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The discussion centers around the preparation of onion bhajis and tandoori chicken, with Chewy sharing his cooking experience and photos. Community members compliment the bhajis' appearance and inquire about cooking techniques, particularly the frying temperature for achieving a restaurant-like quality. Chewy explains his double cooking method for the bhajis and shares a detailed tandoori chicken marinade recipe, leading to positive feedback and a shared enthusiasm for trying out each other's recipes. Overall, the community appreciates the cooking tips and expresses excitement about making the dishes.

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Offline chewytikka

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OnionBhaji and Tandoori
« on: January 26, 2015, 12:30 AM »
On the Onion Bhaji theme.
Made a few last night, with traditional Mint sauce and Tamarind dip.
Also cooked a Tandoori Chicken Fillet for later, yum.

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The Tandoori Chicken Fillet

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cheers Chewy
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Offline Invisible Mike

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Re: OnionBhaji and Tandoori
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2015, 12:39 AM »
Looks pukka chewy. I'm yet to find my go to bhaji recipe. They certainly look more like what I'm aiming for.
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Re: OnionBhaji and Tandoori
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2015, 05:40 AM »
Lovely well cooked bhajis, and a great golden colour. The chicken looks lovely deep red and full of flavour
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Re: OnionBhaji and Tandoori
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2015, 06:50 AM »
 Very nice. What temp to you fry the Bhajis at to get that appearance which I recognise from restaurant food? Slightly shrivelled almost but not oily and not singed. They look just right.
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Re: OnionBhaji and Tandoori
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2015, 07:37 AM »
They look great Chewy. I love onion bhajis.

Mushroom Mike...This is my go to recipe.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/nov/13/how-to-make-perfect-onion-bhajis

Lou :)
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Re: OnionBhaji and Tandoori
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2015, 07:41 AM »
Very nice, Chewy. I really must get myself a decent deep-fat fryer as I'm a mug for pakora and bhajis. Nothing wrong with a plateful of tandoori meats either, now it springs to mind!

I'm murder at Indian buffets as I usually feast on the starters, leaving little room for the mains! :)
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Re: OnionBhaji and Tandoori
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2015, 08:31 AM »
Look very good Chewy. I think my for next batch I'll have to try a bit green pepper in them or a bit green chilli pepper like Andy's.  :P

Its funny that I never really think to do them but after Garp setting the ball rolling last week and me wanting to try Haro Ghotras pakora (which was like a bhaji imo), once you've done them you think they are lovely and streets ahead of most bought ones and you wish you did them more often.  :-\
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Offline london

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Re: OnionBhaji and Tandoori
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2015, 09:36 AM »
All looks very tasty Chewy.

Gav,

Hari's are nice but CWG's are better IMO, the Aniseed seeds add a nice taste to them.
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Re: OnionBhaji and Tandoori
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2015, 12:22 PM »
Thanks for the comments
I double cook OBhajis the same way I do my Restaurant style chips.

In the deep fat fryer, on 160 (No basket) submerged and flipped around a bit, until starting to colour.
about 3-4 minutes, remove and drain and do the next batch.

When you want to serve the Bhajis later, squeeze/crack the Bhaji open a little.

Deep fry again @170-80 about 2 minutes, place the basket on top of the Bhajis to keep them submerged.

These are now fully cooked, you just have to judge the colour to suit your liking. All DF fryers vary a little, so play about with it.

These Bhajis were double cooked in fresh oil in a wok, but just the same method, but with more judgement needed.

The radioactive Tandoori colour is down to Bright Red colouring (Balah)
cheers Chewy
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Re: OnionBhaji and Tandoori
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2015, 05:28 PM »
Quote from: LouP on January 26, 2015, 07:37 AM
They look great Chewy. I love onion bhajis.

Mushroom Mike...This is my go to recipe.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/nov/13/how-to-make-perfect-onion-bhajis

Lou :)

I just made some LouP and for me the flavour is far, far too subtle. They even seem to lack any bhaji smell. The texture produced by the gram/rice flour combo works very well though. I seem to recall that I had the same problem with LGW's bhajis that someone else here mentioned, i.e. lacking in any flavour.

As ever people's perception of what makes a good recipe is very variable and I dare say depends on what we're used to locally.
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