https://youtu.be/4PMmH2-5wJM

Wow! I cooked this tonight and stuck exactly to the recipe, it was really easy to cook and absolutely spot on to our taste. I was quite wary having no onions at all in it but will certainly cook it again.

Thanks for the reply Phil, I'm thinking it's time to have a change of thinking and go back to basics as you suggest as I'm finding that every single curry that I make tastes different. Husband says ' Oh that was lovely, we'll have that again' Next time round, I can't for the life of me remember what I did, so yes, start with a recipe and stick with it until the end taste. Then write down exactly what extras go into it.  As for the tomatoes, will try with just a couple of fresh ones added to see if that makes any difference.

Just came across this and thought it may be of some interest, far too hot for me I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzaUiPTEsOM

I've been a Member of this Group for quite a while and have been cooking curries for the same amount of time with various results. I tend to start off with a recipe and then somewhere along the line start to 'wing it' and stop measuring but keeping to the ingredients and at the end add what I think is needed if such is the case. A couple of questions I'd like to ask is 1. Do you stick religiously to a recipe to get perfect results or do as I do for a hit and miss affair that appears to be happening on a more regular basis? Don't get me wrong, people say that my curries are nice but I'm not always too happy myself. Another question I'd like to ask is when making a curry I usually add oil to a pan, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, onions which I slowly fry till quite soft and golden then add tinned tomatoes and slowly fry till  everything is soft and merged, but am finding that the sweet tomato taste is prevailing no matter how long I cook this mix ( I usually add 2-3 finely chopped onions and 400ml tin of tomatoes) I usually finish up putting in lemon juice or tamarind to take the sweetness away. Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong please I sometimes finish with base sauce, sometimes not.

This store certainly beats our local Morrisons Phil, that appear to be using the 'Just in time' work practice

Phil, I haven't a clue what VOB's are but was going to say that over the Christmas period I would try to play them writing the recipes manually down and if worth-while post them on here but sounds as though you 'whizz-kids' have a better way, I hope so.

Just came across a couple of old videos in my 'collection' Anyone else still have the two videos 1993 Balti Kitchen, revealing the secret techniques of Indian Restaurant cuisine and 1994 Revealing more secret techniques of Indian Restaurant cuisine.
How far we have all come with the 'outing' of all the present day chefs who decided to reveal all during the lock-down. I must take a look at these videos once more and compare them to the present day selection and compare.

Not sure if anyone else who used to eat at this restaurant has seen this update about the re-opening of their business, although by the sound of it, things are not too hopeful. It's been claimed that this was the original balti restaurant so it would be a sad loss to see it go, especially those who like us have been going since the late seventies.

Good Afternoon to all our customers,
Recently we have had many enquiries about bookings and a future opening date. We would like to let you all know as it stands we have no set date of re-opening. We are still in process of working through plans for the future of the business. Any announcements will be made through this page for you all. We want to thank everyone for the support and lovely messages we have received recently. Unfortunately we are unable to respond to everyone but we will try our best to get back to you all.
Management at Adil's

Hi Phil, we started to watch the programme but it was in Hindu, or is it Hindi? There was nowhere we could see to get subtitles either, am I missing something here?

Ahhhh India! We're missing our usual three month holiday in India this year, we usually go straight after Christmas but for obvious reasons it won't be happening this year. Been going for twenty years now and came back last April after being repatriated by our Home Office after a very fraught couple of months. We have many friends there and it appears that all the foreign tourists have dried up but that the domestic tourists from the cities are making the most of the deserted beaches and towns that have always depended on the tourist trade. I feel so sorry for these people who have seen their whole life-style  crumble also coping with the fear of covid too. I am sure beyond any doubt that we will return when this madness has disappeared.

I shall certainly tune into this programme, thank you Phil, I look forward to that.