Vindaloo and korma for Mrs -  :-X

Recent find for vindaloo

Pilau rice

Today - wife working on a long day, kids out, rugby on telly - what more do you need a part from beer, fridge, wine rack, curry and England to win

Base on, chicken cooked in base!!!

Zaal is good, if not the best IMHO - why because its simple and doesnt require anything you can't buy in the high street - do make it with home made garam massala though

Also don't loose sight of the base ingredients aswell.

By having the best mix doesn't mean it will work with the base, I've chopped and changed mix powders and bases chasing the 'holy grail' as we all do.
Certainly on the other forum I spent 3 years doing exactly this and tbh ended up almost where I started - confussed as to why I couldnt serve up a dish that tasted of BIR

Don't forget in the T/A environment spice mixes are simple, and I know from my local they use Natco over say Rajah due to cost - however you still get that taste we all look for from there dishes!
There base is simple aswell so it has to be down to the technique used by the chef

So best advise is - select a  mix powder - select a base and develop them together.

Knowing what I know now, its 80% technique/experience and 20% ingredients - here's my take on it

5 tbsp - Curry powder - Rajah Gold Madras
4 tbsp - Turmeric powder
4 tbsp - Coriander powder
3 tbsp - Cumin powder
1 tbsp - Garam masala
1 tbsp - dried methi
1/2 tbsp - Kashmiri Chilli powder

Quote from: h4ppy-chris on March 15, 2013, 04:46 PM
1st seed pop its head though today Mark.  how do you dry your chillis out Mark?

Happy days - above the Aga

Kernow Chilli Farm - never knew that was right on my door step!!!!

Happy Days

Here's the crop of kashmiri's the seeds came from - chilli porn  ;D ;D ;D ;D

The green chillis do look like Kashmiri's, they do start green and turn red - but who can tell 

Quote from: goncalo on March 13, 2013, 06:54 PM
Went shopping and finally got some things I had been dying to find, namely:
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4. and just above the green chilli are the seeds that markh3565 kindly posted to me for free! Thanks markh3565!
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Quote from: h4ppy-chris on March 08, 2013, 11:56 AM
BIG thanks Mark, got the seeds today. 

No worries, put them on a damp piece of loo roll in a T/A container with the lid on and leave in a warm place with sun light - will start to germinate in a week or so then transfer to a small pot of compost - keep us posted

Quote from: StoneCut on March 07, 2013, 04:33 PM
Do these grow to a good size in our climate ? This is intriguing ...

Yeah seem to do well down here in the south west, however the Cornish climate is somewhat different to the rest of the UK!!! Fortunatly

This years crop of pepper porn starting to fruit, only 3 plants on the go this year so should see me through the summer months!!!!

Keep you posted on Kashmiri's & naga's