Quote from: Secret Santa on November 30, 2009, 10:22 PM


The real question is: are potatoes necessary at all?

And my answer, which has never changed and won't until someone comes up with a plausible reason for their use, is NO!   :

Potatoes (peeled but left whole) should be mandatory in ALL bases. Removed before blending the base, they make the most fantastic aloo side dishes, if, you can manage to resist scoffing them just as they are, fabulous, mana, ambrosiacal things.
Plausible enough for yer???

Cheers
CoR

Hi 967bar

For lamb try shoulder (sometimes called neck) fillet. It looks quite fatty but this helps it cook. Cut into big pieces and marinate in plain yogurt, tandoori spices, lemon juice and mint for a couple of hours, then either simmer just covered in boiling water and the marinade for 10/15 minutes or place on skewers and grill or bung in very hot oven till done, again 10/15 mins, it cooks like chicken breast so don't over do it. HTH.

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CoR

Quote from: Mikka on November 30, 2009, 08:06 PM
Sa(a)g really means Vegetables. Palak is the Indian word for Spinach.
i.e Palak Paneer. Spinach and Cheese.

Hi Mikka

In the UK on a BIR menu Sag or Saag invariably refers to a spinach dish. In fact Sa(a)g roughly translates to 'greens' in English so could really mean any leafy green vegetable like spring cabbage etc. The BIRs use spinach, I presume, because it's cheap and readily available, tinned, year round.
The general term for vegetables is Sabzi or sabsi or subzi etc. and yes palak does mean spinach specifically but only in shops and markets and so on, BIRs tend not to use the term.

Cheers
CoR

Looks good, right all round to 967's for tonight's curry...

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CoR

Hi Mikka

Thought the name sagwalla rang a bell, so did a bit of digging through some old books and came across this in 'Favourite Restaurant Curries' by Pat Chapman, published in 1988:-

"....'SAG WALA'    Spinach Curry

Sag means spinach and wala means cooked (it also means a tradesman, eg, punka wala). This dish is more commonly referred to as sag bhajee but this name is used by the JHORNA, 32c High Street, Orpington, Kent for their recipe for this dish....."

So, now we know, Sagwalla is simply another name for a saag bhagee or bargee or however you want to spell it.

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CoR

Well, very nice, next time I'm in my local T/A I must remember to ask for a "red amaranth and red veined sorrel leaves" garnish, I can just imagine the reply, LOL.

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CoR

Quote from: currymonster on November 19, 2009, 07:52 AM
Hi All,

For all the chilli heads here this chilli sauce is a must! Its my absolute number 1 favourite and I've tried many. Before you know it you'll be smothering your cornflakes with it.



CM

Sorry guys I said this stuff is available from Tescos and it is (at least it's in mine, checked yesterday) but it's branded as Flying Goose, it does not seem to be available on-line from Tesco but Spices of India have it and so do plenty of others. CLICK HERE
There is even a WIKIPEDIA page on the stuff. HTH.

Cheers
CoR (who would never make a twitcher, can't tell a happy rooster from a flying goose!)

Well we have an open plan house and no garage so there is no option but to stink the whole place out but it's always a good idea I find to make sure there are no coats/jackets etc left out to get 'contaminated'.
Plenty of strategically placed pieces of kitchen paper on worktops also helps but the best asset by far is a partner who is as daft about curry as you are.

Cheers
CoR

Quote from: pforkes on November 27, 2009, 03:57 AM
I have coconut milk powder.

The next time I go to the International Marketplace (which is a warehouse, here in Las Vegas, that has just about every ethnic food you will ever need) I'll have a look for the specific brands.  The have aisles for the likes of British, german, Indonesian, Hawaiian, Mediterranean, Malaysian, every Asian you can think off.

Sounds good, and no doubt you could pop into a casino on the way home and win back what it all cost on the roulette wheel!!

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CoR

It certainly does look like the recipe for an industrial amount of base, if anyone manages to scale it down successfully please post results and put the rest of us out of our misery!!

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CoR