Thanks to Goncola for ponting me in the direction of Abbots Langely Viceroy recipe. My rice was based on this, with a few minor mods. Video here, good to watch how they make it -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCVevqiWLEo

Makes around 3 good portions.

Ingredients
      
3 tbs oil               
4 tbs chopped garlic            
2-3 finely chopped chillis         
1/2 quite fine chopped onion      
4 slice green pepper finely chopped      
4 slice red pepper finely chopped      
1/2 tsp salt               
1 tsp mix powder            
1/2 tsp chilli               
3 portions pilau rice            
2 tsp butter ghee            
2 tbs fine chopped coriander   


Method

Heat oil for around 1 min
Add chopped garlic and chilli, fry for 1 min
Add onion, green and red pepper and fry for 30 secs
Add salt, mix powder, chilli and fry for 30 secs
Add pilau rice and fry for around 1 min, mixing well
Add butter ghee and coriander and fry for 1 min

Adding the ghee makes the rice nice and rich tasting. Could eat this just on its own!

Next time I might try Coriander and chilli rice, replacing the garlic with with around 4 tbs of coriander stalks (add later in the frying process).

Should have taken pics - next time!!

Thanks goncalo, looks good. I'll have to give that a go. Maybe add fresh chopped chilli in with the onions.

Nice!

Do you have the recipe for the garlic chilli rice - cant find one on here?

Grilled aubergine can be a nice alternative to meat.

Man! I'm suddenly very hungry! Nice!

 

It was back in, I think, 1980.

I had never done it before, I was inexperienced, but one night it happened unexpectedly, in the bus station.

I didn't know what I was doing really, but with the help of someone more experienced, with strong, but gentle persuasion and encouragement, I began to learn what it was all about. Then it happened for the first time. It was like an explosion, it blew my mind. How could something like this have existed, and I never even knew about it? I had never known such pleasure! From that point on, I knew that I would always want this feeling in my life, I would never tire of it, would want it at least once a week, and I didn't mind paying for it!

I ventured out, enjoying getting my fix at every opportunity. I wasn't always faithful to my first love - I was eager to experiment, to try new things with new, different people, who made me exiting offers. As I got more experienced, I would spice things up - at times things things would get really hot, even making me all sweaty and steamy.

But still I regularly returned to to my first love, to rekindle that "first time" experience. Unfortunately, she passed away in the early 90s, and I still often think about her, and the way she made me feel.

Omar Khayyam, above Hanley bus station, Stoke on Trent. Lamb Rogon Josh, with pilau rice. 

What was your first time, and what do you most remember?

Ruby is quite right.
Chris, if you are trying to hype or increase the anticipation for your ebook, this is having the opposite effect. The only thing this post has done is highlight the spiced oil recipe, which probably means I won't need the ebook now.

Philips blender for me too! Does the job no problem, and the adapter, as mentioned, is good for making garlic/ginger paste.

Hmm. I tried heated base tonight for my curries, and I could not tell any difference between adding heated base or cold base, as I have used previousy. So I'll stick without heating the base I think, just seems to adds extra work.

So, if I a recipe states half a tsp of chilli, and I wanted to try using deggi mirch instead, would I add the half a tsp, or increase the amount?