hi jerry try upping the onion half a kilo
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gary
ps go careful with the spiced water though it can overwhelm the aroma

hi guys thought i would my post a bump up the charts lol!

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gary ;D

hi guys i believe haldi is the only to answer this question as, now imay be wrong but, he bought an ex BIR burner for 150gbp a few years ago! here https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,2894.0.html

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gary

hi axe if you watch saturday kitchen live on the iplayer from last week 1 of the chefs used it to coat monk fish it looked like a piece of coal as he first seared it in a frying pan before putting it in the oven to finish it of! he said you can buy it online. heres the link to the recipe http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/monkfish_tail_with_39134

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gary

hiya just to put in my twopenneth lol! if it smells like there is coconut in the base but coconut is not in the base then its probably cinnamon stick!
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gary ;D

hi peeps thought i would bump this up as now there is a new book "more takeaways secrets by kenny mcgovern" if your a fan of mcdonalds burgers and breakfast you have to try etc and chinese and kebabs and pizza the chilli to die for and omg pulled pork and deserts tooo! oh the list is endless lol! :-) and just think of the money you would save i promise you wont be disappointed!!!!!!!!!!!
oh and more curries and recipes for mixed powder amonst other things
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gary

hi guys this is from a porgamme caled "PERFECT........indian!" and she cooks this dish as butter chicken as her perfect chicken tikka masala she is up against cyrus todiwala head chef at bombay brasserie and the panel picked her dish! or check out heston blumenthals series "in search of perfection.... chicken tikka masala" again his is based on authentic butter chicken adapted as only he knows how  : from the moti mohal in delhi!

http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/645029
http://www.dominicsayers.com/documents/ChickenTikkaMasala.pdf

hope this helps

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gary

"I have not succeeded in locating a supplier of MDH spices (Kasmiri mirch, degghi mirch), " 
hi phil i mite know of a place in ashford that sells MDH spices, if my mind serves correctly...( pmsl i've been a postman in ashford for 25 years and i lived there for 23 years of my life) .... there is a chemist on the corner of beaver road 200yards from 2 of the gurkha shops you visited its called ashdown chemist, but is run by mr & mrs shah! they also do spices, whole aswell! will take a look tomorrow i know they sell methi leaves a small box costs just 50p and they do sell MDH 

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gary

btw ch if you pm yours address i'll get one or 2 for you mate!!!!!!!!! up for a phall anytime hehehehe! or a real naga use daves insanity ghost pepper sauce! i was lucky enough to pick 3 of these for 3gbp in asda before the stopped doing them! pmsl they sell a sorching hot vindaloo pmsl! and i tried their findaloo ..... korma lol!

regards ch
gary

hi guys i get this from 1 of the gurkha shops in ashford kent (remember phil?) it will give you want you want in a naga i'm sure 

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gary

hi emman if you checkout this link https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=108.0  it is curryhouse cookery update. i would personally use this and use the recipes that are in the article most are there. they changed my curries for the better as a newbie they made my wife start eating my curries after khris dhillons' "curry secret" attempts now i just use one of mine and the simpliest bases from my local yummy bangladeshi/ indian "Mouchak" link here https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5544.0
i printed the BE document out i still love reading it!

kind regards
gary