Back in early january I had 2 curries from an indian takeaway in the netherlands.
I want to make something similar at home for people who do not like spiciness/heat in their curries but for now google and this site haven't thrown up much.
Perhaps you guys can help me?

It's a game of "name that curry".
The indian takeaway menu describes them as the following (translated from dutch to english)

Kashmiri curry lamb; lamb cooked with indian fruits (mango and lychee) in a creamy sauce, traditional dish from northwest india.

Malayon curry chicken; chicken fillet cooked in a creamy sauce with nuts, bananas and pineapple.

I'm guessing the malayon is called "malaya" here, can you confirm?
A google search for recipes leads to completely different dishes and to restaurant websites (not actual recipes). 1 google result was this forum so that's how I ended up here.
Google searches for malayan instead of malayon if I don't change it manually, is malayan chicken the same as malaya chicken?

Searching google for "kashmir(i) curry" leads to recipe of rogan josh, which is completely different. Or it leads to recipes using a storebought kashmiri paste (like from patak?) or to recipes that don't look similar at all.
One recipe looks a bit like it might be the one but it lists curry powder as an ingredient. Am I right to be wary of the recipe based on the inclusion of curry powder?
Here's the recipe http://www.curryfrenzy.com/curry/recipes/Chicken-Kashmiri.html

The sauce question;
A few searches on this site mention chicken kashmir and chicken malaya, some people say that they are simply kormas with fruit added.
One person says that the sauce of kashmiri curry is not the same as the sauce of a korma.
I'm inclined to believe the latter to be true for my local takeaway. The texture and flavour don't seem to be the same as most of the korma recipes I've seen.

If it is a simple korma with ripe mango added how does the flavour of the mango seep into the sauce itself? Do they blend a portion of the mango (or use mango puree) with the sauce before adding mango slices?
Or do they add some of the lychee syrup? I'm assuming they used canned.
The same goes for the malaya (malayon) and the banana.
Do they use different spices for malaya and kashmir than they use for korma? Any other ingredients that are different?
I'm hoping someone could chime in on the sauce dilemma.

I can tell approximately what a dish is going to taste like if it's a traditional homecooked indian dish, but I can't do the same (yet) with BIR recipes. Help is much appreciated.

Quote from: Phil [Chaa006] on November 10, 2015, 08:51 PM
Well, I don't know what to suggest, I'm afraid.  As far as I am concerned, one of the most useful phrases in the English language is "I don't know".  If you can summon up the courage to write that, followed by a description of what it is you would /like/ to know, then I am reasonably confident that one or more of us will be able to help you.

** Phil.

This isn't the place to ask for recipes is it right? Shouldn't I do that in a different section of the forum?
And since there is a rule about double posting I left the names of the curries out.
I simply wanted to voice why I am hesitant to ask for a recipe directly as a newbie.

Quote from: Phil [Chaa006] on November 10, 2015, 06:15 AM
If you don't ask, PopCorn, how can any of us even /try/ to help ?  Yes, of course there is a risk that someone will respond "Use the search function", but just because a small number of members may take that approach does not mean that a far larger number will not try to offer the help you need.  So ask away.

** Phil.

It's not that I won't ask, just not directly say "hey guys, I'm looking for a curry of the following description and have searched for it. Can you send me the right way for a recipe?".

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Quote from: Sverige on November 09, 2015, 10:10 PM
Hi Yvonne, I'm glad you found us here.

Do Dutch people laugh at the foreigners who travel all the way to Amsterdam only to ignore the city and sit in a coffee shop smoking weed like naughty schoolboys?

We don't laugh at them, a small number of us might make a comment between ourselves about how much of a waste of time and money it is to travel that far without actually doing some sight seeing.

But most city dwelling dutch people are acclimatised to drug tourists, for example I don't live in a big city and even I have been asked (numerous times) by french speaking people "Ou est la coffee shop?".
It's very common for french speaking people to cross the dutch-belgian border for drug tourism.
Local Amsterdam people might share a few laughs with the tourists over a joint though.
Especially hippie/new age locals since that culture is very big in Amsterdam.

Fear of being labeled as a lazy person, although that may be an irrational fear and let me explain why:
I'm mainly here to get good recipes for my two favorite takeaway curries, and have searched this site to find them. But I haven't found any recipes that resemble the curries I'm after.
So if I ask, I'm afraid to get comments along the lines of "use the search function" or "do your own homework" or "just improvise".

Hi, my name Yvonne and I'm a Dutch woman who likes to cook, read, sew and do yoga.
I'm also a bit of a nerd.

I have eaten and liked dutch indian takeaway, which I suspect is very much like BIR takeaway.
The first thing I had was saag paneer and immediately felt an urge to recreate it in my own home so I found a recipe on the vegrecipesofindia site and have been cooking traditional indian recipes from them for a rather long while now.

But something was missing, I couldn't find some...make that most of the dishes that I loved from my indian takeaway on that site. Not even a vegetarian version.
After some googling it dawned on me; indian takeaway may overlap with traditional indian cooking sometimes but it's a different beast altogether.

So I found my way here, hopefully to learn how to make something that resembles indian takeaway.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Even if it's about wooden shoes or marihuana.