Agree with Solar - all of it looks delicious. That Pathia has me salivating.

Where are the recipes for these Mick? Are they available online?

Actually, I think it is just me. I'm at work and they're being blocked.

Sigh.

EDIT: Working now. Lovely looking dishes Mick, as ever. 

Images seem to be broken now, Mick.

Nice post Phil. 

I think, as curryhell says, anything that helps elucidate BIR cooking has to be worth exploring. I suppose my only concern is how much it will really help clarify techniques/myths/beliefs. Say, for example, we are testing hot/cold base, there is a danger that this might not make as big a difference as it should purely because other areas of our technique/method are not correct. If you asked a BIR chef to do the same test, the difference could be far more discernable because their technique/method is sound and every other element of the dish is well executed, if that makes sense (?).

I suppose there is no real way of knowing this until we actually do it. I think it might be worth formulating a list of things that can be tried (hot/cold base, cooking at high/low temps, using much/little oil, etc).

Quote from: emin-j on October 22, 2011, 09:41 PM
It tasted lovely and I just can't get close to this one 

I feel your pain. 

There is something encouraging about the fact that, as loveitspicy says, it should be simple - no special ingredients, no special techniques, just bringing everything together and executing it well. But at the same time it is somewhat disheartening in that, for so many of us, despite this supposed simplicity, we have been unable to emulate it.

The dishes I make tend to be quite cyclical and I have just come back to the humble Madras. In fact, I made it last night and while it was enjoyable, it lacked the magical BIR quality. I just don't know where to go next with it really. I am hoping these lessons with Az go ahead as I think they will help tremendously.

All good fun.  ;D

That's a lot of hate you have there Phil. 

Can't really add much to this, as I've never used anything in place of spinach. Never felt the need as it works so well. Also, I've never come across one that doesn't contain spinach. Do you actually like it with spinach?

I am intrigued by the use of chard though, although I can't see it working as well as spinach. If I remember I'll pick some up and give it a whirl.

Now that is one nice looking curry. Great photo. 

Will add this to the never-ending list of recipes to try. Thanks for posting.

Now, I like my hot food but that is too far. As she says, she's probably done damage to her taste buds.

Got to love the crude comments:

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Looks great! Nice one. 

Welcome to the forum! 

Let us know what recipes you try and how you get on. Plenty of people here to help.