I portion out my bases to 300g and use freezer bags. When I defrost them, there is an awful lot of water coming out of the bags. I usually leave them out on a large dinner plate for a couple of hours to defrost. Should I discard the water or mix it back into the base?
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Trainee Chefs / Beginners Questions / How should I use my frozen curry base?
July 25, 2008, 08:06 PM #2
British Indian Restaurant Recipe Requests / Help! Need a really good chicken biryani recipe...
July 15, 2008, 08:37 PM
My local BIR does a really good chicken biryani. I usually prefer a curry myself, but the other half likes this rice dish. Can anyone recommend a good recipe? I saw one on youtube that looked good, but it seemed a bit complicated and there were no ingredient measures. It was from 'VahRehVah.com' Below is the youtube link to it. I think this is probably an authentic Indian recipe though.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QjvQ7T01tLo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QjvQ7T01tLo
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Pictures of Your Curries / First EVER curry cooked from scratch!
July 14, 2008, 04:39 PM
As a total novice cook, I stumbled upon this site googling curry recipes. What a great site. It gave me the confidence to cook my own curry for the first time. It is a chicken madras. It turned out amazing and I can't wait to try other recipes.
Many thanks to SnS for the recipe and Bobby Bhuna for his useful tips in the forum posts.
Many thanks to SnS for the recipe and Bobby Bhuna for his useful tips in the forum posts.
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Just Joined? Introduce Yourself / Cooked my FIRST curry last night, thanks to this site!
July 13, 2008, 09:24 PM
Hi all. I share your love of curries and I have always fancied having a go at making one myself. I'm not a good cook at all, but I do have a fairly basic understanding of what's going on.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, but now live in Newquay, Cornwall. My favourite Indian restaurant so far in Cornwall is the Shanaz in Truro. Their onion bhaji's and naan breads are amazing. If anyone has been there, I would like to hear what you think of it.
Anyway, I usually go for a chicken madras or biriyani when I eat out. Yesterday, I finally decided to pluck up courage and make a chicken madras from scratch with a recipe from SnS. I made it as close to the recipe as I possibly could. I was really pleased with the final result, but not sure if I got it 100% right. The gravy and final curry seemed a bit too 'orange' in colour to me. The restaurant madras curries I have had are usually a lot darker brown in colour. I was also confused about adding the chicken pre-cooked. I thought that the chicken would have to be somehow marinated to taste better. I just cooked mine separately in a small amount of onions and garlic and added it in to the recipe when it said 'add pre-cook meat'. Is that correct?
Here are a couple of pics of the finished gravy (-2 portions for me and the other half!). Does it look right? I had WAY too much to drink to photo the actual finished curry itself, but it looked good and the consistency was right! I will try again next time!
I'm originally from Yorkshire, but now live in Newquay, Cornwall. My favourite Indian restaurant so far in Cornwall is the Shanaz in Truro. Their onion bhaji's and naan breads are amazing. If anyone has been there, I would like to hear what you think of it.
Anyway, I usually go for a chicken madras or biriyani when I eat out. Yesterday, I finally decided to pluck up courage and make a chicken madras from scratch with a recipe from SnS. I made it as close to the recipe as I possibly could. I was really pleased with the final result, but not sure if I got it 100% right. The gravy and final curry seemed a bit too 'orange' in colour to me. The restaurant madras curries I have had are usually a lot darker brown in colour. I was also confused about adding the chicken pre-cooked. I thought that the chicken would have to be somehow marinated to taste better. I just cooked mine separately in a small amount of onions and garlic and added it in to the recipe when it said 'add pre-cook meat'. Is that correct?
Here are a couple of pics of the finished gravy (-2 portions for me and the other half!). Does it look right? I had WAY too much to drink to photo the actual finished curry itself, but it looked good and the consistency was right! I will try again next time!
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