Hey James, all looks very good my friend.

So, your lamb tikka masala, is it identical to the book or have you put your own twist on it.  I've got to say that it looks very different from a chicken tikka masala, which is good for me, as I don't really like CTM. 

If you've stuck your own twist on this, why not post the recipe as if it tastes as good as it looks, I'm sure many of us would love to give this one a try.

Ray

Hi Chewy,

Quote from: chewytikka on December 29, 2011, 12:27 PM
Yet another thread going off topic.

Quote from: Razor on December 28, 2011, 09:49 PM
George, if I was to measure 1 tbs of Jalpur Garam Masala (just to keep it on topic  ) 

I tried to bring it back on topic mate

Quote from: chewytikka on December 29, 2011, 12:27 PM
p.s. Ray, Clove is the medicine overtone in Garam Masala.
Used back in the day at the dentists, Clove Oil, Tooth Tincture etc...

Yeah, I remember my dear old mother rubbing clove oil on my teeth as a kid whenever I had toothache.  To be honest, I think I preferred the toothache

Quote from: chewytikka on December 29, 2011, 12:27 PM
If a dish recipe calls for Cardamom it will usually be the common Green.

And that would be my assumption too because it seems to be used more extensively than it's black cousin.

Ray

Many thanks Mr.M, will get onto this before the end of the week.

Ray

Hi Phil,

Quote from: Phil (Chaa006) on December 29, 2011, 10:29 AM
  It would be interesting to know if any CR0 member has a set of known British measuring spoons of sufficient antiquity that the tablespoon measure thereof is "about 17 3/4 ml".

I'd very much doubt it Phil unless they are in the antiques trade.  I remember reading an article somewhere when this subject cropped up before with regards to tbs measurements and it seems that we, The British, have accepted 15ml as a standard volume for a tbs since before Victorian England.

I guess 2 and 3/4 ml shouldn't make too much difference but an Australian 20ml tbs certainly will, especially if it is rounded.   There's a thing, I wonder why the Aussies went for 20ml, you would have expected them to use pretty much the same weights and measure as us Brits?

Ray

Hi Julian,

QuoteThe powder you see in the video is Fenugreek powder.

Quote from: curryhell on December 28, 2011, 11:30 AM
The pale coloured powder could also possibly be ground fenugreek, another likely spice contender for the base

Good call CH

Quotebelieve it or not there is quite a science to it.

I don't doubt that for one minute my friend and forum member 'Spiceyokooko' has claimed that, to get the best results, you need to understand the science behind what we are trying to achieve.  My view is slightly different in that, all I need to understand is, if a certain method produces the best results, then that is the method that I shall employ, especially if it is come from a credible source such as yourself...!

Just one point about the addition of the fenugreek powder though, I can't understand why you would decide to keep that one to yourself  if you really wanted us to achieve the best results using your base gravy?  Methi powder has quite a strong, savoury flavour and I should imagine that it would drastically alter the flavour of a base if used in such quantities (1 chefspoon)  I wonder how many members have made your base and wrongly assumed, as CA and I did, that the white powder was garlic powder and possibly found that it wasn't to their liking? 

Anyway, not to worry.  Many thanks for clearing up the mystery white powder and good luck with the ebook Julian.

ATB,

Ray

Many thanks guys, I'll check out the battery then.  It doesn't go far out with the date, one day at most..! Booted it up this morning and everything seems ok?

My missus is going through a phase of unpluging everything from the mains at the moment, that's when it seems to happen.......so it's her fault of course

Ray

Hi Paul,

Yeah, it's quite old mate.  I was wondering if my PC had set itself to another time zone but when I check the clock, it always says GMT?

God I hope it's not a virus

Ray

George, if I was to measure 1 tbs of Jalpur Garam Masala (just to keep it on topic  )  my measuring spoon would portion up 15ml for a level tbs because that's what it says on the handle ie; 1 tbsp = 15 ml .

Got them from slimming world

Ray

Guy's,

I'm having a bit of a problem with my time and date on my PC.  No matter how many times that I set it, the next time I switch on my PC, the time is always wrong, and sometimes the date..!

Any thoughts please?

Ray

Quote from: Phil (Chaa006) on December 28, 2011, 08:51 PM

QuoteHere's another one - if a recipe states to use 1 tsp, 1 dsp and 1 tbls of three ingredients and says nothing else, would you assume that's 5ml, 10ml and 15ml respectively?

No, because I neither think in ml nor convert to ml.  If a recipe specifies {tea|desert|table}spoonsful, then I use measuring spoons of those sizes; if it specifies ml, I use a measuring cylinder (or a measuring jug, for quantities in excess of 100ml).

Phil, I fear that George is being a very naughty boy here.  It all depends where the recipe provider is from doesn't it?  An Aussie would be reffering to 20ml when stating a tbs where as a Brit, should be reffering to 17.7581714 millilitres and not the percieved 15ml that we assume a tbs is.

And an Americans tbs is different again.

Ray