also for including photos but I don't know why ChewyTikka flet the need to repeat them, especially only .a couple of posts later - a waste of space in my opinion.

[CarpCarp]

Hi thanks George for your interest in my post, I cooked Chicken on the bone today, my findings are exactly as yourself and Phil document. I followed Al Noor method. Fried 2 onions with g+g, 0.5 tsp cumin seed in oil100ml 30gbutter then added tsp 1 Haldi, 1 heaped Bassa Masala and one mixed powder also 1 salt. Fried spice before added bay and blended plum tomato cooking till oil rises. Boiled chicken was half cooked and then added plus stock.

Wow absolutely delicious, a little coriander

[Peripatetic Phil]

Well done that man
** Phil.

[CarpCarp]

Hi all I have a recipe adjustment,  after consuming my third servings with popadom, onions and tomatoes salad. I concluded I will drop the tsp of mix powder altogether and use 2 heaping tsp of Pakistani Bassar. I also forgot to mention I added 0.5 tsp of cumin seeds while frying onions, I will amend this now.
Our meal tonight was enjoyable with Nanny and Wife, no complaints about spicing recived just appreciative sounds.

[bolinao]

Is Bassar curry masala the same as Kashmiri Curry Masala ?

thanks

[Bob-A-Job]

I am not sure but I had a bag of powders (recommended to me) in the cupboard that I am going to try at some point.  Not the same brand as Carpcarp posted, here is a photo of the reverse side.