Hi Curryhell, thanks for the tip, i think i saw that in a vid somewhere and will give it a try next time?

Well i haven't had any TA's since finding this site, but decided to have one th other day and i had a madras which is my usual. Unfortunately I got what i sometimes used to get from my local TA's, an overly sensitive burning tip of my tongue which almost stopped me eating it. It wasn't any hotter than my Chewy's madras and definatly not hotter than the phall in this topic. My question is what causes this?? It didn't quite spoil the dish but i didn't enjoy it as much as my own.

Ed

Hi SD

Its definately down to the cooking out of the spices and powders until they are almost sticky in the pan.
A friend of mine who had a go at one of the phall recipes on this site made the mistake of not cooking the thoroughly enough and the resulting dish was too bitter and too fiery at both ends.

Cheers

Ed

Just Got the Lidl Silvercrest one 600W and variable speed, worked like a treat this weekend

Cheers Phil

Cheers SL

Hi, just wondered if these are the same thing?

Ed

No probs Stephen

This has so far eluded me and I am dying to try it.

Does this look like the stuff, can't make out the three veins etc

http://www.spicesofIndia.co.uk/acatalog/Indian-Bay-Leaves.html#aISW129_2dp

Hi Stephen I just precooked this and froze it to use by just adding some Pre cooked chicken or chicken tikka later this week as I ran out this weekend.