Yes I also bought the book based on information on this forum. Some fool at Amazon sent me 5 copies for the price of one so I wasn't complaining and had a few gifts for family and friends.

Paul

Hi Steve,

I must admit the picture in the link on your last post appear to show a pan with pretty straight sides and a poor angle where the sides meet the base. I would have thought more rounded sides would work better.
What do others think?

Cheers,

Paul

You definitely want rounded sides so you can scrape them with your curry spoon. If you have straight sides there will be a sharp angle where the sides meet the base and stuff will get stuck there.

Cheers,

Paul

Good advice CH, I think the cast iron would be too "slow" and heavy. If you don't want to use aluminium I think black iron is the way to go. Personally I don't think there is a chance in hell of your ali pan causing dementia and yes I've witnessed this disease first hand too.

Cheers,

Paul

It's good to see somebody sticking with a base and making more advanced recipes with it. The Taz base, although simple is capable of producing excellent curries.

These photos are making me very hungry!

Paul

Quote from: paulirving on February 06, 2012, 11:49 PM
With rice I would only ever cook what is needed, Rice is a very dangerous food stuff to reheat and extremely dangerous to freeze.

Cooked rice can become dangerous when left at room temperature for too long. I've never heard of problems with frozen rice. The supermarkets sell loads of products with frozen rice.

Paul

Well done vinotinto, that curry looks tasty.

Paul 

Quote from: madeinbeats on February 05, 2012, 02:35 PM

Quote from: PaulP on December 20, 2011, 10:35 AM
I've had a few takeaways from a food mall chain called Shere Khan. There is one in Liverpool (St John's market)

I never ever knew that!! I just thought it closed down on Berry St and that was that!! I never understood why is closed down, always seemed buzzing to me. So is this just in the centre where all the other eating places are? What's it like, quality and prices and that?

Hi, yes in the main food mall with the KFC etc on the ground floor. When I first went about a year ago it cost 5.50 for chicken balti, pilau rice and a drink. The portion was a bit large for me for lunch. Last time I went a few months ago they were offering smaller portions for 3.50 and that did me just fine. It tastes pretty good to me and the chicken is tender. I think they are probably Pakistani. Let us know what you think if you try it out.

Cheers,

Paul

Hi Fatduck,

I should have clarified that I don't consider curries healthy that have a lot of sugar, coconut powder and dairy products such as ghee, butter, cream, yoghurt etc in large quantities. So a korma or chicken tikka masalla would be way down my list of healthy curries.

The oil can be a problem as it is high in calories but when I cook a modestly sized curry for 2 people there is about 2 tablespoons of oil in each portion so I don't worry about that much.

Cutting back to less than 3 grams of salt is quite tricky as it is present in so many products you buy.
So far I've had to give up corned beef, ham, bacon, pies, pastries, tinned soups, virtually all ready meals (usually 2 grams+), resticted bread intake - the list goes on! I think I'll have to make my own bread as well eventually.

The good news is that my reduced salt curries still taste pretty good. I was never a fan of salty tastes anyway.

Cheers,

Paul

Quote from: ootini on February 01, 2012, 08:53 AM
Cheers for that, so it seems that cubed leg is the way forward!

I don't have a slow cooker but would a casserole in the oven at about 90*c ish be about right?

It should work fine in a casserole dish in an oven at around 90 degrees or a bit less.
I would start checking the meat at about the 3 hour stage if done this way.

Cheers,

Paul