Its obvious once you think about it the salt quickly caramelises and creates that missing BIR ingredient taste that we have all been looking for - No no! I cannot see any rationale there either.

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Hi, Do not worry Chris you will be up to scratch in no time at all with the the all the advice and information readily available from this great site.

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Welcome aboard Sharpy it's a great ship hope you can offer up some more tips - plenty of good stuff on here that could help you as well. By the way I must ask a question that has been niggling me for ages did you ever see tins of tomato soup being used by any of the chefs?

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Quote from: coogan on July 10, 2011, 08:16 PM
Hats of! They all look lovely to me! Mrs coogan's getting moist again.

Now knowing Mrs coogan and her little peculiarities I am not sure if it was the actual tikka masala dishes that caused the strange reaction or the thought of possibly participating in a group test!!!

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Thanks Tomdip, Cheers for your interest but unfortunately I only run an eat in establishment down here.

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Quote from: curryhell on July 10, 2011, 09:09 PM

Quote from: coogan on July 10, 2011, 08:05 PM
Perhaps Curryhell they use a teaspoon or two of Chana Masala spice mix for that sour taste I use it a lot when I make a chickpea dish.

Thanks for that Coogan.  I haven't come across that one.  I take it it's one of those packet mixes that can be found in asian grocer stores like chaat masalla? 

Yes it comes in a little box normally right along side the chaat masala - same packaging. I find it gives a more lemony taste then the chaat particuarly good for a chana bhaji I find.

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Hi yes, can I have 1 portion please plus 1 Lamb tikka Ceylon, 1 sag aloo, 1 bhindi bhaji, 1 onion bhaji, 1 mushroom pilau rice, 2 garlic naan bread and 8 cans of carling please - is it free delivery.


Very nice Ray. I would agree you could call it a 'modern' version - a sort of balti rogan josh I would say. Similar ingredients to mine really just different variables. I will definitely give it a whirl but will probably use black cardamoms rather then green for the more pronounced earthiness.

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Hats of! They all look lovely to me! Mrs coogan's getting moist again.

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Perhaps Curryhell they use a teaspoon or two of Chana Masala spice mix for that sour taste I use it a lot when I make a chickpea dish.

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Quote from: Razor on July 09, 2011, 12:07 PM
Hey Coogan,

Wow, that some Rogan Josh, looks absolutely amazing fella

Very timely post indeed, as I am/have been working on a Rogan Josh recipe myself. I have settled on a recipe the gives me the taste and the look but I can't really describe it as an 'Old School Rogan Josh' very tasty nonetheless. Your version I would describe as the 'Super deluxe model' whereas mine is a 'modern' Rogan Josh. I am definitely going to give yours a go because I am very interested in the final taste in comparison to mine.  I do know, that mine almost tastes identical to my local TA's Rogan Josh and looks the same thanks to the addition of some red food colouring.

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Hello Ray thank you for your kind words mate. I had one last night out of the freezer and it was still superb and I would say very 'old school' in taste very rich. Mrs Coogan reckoned it was definitely the dogs gonads. I hope you do try the recipe out I reckon it would go very nice with chicken tikka equally as well. I would be very interested to have a look at your recipe and compare notes.

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