Quote from: King Prawn on January 09, 2007, 04:48 PM

IMO the taste does not come from chicken or any other meat. It might help if you are preparing a meat dish, but other than that it's not important.

I say this with conviction as my local BIR has both a normal and vegetarian gravey in the kitchen and either will produce 'the smell' and 'the taste'.

KP(V)

Agreed KP. A couple of my mates are veggie and when we eat together, their curries 100% veggie have the same smell, taste so its not the chicken stock IMO. 

Quote from: Chilli Prawn on January 09, 2007, 05:07 PM
Thanks for the info VL.  BTW try wearing a baseball hat and hide a micro camera in it :

CP

LOL CP I was thinking the same thing.....Vindalooo buy one of these will you  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: Williammealyea on January 07, 2007, 11:19 PM
Well...... not only are we all searching for "the taste" and "the smell" now it would apear we are in search of the rare "Knorr Vegetable Bouillon catering paste" good luck everyone. 

LoL we are a fussy bunch  ;D

As Andy said his BIR uses the 1kg catering tub out of bookers, so it looks like I will be joining bookers and we can't really go wrong then can we 

DAMN only problem is I need to be a bonafide trader or caterer  I'm away to weep 

 

Hi Roundboy...glad you found us. Welcome to the Quest 

Quote from: King Prawn on January 07, 2007, 07:56 PM
Is it the green or yellow one that the bir's use?

perhaps we should buy a big pot and split it up umongst ourselves and see what the results are. A big tub would last me years and likely be gone off by the time I get half way down the pot!

KP(V)

There seems to be different tubs of this, ohKP, you can get a 500g tub(see last link)  Which one is it.....Andy, can you help?? 

http://www.unileverfoodsolutions.ie/products/portfolio/show/1266-0-1-10405101.knorr_vegetable_bouillon_paste_3x40l.html
OR
http://www.unileverfoodsolutions.co.uk/products/portfolio/show/512-1472-3-34974.knorr_paste_bouillon_vegetable_1kg.html
OR
http://www.unileverfoodsolutions.co.uk/products/portfolio/show/512-1472-4-30398.knorr_paste_bouillon_vegetable_500g.html

Quote from: CurryCanuck on January 07, 2007, 07:05 PM
I am not a big fan of products with MSG in them - I wonder if there is an alternative .

CC

I wonder too CC, though the situation right now is that this paste is being used in the two recipes CP(USB) & Andy have posted being used in BIRs. Maybe when we try this and crack "the taste" & "the smell" using this paste, we can then experiment with a paste similar with no MSG. 

I too would prefer No MSG but I got the feeling all BIRs are using it at some stage 

I rallim, I live in Glasgow, so I will keep you updated if you like with what's going on 

Welcome to cr0 

Quote from: Williammealyea on January 07, 2007, 12:44 AM
I actually started off with this book as my first venture into the world of curry making. I never did find any of the recipes came close to "the taste" or "the smell" infact they were as far from a BIR that I have came across. I think the recipes are to busy with to many tastes and your palate just gets a bit lost with all the different flavours. It is probably more like authentic indian recipes than anything else. If you are searching for "the taste" im afraid this book isnt the one for you. There are some great recipes which come within inches of the taste on this forum. This is all just my humble opinion. I would be interested to know if anyone else has tried it and what your thoughts on it were.

Thanks for putting this one to bed Will. I thought I would post it to see if anyone could maybe pick out an ingredient etc rather than using it as a full blown recipe. 
I was disappointed with the book when I looked at it after seeing the amazing recipes here at cr0  :

cr0 rules and leads the way 

Quote from: Williammealyea on January 07, 2007, 12:28 AM
Where can I buy this stuff from. I am not in the catering buisness, is there an online store that sells and delivers this stuff cos I am keen to try Andys new Base/gravy and also chilliprawns UCB.

I was searching for this too. There are wholesale suppliers that stock 1kg tubs of this at ?12.99. Click Me To See It

I tried to see if costco has it but their website is limited. I imagine they would have it though like all the other ingredients  :

I'm excited about this as both Chilli Prawns & Andy's recipe constitute KNORR VEGETABLE BOUILLON as a BIR ingredient 

*EDIT* Sainsbury's stocks it in granules. I cannot link to it for some reason. Go to there website and look under All gravies and stock  Is this the same as the catering tub stuff?

Quote from: Jeera on January 06, 2007, 08:01 PM
Ahhh, The Anarkali in Victoria Road is the best BIR in Glasgow in my opinion. The others u mention are great too.

Ashoka South Side is also magnifico.

Jeera, this is amazing....how do you know of the Anarkali, do you live in the south side. WOW you have been in the Anarkali....what a coincidence BRILL  ;D ;D ;D