Gazzer63
Do you actually have some of this black stone flower. Very obscure,

I seem to remember Vah Chef using it in some of his early Tamil videos.
NOT a herb, its a Lichen/Fungi, with no distinct flavour of its own, another name for it is Kalpasi

It may be used by chefs in South Indian BIR, but I doubt the majority of BIR
will have heard of it, or indeed bother with it, because of its rarity and cost!

Now your talking! MA
Nice restaurant quality, looking great.

Quote from: Madrasandy on January 20, 2018, 07:24 AM
Made this last night, unfortunately without the high heat but used a lid once base was all in.
I was pissed so no photos and no proper review other than it was eaten twice as quick as it was cooked !

Nice one MA,
BIR secrets from a slightly drunken point of view, all good tradition.
Made some cracking curries, half cut  with drunken friends at good old curry parties.

cheers Chewy.

Quote from: stepoon on January 19, 2018, 09:15 PM

Well managed to cook it ok. Tasted lovely just not BIR.

Not suprised as its not my video recipe
Well at least you know your mistakes!

Next time follow the recipe, no weird alternatives :
and YOU can cook a better curry

cheers Chewy

Nice Bhajis Gav

Could this be the start of The Bhaji Group Test

Mmmmmm all good fun

Quick Madras for Supper ;D
Behind the scenes at a local BIR Kitchen. Chef Mamood shows how fast he cooks Madras.

https://youtu.be/v07X5AS6e1Q

cheers Chewy

Hopefully
You just have to ignore the resident trolls :

Just cook it twice, good practice for you!

They look lush
I bet they went down quick  ;D
Dont forget to wet your hands and lightly squeeze you balls next time ;D

cheers Chewy

Quote from: JonG on January 16, 2018, 01:05 PM
Ok, so an onion bhaji would be sliced onions mixed with gram flour and spices then bound together with minimal egg? And a pakora by comparison would be a wet batter made with gram flour, spices plus water and then whatever onion, potato, carrot, etc you want to add (am I right so far?)

Yes, correct.

Just get on with it, : its just Bhaji or Pakora. don