Good god, what a load of sites. Will let you know in three years when I have surfed them all!!

Ray

Quote from: paast10 on October 07, 2005, 09:21 AM
Can someone suggest some places to eat in Leicester (along that line of indian shops) and a place outside Burmingham, called Hainsworth or something like that???
Payal

Hi Payal,

Go to a local Taxi Office, or phone one, and ask any of the Asian Taxi drivers ( plenty in Leicester ) where they would go and eat.
If the restaurant is frequented by the ethnic locals it will not be far off a good quality restaurant.

Ray

Quote from: scrufts on October 06, 2005, 10:42 AM
The only problem I have is that when cooking basic sauce it stinks the house out for ages!
Any suggestions rather than cans of air freshner?
Scrufts

To be more positive with a suggestion what about making up a larger volume all at once. Darthphalls base is well worth a try and makes enough to feed the 5000!
You will instantly cut out the grief from the missus by 75% at least. Bliss!!
I also found "100 Best Balti" base (in the recipe sections) less pungeant as the onions are fried and smell less "raw" when cooking. In fact any recipe which uses fried onions at the start is somehow less smelly.

Ray

Hi Scrufts,

Slimming World don't do restaurant style at all.

They don't like Oil so you are off to a bad start straight away.
However, most of the other ingredients of a curry ie, Onions, Garlic, Tomato, the Chicken (if not pre-cooked with oil) and spices are quite acceptable in Slimming World's repertoire and I lost two stone on their diet while still troughing loadsa "oil free" curry.........................theirs hope for us all yet. The taste lacked a bit which shows the oil is an important factor.
Most of their recipes are invented by Slimming World members so tend to taste very "home made".

I have seen a few curry recipes including Pasta. There is one that uses Pasta in the "100 best Balti Book". I will try to get it posted for you.

Ray

Hi Scrufts,

Welcome to the site and hope you gain loads and keep us informed of your cooking exploits.

My advice is to either cook it all at a friends house or if you have a partner get the divorce papers in FIRST!!!!!

Other than that the smell is just a by-product of the wonderful food you are creating (use this excuse when in trouble) and otherwise can't really be avoided.

Regards and good cooking.

Ray G.

Hi Chilliehead,

I think you can see by the enthusiasm of all the posts above how interested we all are in your investigation.
Strikes me you are just gonna have to go in again and at the crucial points simply ask what he just added to the pan!!

Just say things like " I didn't know you used Garlic Powder"?? " So what does that extra Ghee do to the dish"?? You, know the kind of thing!

Not too many questions at first, just sound "curious" !

Don't use the camcorder bit yet as they might think your a little "strange", throw you out and bar you for life!!

My guess is Garlic Powder at the start and possibly Butter Ghee or more likely Vegetable Ghee to add enrichment at the end.

Keep the detective work going! It's like being in the S.A.S. !

Good stuff.

Ray

Quote from: Ashes_Saag on October 04, 2005, 11:58 AM
I know about the smell of dried fenugreek leaves, it can overwhelm a curry and doesnt seem to work if you add it too early to a dish
but what about fresh fenugreek, ive heard its available in the u.k.

Hi A.S.
Yes, fresh Fenugreek is available over here although not everywhere, mainly areas with a high ethnic population. I agree dried fenugreek is a bit overpowering. I have had quite a few meals almost spoilt by adding the amount the recipe said. I now tend to add about half this amount, maybe a little more which seems about right. It is certainly a main component in many curries, if not bases. I wonder what substituting dried for fresh might do?
It is strange that the book "100 Best Balti Curries" talks about fresh "Methi" and also how easy it is to grow yet none of the recipes in the book seem to use it fresh only dried.

Ray

Quote from: Admin on October 04, 2005, 07:16 AM
I think we have a nice little community here and we are all learning lots.
At the moment i am travelling round the world currently in Thailand, then off to OZ and NZ
Stew

Well it's O.K. for some isn't it!!

While we are all "beavering" away (sorry. couldn't resist!!) on this site the gaffer gets to tour the world!!! Great, what injustice!!! Ah well!

Stew, I can think of nothing better than to visit the countries you are and then as a bonus get to cook such great dishes in an authentic setting..........fantastic!!

I think the answer from members to posting your Red Chicken Curry on the site would be a resounding YES PLEASE!!
It's a good thing most of us have a diverse approach and not only focus on the restaurant taste we all look for. Although this is upermost on the agenda it helps to step back a bit sometimes and take in the overall picture of what is happening around us.
And yes, we do have nice community here. Lots of input, some very relevant, some not relevant and sometimes just plain silly but the overall result is we are moving forward ( sometimes slowly ) in our quest.

If I have a comment to make to everyone it is we have lots of visitors but far less contributors. So come on folk's lets have those comments good and bad, try the recipes or make up your own. No-ones contribution on the site is of any less importance than any other and ALL comments are welcome whoever you are, wherever you are.

Remember it might be you that has the hidden secret even if you don't know it!

So, get thinking, get typing and help keep the momentum and interest going. We have a great site, let's make it an even? better one!!

Ray

Quote from: CurryCanuck on October 04, 2005, 03:14 AM
Don't forget the colonials on the site.....we curry beaver tails....but sometimes the taste is flat? ;D
CC

Ha, Ha, Ha, That's a DAM fine joke!!

Nothing nicer than a nice tasty beaver I say!!!

You know it's good to have a laugh on this site at times. It beats all the tears we shed trying to find those elusive answers, Boo Hoo!!

Let's keep it lively folks!!

Ray

P.S. Yes Darth we do smother Gravy on Chips!!!!! What a concept. We also get curry sauce at our chip shops??!! Now what's that all about. Not quite B.I.R. but tell you what it does taste great! And all of us shove Ferrets down our trousers thar know's!!

Quote from: DARTHPHALL on October 03, 2005, 03:36 PM
Do you think a pastie Curry would catch on down ear ?

Why not??!!

Don't forget we eat Parrott curries up ear thar know's tol lad!! Nar wher'es oi put me Ferrett??

Ray