Thats a great story with the paratha, if u get the same new guy again call them puri's  lol.


My friend is from Calcutta and he told me they were called parata. May be its a word that has more than one meaning,,  bit like the word Pho in Vietnam, it has sopmething like 8 different meanings, and 8 different ways of pronouncing!!!!

I once had what can only be described as Indian rice pudding at a friend's house who is half Indian.I picked his mum's brains on her brilliant curry she served (which lead me to this forum) but didn't get round to asking about the desert.I think it had vermicelli and almonds in it. Anybody come across this dish, or has a recipe???

Regards Scott

Ahhh ..I love u guys....thats why i asked, also dont want to look a ***** when ordering etc.

I remember years ago, my mate was ordering curries for delivery. I said i wanted a prawn madras, my mate said its pronounced "madraa"  i said its not mate i promise. Anyway he ordered a "prawn madraa"..well the guy taking the order laughed his head off for about 2 minutes, i could hear him down the phone from the next room , it was so funny!

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yup - drop the 'h'.

I bet I'm gonna look a right p***k next time I'm in the shop!

Nah - just drop the 'K'.

With all these fancy exotic sounding custom curries knocking about, sometimes you feel  a bit of an idiot as to whether you have pronounced them correctly, as the only reference is in written form . Is there any guides/rules of thumb to pronounciation -ie- I know that the h in paratha is silent, does that mean that the h the pathia is silent,etc?

regards Scott

Thanks for the links there Jerry!!  Thought we needed a Tandoor oven to do our own naans, but I'm sure my mums got a gridle, will be experimenting with the breads now!

cheers scott

Tried yout CTM today Curry King, spot on!!, used the Rajver base which worked well, and the creamed coconut that i didnt know what to do with. Only thing was the absense of red food dye(non in the cupboard) tricked my brain into thinking it wasnt a CTM, when my taste buds knew it was.Was a bit lazy though and just used a Tikka curry powder/mild curry powder combo from Tesco instead of the spice mix, and made it with butter ghee bought from there too as i saw it on the shelf and fancied trying it!!

ps- the only let down was the supermarket naans!!! err

Cheers Scott

Tried yout CTM today Curry King, spot on!!, used the Rajver base which worked well. Only thing was the absense of red food dye(non in the cupboard) tricked my brain into thinking it wasnt a CTM, when my taste buds knew it was.Was a bit lazy though and just used a Tikka curry powder from Tesco.... and made it with ghee bought from there too!!

Cheers Scott

Yep Shawarma kebabs are nice and probably the closest thing to the British Donner when you are abroad. I would say they are a bit healthier as well! Had a really nice one in Amsterdam a while back.

Next time Im in London might check out the Leicester Sq one! My fav kebab shop also gives whole pickled chillies. Serrano and Anaheim chillies pickle well whole, and Jalapenos pickle well, but are usually silced width ways as they pack a bit of heat!

Scott

I am a reformed donner kebab addict, limit myself to one a month now!! so this topic has interested me. I knew the owner of Sinbads kebab house on (central drive here in Blackpool,uk) It has shut down now but made the best homemade sauces , i tried and tried to get him to show me how the chilli sauce was made, but he couldnt give his successful trade secrets away (people used to drive from miles away just to buy tubs of his sauces &kebabs!)He always gave me extra meat and sauce though!

bitchinsahsa's description sounds very similar, it definately had fresh black pepper in it, how i miss that place

ps- (cant stand that hot bolognese type that some places use, heats up the salad and makes the pita soggy)   ps-2 damn u guys, got a craving now tonite....and the kebab shops here are open to 3am!!!!  must resist, think of the cals....resistance is futile....

Cheers guys, will try some of those suggestions out

scott