OK good to know!

Quote from: Naga on December 04, 2012, 09:50 AM
I always freeze my curry stuff unless I'm eating it the next day.

Last night, I went onto the freezer and dug out a double-portion of mickdabass' chicken tikka.

The chicken tikka got 3 minutes at full power.

Naga:- You nuked the chicken from frozen?  I've always defrosted overnight in the fridge!  I take it there was no loss of flavour or texture doing it this way?

Thanks again!

When you say peppers is that the bell peppers and chilli peppers?

Interesting!

So make jalfrezi as normal but leave out peppers and chill in fridge.  What about the whole chillis I normally put in? Put them in raw with the peppers when reheating or cook them with the meat, spices and sauce?

For the CTM I'll be using defrosted cooked chicken tikka.  I might do sauce ahead of time or do the complete dish at the last minute depending on progress I make.

Thanks!

I've seen a few methods for handling this but wondered whether the type of dish ashould affect the chosen method for reheating.

Got some friends coming round so need to cook 4 curries.  I'm thinking of cooking and chilling a couple of jalfrezis containing onions, peppers, whole chillis and toms.  I might chill the day before or 6-8 hrs before reheating.

Inclined to reheat in oven on 140C (fan) in closed foil containers for maybe 20 mins until chicken is hot enough.  At same time I can be cooking the 2 other fresh CTMs and sorting other stuff out.

How would you guys go about this?

Dave

Thanks for the great vid Chris!

Well I'm new Chris and I'm not seeing what you're seeing!

Thanks CT

I'll be using in a curry first time out so perhaps I'll try 1tsp initially.

Does it matter at what stage of cooking they are introduced?

Dave

Got myself some Rajah Crushed Red Chillis.  The packet doesn't indicate the strength of the chillis so I assume they must be medium.

Are these normally used for extra heat or as a replacement for chilli powder?

When are they normally added to a dish or does it not matter?

What sort of quantity is typically used? For example would I see much of a kick if I added 1tbsp to a madras for example?

Thanks.

Dave