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The discussion centers around the use of pastes in Indian cooking, particularly in biryani and curry preparation. Opinions vary, with some members advocating for the convenience of store-bought pastes while others prefer homemade versions to avoid artificial flavors. A consensus seems to emerge that while pastes can simplify cooking, they should be used judiciously to maintain authentic flavors, with several participants sharing their experiences and preferences regarding specific pastes.

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Offline loveitspicy

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Pastes and uses
« on: December 21, 2012, 11:36 PM »
Whats everyones take on pastes and the uses of them.

Do you think they have a place in bir or general Indian cooking. Convenience at home probably for sure.
What about taste, do they taste too acidity. Too false.

Who's made any.


best, Rich
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Re: Pastes and uses
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2012, 09:15 AM »
In my opinion they are part of my kitchen
I use them for the red sauce for CTM and now and then for Tandooring
I think the Indians are great cheats and I'm always on the look out for a new Pickle Chutney or paste
to add to my concoction
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Re: Pastes and uses
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2012, 10:23 AM »
Apart (obviously) from garlic paste, ginger paste, g/g paste and tomato paste, the only other paste I used on a regular basis is Kashmiri Masala.  I have some of the others (tikka, tandoori, ...) and I know at one point I was going to invest in a giant tub of kebab paste, so highly did it come recommended, but at the moment only the first five feature regularly in my BIR efforts.

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« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2012, 10:34 AM »
don't use any off the shelf pastes and when I do use them they are home made
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Re: Pastes and uses
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2012, 11:22 AM »
Quote from: Stephen Lindsay on December 22, 2012, 10:34 AM
don't use any off the shelf pastes and when I do use them they are home made

Bunter would have been proud to have uttered those words, Stephen :)
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Re: Pastes and uses
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2012, 11:46 AM »
Stephen
since you make them - are they water or oil based or are they water and oil based - whats your recipes that you work to and are you adding any citric acid-

the reason i'm asking - i'm playing at making them at the moment to make life easier here - get staff to cook the curries all the same (headache)

best, Rich
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Re: Pastes and uses
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2012, 02:07 PM »
This is an interesting subject. I sort of prefer if a recipe doesn't call for a premade paste, as that seems to be cheating the BIR taste.

Recently, I've been willing to make the CTM again, but, unfortunately, I've not managed to find the mint paste or patak's tikka paste (only the tikka masala paste) which is used in the magic sauce for the marinade. Any idea if I can replace these 2 with home-made ones and if so, would you know of any recipe? :)
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Re: Pastes and uses
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2012, 07:13 PM »
I was dead against them to start with, but am rapidly changing my mind.  Pataks tandoori curry paste in blades tikka and a tiny bit of kashmiri masala in the mighty kushi kebab. Made a methi gosht today, my best tasting curry to date; just over half a tsp of madras kebab paste in the recipe. Also had some good results with naga and others.  Easy to overdo it with pastes though. Very easy. 

Rob  :)
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