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The original poster shared their recent curry cooking experience, showcasing a variety of dishes including Elachi North Indian, madras, and chicken tikka masala, among others. They emphasized the importance of technique and spiced oil in achieving a restaurant-quality taste, noting that their effort received positive feedback from guests. Community members praised the spread and expressed interest in the recipes used, with discussions about specific techniques and ingredients that contribute to the authentic BIR flavor. Overall, the consensus is that the poster's cooking was successful and well-received, inspiring others to experiment with their own curry preparations.

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Offline jb

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Last night's effort
« on: February 12, 2015, 10:07 AM »
I dusted down my curry pans last night.Haven't cooked for ages,thought I'd better use some of my spices up before they go past their best and use up some gravy lurking in my freezer.

I cooked Elachi North Indian,madras,chicken tikka massala,balti garlic pathia,chicken tikka sizzler,bombay aloo,sag aloo,aloo chat and a portion of mushroom bhaji.

Chicken tikka marinating...

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Cooking in the tandoor...

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Finished tikka...

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Some pre cooked stuff...pre cooked potatoes...

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Potatoes,tomato puree,non sweet massala paste,sweet massala paste,spiced oil and tikka...

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chicken tikka...

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Elachi North Indian...

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madras...

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Balti garlic pathia...

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Tikka massala...

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sag aloo...

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bombay aloo...

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mushroom bhaji...

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Finished article!!!

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Offline Naga

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Re: Last night's effort
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2015, 10:13 AM »
Marathon effort, jb! Wouldn't mind an invite to your soirees - I'd even bring the beer! :)
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Offline jb

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Re: Last night's effort
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2015, 10:36 AM »
Have to say actually my best effort to date.The taste was there,as well as that unmistakable BIR aroma.Indeed it was actually better than some of the more lacklustre curries I seem to be ordering these days.Everything went down a treat with empty plates and positive comments.

Took quite a while to prepare but the actual cooking of the curries didn't take that long.Must stress though that there were no special/magic ingredients,industrial burners etc...just a decent base/set of recipes and a good technique.

Two things that I think gave me that BIR result is technique and my spiced oil.

I'm probably gulity of usually under cooking my curries as well as over stirring.This time,I left them bubbling away for far longer and resisted stirring,leaving a nice residue around the pan and only stirring this back in from time to time.This is how I've witnessed genuine BIR chefs do it on my various lessons.

The spiced oil is,I know contoversial.I've dismissed it in the past,yet I've seen chefs use it(and some not).It was in fact the residue of oil left after pre-cooking the potatoes(which was by the way Ifind4you's old method-still by far the best method I've seen).I left the oil for a day,lifted the lid and there it was...that unmistakable BIR smell.The sort of smell you get when you open the lids on a good take-away meal.Get it on your hands and it lurks for hours.





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Offline Peripatetic Phil

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Re: Last night's effort
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2015, 11:09 AM »
Time to start giving (?selling?) lessons methinks, JB !
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Offline chewytikka

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Re: Last night's effort
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2015, 03:16 PM »
Well done JB, you should congratulate yourself, good looking spread. ;) ;D
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Offline london

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Re: Last night's effort
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2015, 04:12 PM »
All the dishes looks top notch, I can almost smell them.

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Offline Secret Santa

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Re: Last night's effort
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2015, 04:41 PM »
Superb spread jb. And your comment about the potato residue having that BIR smell/flavour rings very true for me too. It's an avenue I intended to investigate a good while back and forgot about. Time for a few experiments I think.
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Offline Garp

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Re: Last night's effort
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2015, 05:12 PM »
Absolutely cracking, jb.

Do you have a Pathia recipe you can share, as I love a nice Pathia  :)
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Offline Micky Tikka

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Re: Last night's effort
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2015, 05:43 PM »
That would have taken a lot of prep jb   
And a lot of mess  to ;D     bloody well done and  much appreciate all those pictures   top notch

Garp you must have a sweet tooth  ;)
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Offline Sverige

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Re: Last night's effort
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2015, 06:09 PM »
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