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The discussion revolves around Gordon Ramsay's mini-series "Gordon's Great Escape," where he explores Indian cuisine, particularly focusing on a goat biryani. While some viewers appreciate the cultural insights, many express disappointment that the recipes showcased are not practical for home cooking and question the authenticity of the dishes presented. There is no consensus on the availability of a recipe book from the series, but some users mention that Ramsay has shared a few recipes online and that traditional cooking methods like "dum" are common in Indian cuisine.

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Offline pforkes

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Gordon's Great Escape
« on: January 19, 2010, 05:47 AM »
I found out about Gordon Ramsay's latest 3-part mini-series this evening, and downloaded the first episode where he visits northern India.

I am 20-minutes into it, and have just seen him cook a goat biryani, but have not seen any evidence of him giving any recipes, not have I been able to find any sign of him releasing a book with the recipes that he has come across.

Rick Stein also did a series on his trip around Asia and when in india he also witnessed a biryani being cooked in the same way (with saffron and in a pot sealed with pastry) for 25-minutes.

Does anyone in the UK know of any book with the recipes from this series coming out?
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Re: Gordon's Great Escape
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2010, 08:22 AM »
Hi

The Rick Stein series has a book attached, GR has three recipes in the Sun news paper avaliable on line.
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Re: Gordon's Great Escape
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2010, 08:39 AM »
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Offline chriswg

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Re: Gordon's Great Escape
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2010, 12:49 PM »
There are some recipes from the series online here

http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/gordon-ramsay/

Not my cup of tea but might appeal to some.
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Re: Gordon's Great Escape
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2010, 02:31 PM »
That method of cooking the biryani seems quite common in traditional recipes. Check the cookbooks you already have, it's probably in one of them. The method of sealing the pot with dough and slow cooking it with coals underneath and on top (or buried in the sand) is called dum.

It's annoying how little detail they go into on these programmes and how short they are. Gordon was in india for about 8 days i think it said. That's ridiculous, he's only going to learn what his researchers want him to. Take this example, the first recipe i read on his channel 4 site isnt even indian! What a plonker! It's one of the chinese recipes that most restaurants over there serve.
http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/gordon-ramsay/chilli-beef-fry-recipe_p_1.html
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Re: Gordon's Great Escape
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2010, 10:04 PM »
I watched the programme last night and whilst interesting, it is so remote from what I could ever do in my own kitchen. Yes the biryani was cooked in a pot sealed with pastry - a pot containing two whole goats stuff with a whole chicken which was stuffed with a whole quail. It was made for what looked like a Hindu wedding with 2000 guests.

Hardly home cooking

Another recipe was made by a remote tribe for a chutney made with ants eggs sourced from an ant's nest 80 feet up a tree!

Hardly home cooking

Gordon said in the intro to the programme that he wanted to get away from the typical Indian curries that we know in the UK (i.e. not usually made by Indians but by Pakistanis/Bangladeshis)) and discover Indian food. However these examples are not even typical of what Indian families eat.

Hardly Home Cooking

Interesting

But hardly home cooking
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Offline commis

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Re: Gordon's Great Escape
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2010, 10:27 PM »
Hi
Possibly more about how bizare Indian home food is. Six or seven foods at each meal, lots of little. Not great TV.
Regards
Ps tend to use more than a chicken in my goat! Tell there is a recession on.
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Offline peterandjen

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Re: Gordon's Great Escape
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2010, 10:49 PM »
Yeah ive just watched tonights show and was just wondewring if my local Morrisons stock Elephant feckin apples.
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