Blimey! There's a first. Somebodys tried one of my recipes.   

Glad you liked my "grown-ups" Korma, Sagwally. 

Cheers, Frank. 

When i first joined this forum and found the links to Maliks live kitchen cam, i watched glued to the screen every night for a week or so.
I thought "here we go" when they started a new batch of gravy for the next days service. Unfortunately, this didnt start until about 10pm and the live cam switched off just after 11pm.  :
What i did see was a large stockpot being filled with onions, a few odd bits of other veg etc and a litre or so of oil added.
Every few mins it would get stirred in between some mains being cooked. At no point was there any water added during the brief time i was watching before the cam was cut off. (approx 55 mins)

Hi Nick,
I think it would be nigh on impossible to grow in the UK, unless you have your own tropical arboretum.
Here's a few links you might find useful.

http://www.tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_50_1/19Sharma.pdf

http://www.ayujournal.org/article.asp?issn=0974-8520;year=2013;volume=34;issue=2;spage=193;epage=199;aulast=Sunil

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=3617.0




Cheers, Frank. 

p.s. The majority of Indian bay thats used in Indian restaurants would be either Cinnamomum Malabathrum or Cinnamomum Tamala

These are the cheapest and best value i've found online (if thats all you are buying)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Organic-Whole-Leaves-Veins-INDIAN/dp/B00C9YHIR8/ref=sr_1_2?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1388155511&sr=1-2&keywords=Bay+Leaves+With+3+Veins

                  HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

       


       

You know what would be a good idea at these meet-ups?
If everyone brought a teaspoon and a sample of their best homemade curry. 

Quote from: Phil [Chaa006] on December 20, 2013, 05:17 PM
How about this one ?

Looks good Phil. Cheapest they've gone for is

I looked into all these mixies a while back and after some research decided that they just didnt have enough power for all the uses i wanted out of them.


What i finally settled on was a powerful bar blender, (not got one yet) and this one in particular.
(My current blender is on its last legs)



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BERG-2200W-3HP-COMMERCIAL-FOOD-BLENDER-SMOOTHIE-MAKER-ICE-CRUSHER-GRIND-RRP-449-/181255404706?ViewItem=&item=181255404706&nma=true&si=fgjXRzjrB2Lm%252B%252Bv8O1OzAjgHnmo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

The Village is next on my list After i've tried The New Karahi Palace just up the road. 

http://curry-heute.com/?p=17029

And studies show that meat from a stressed animal will be of poorer quality and flavour than one that is treated and killed humanely.