Scottish and proud to be....

my vote....NO

cannot beat a wee bit of CR0 online abuse every now and then....
just wouldn't be the same without all the Steve Wright eh !!!

here's a couple of pics of some home grown chillies

not my own unfortunately, my parents grew these..Hungarian Wax variety I believe. (well so they told me, looks like some jalapenos have crept in there. lol)

first time growing chillies...good job methinks

Grown in sunny Glasgow..this is probably about 1/20th of the crop from a tiny wee greenhouse...rock on ma mum n dad

love chapatis

3 or 4 at a time with my curry

simple to make....no faffing about weighing things and waiting...waiting...waiting...for yer naans

count me in on the chapati side.

although, if I'm eating out, it's always a naan

Quote from: Secret Santa on August 09, 2014, 08:24 PM

Quote from: mr.mojorisin on August 09, 2014, 04:14 PMif anyone tells me these are simply run of the mill dried red chillies then they are talking out their ar$e

But does it really matter when 99% of BIRs must be using bog standard packet chilli from Rajah and the like? Or is this more of a traditional Indian ingredient chat?

SS, i was simply saying that these are the real deal regarding Kashmiri chilli

for what it's worth, these add a real depth of  flavour to any curry dish

some dried Kashmiri chillis bought from KRK - local indian grocers in Glasgow

if anyone tells me these are simply run of the mill dried red chillies then they are talking out their ar$e

more purple than red, it's the camera flash that is making the colours less profound

last picture probably does more justice to the deep purplish colour

cheers Garp

bit by bit pictorial...more enticing methinks.

anyhow..does anyone use the dried kashmiri chillis that are pictured ?

i added them chopped into a curry and they simply rehydrated, giving a great flavour to my dish.

i'm thinking of grinding them in a pestle and mortar to make my own ground chillis.

does anyone have any other ideas???

is that a case of fill in the blank

geo*ge...lol

Ain't posted for a wee while so...here goes...

Chicken Tikka Madras (at least)

This was hotter than Kylie Minogue on stage

Base used - Glasgow (what else !!!)
Tikka - Blades variation

some lovely dried Kashmiri chillis. Seen these in the grocers and thought...mmmm


more of the same...different angle...feeling more like david fcukin bailey every day


boring, same sh!t..more dried chillies


the main event, unfortunately my david baileyness left me by this time


more of the same with some freshly home made chapattis


half eaten..mmmm


nearly done


almost there...


wiped out !!!!!

in my limited experience, I had fruit on the plants and always picked them when green and left them approx 2-3 days then they turned red.

for some reason they never turned red on the plant, no matter how long i left them ?