Last nights snack
Got to love Chicken 65 Fry



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Hi All
With my Muslim friends fasting this month, I get to sample a variety
of home cooked foods, breaking their fast is referred to as iftar

and here is a typical plate of nutrition, prepared by the women of the house.



Clockwise:
Kachcumber (Salad)
Kala Chana Aloo - black chickpea and potato
Mutton Cous Cous Biryani
Piyaju - Lentil Fritters
Aloo Fritter - Potato in gram batter
Sweet Persian Date.

Very tasty plate
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Chewys Tandoori Lamb Chops

Picked up a rack of Lamb (My favourite cut for the Tandoor)
Trimmed it down into Chops/Cutlets, french trimmed Ooh la la. ;D



Marinated overnight, then in the Tandoor for 15 to 20mins.



Nice medium cook, using the look and feel of the meat.



Out and Just hanging about



Finished BIR dish ideas



1. Plated main dish, served with an Aloo Bhorta, crunchy salad and mustard mayo.
Reduced by half is a great starter.



2. Plated main dish, Chops served on a complimenting Rogani sauce

Luvley Jubbley all day long

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Whole Tandoori Chicken
In the Hut cooking spring chickens



12 hour marinade, double skewered up, with a Tatty ;D



30min cook



Cooked, released and hung



Lovely little Chuck

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In the Hut 4-3-2019
Lovely sunny afternoon, but blowing a hooly outside.
Cooking Chicken Tikka for later and some Galouti Sheek.



Boti Tikka Marinade



In the oven, around 350' or less



Done - 12 mins



Out - Off - and In the bowl.



Juicy Flavoured Chicken.



Normal Tikka for starters and Galouti.

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N.B. The way I used to do it before the Hut. published circa 2012.
https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=8714.msg77625#msg77625
USE this recipe -110% flavour Bomb. The way I was taught and done thirty years ago in BIR.
Lots of shortcuts these days with less ingredients, especially cheaper Take-Aways.

Nice spicy supper tonight.

Balti Uri Murgh or Balti Chicken with green beans

I go through phases of adding veg to curries
or simply eating veggie curries.
Its green beans at the moment, love them in hot curries
aka this Balti dish.



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Good old Chicken Vindaloo and Chips for supper
Made a fresh Garabi earlier, bought some overpriced Maris Piper new potatoes
So Vindy and Chips, with fresh green chillis for supper.



N.B. 25ml of oil used in this dish.

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First Curry Beano of 2019

Hot and spicy Naga Murgh with a Mushroom Pilau and Chips
Naan and flamed Pops.
The chicken fillets were stripped off a roasted bird, my favourite
way of cooking chicken at the moment,  ;D lush.



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I had ran out of long grain rice for Chinese cooking.

By chance when I was in Wilcos getting paint, I went next door
to Herons, a Northern Discount Supermarket and there it was
Tilda long grain, at the knock down price of a quid - 1gbp per 1kg bag
Ive seen this priced elsewhere at up to three times that.

So if your UP NORTH, head to Herons for top quality rice on the cheap.


Shelf life date stamped 10-2020

Perfect for Chinese Take Away dishes.
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Made some amazing Botti Tikka the other day and
needed to do one of my specials, for last nights supper.

Went with my Pathia Ama, which I developed a few years ago.
Gorgeous Tikka in an even more gorgeous curry.
Im sure I could here applause as it gently slid into the dish.  ;D ;D





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Down at Zeera, local Indian Restaurant
The Chef knocked up Staff Curry for the two of us in 30minutes
Chicken Shatkora (Bengali Favourite) with steamed Basmati Rice.
Spot on.











Inspired cooking
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Clay Oven Pizzatime

Craving Italian flavours, decided fresh Pizza was on the cards.

Bit local ASDA shopping, good start as I got a handful of free fresh yeast
from the baking counter.
Pimped up Passata, Mozz/Chedder mix, Fresh Mozzarella ball,Italian Sausage/Salami
Antipasti Sun Dried Tomatoes and fresh Basil.

Result, a smoked 9 inch thin crust, piquant pizza for tea. yum 








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Malabar Cod
Working on a Fish dish last night, choice Cod fillet
pan fried in Lurpak, garlic and curry leaves.
Served on a Malabar curry sauce with Basmati rice.

Oolala, Chefs Special LOL  ;D ;D

After a great summer Tandooring on charcoal, decided to switch back to gas fired

Cleaned the oven up, did a bit patching with new clay and fired it up for a slow pre heat, about 45mins,
which is to cure the new clay. all done,

Now to cook some Chicken.




A few ingredients (15) for the Tandoori Marinade



Four baby chicken quarters

Cooking on Gas

After a great summer Tandooring on charcoal
switched back to gas fired for the winter season.

Tested it with Tandoori Chicken, nice clean and efficient.







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A regular restaurant staff curry, scaled down for two.
Very fresh tasting curry for about a 1.00 GBP per head.

Cooked in around 30minutes from scratch.
Served on a bed of Pilau Biryani





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Quick Madras for Supper ;D
Behind the scenes at a local BIR Kitchen. Chef Mamood shows how fast he cooks Madras.

https://youtu.be/v07X5AS6e1Q

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Very tasty Chicken Balti with Red Capsicum.
Showing the technique of cooking a fresh tasting Balti
All fresh ingredients and great Indian flavours.

Video recipe here

https://youtu.be/gkOjIwnvmus


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My latest BIR creation
Malabar Chingri

A South Indian King Prawn dish.
Tiger Prawns in a spiced coconut sauce




Prawn size (8-12)


Love it
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How I cook BIR Chicken Chatt. (Starter)
An update to my 2012 video recipe



Basically Do a mini Bhuna

Heat 1.5 tbs veg oil
Sweat down a handful of Service Onions
with a pinch of salt and kasoori Methi - 2mins

A touch of G&G, cook out - 30secs

A touch of the usual,
1Tbs Tomato Puree dilute,
0.5 tsp Mixed powder,
0.5 tsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder
and 1level tsp of Chatt Masala. cook out - 30secs
with a splash of base gravy.

Add a handful small diced precooked Chicken pieces
combine and saute hard, keep adding splashs of base gravy - 1.30mins

Add a handful small diced Tomato and coriander, combine and saute ,
keep adding splashs of base gravy, singe-fry and deglaze - 2.00mins or until it all becomes semi/dry.

Serve on a Puri, garnish with cucumber, coriander and lemon.

Watch my realtime video and get the idea ;D

https://youtu.be/3rh79wIzHfI

cheers Chewy