Just seen this post

After cooking curry for more years that have flown by - and soon to be cooking my last commercial curry - moving on to ventures new.

The profit margin's in any business always depends on how much you take out at the end of the night - staff - ingredients - etc.... I really have lost touch with the ingredients prices in the UK now.

What i will say that if you start a business from scratch - you have to put the hours in - so chefs do work long hours if they want to succeed !

Can you succeed - YES you just have to look at your market place - and get situated in a reasonably populated area.

However - look at supplying different market places shops deli's etc - I looked at opening a restaurant out here but decided on a different route - sell to supermarkets - has it been easy NO - rewarding Yes.
In 3 and a half years from selling to the first supermarket we now supplying the 4 biggest supermarket groups - supplying nearly 200 stores Nationwide. Have learnt everything about buyers - suppliers - packaging - distribution centers etc.....

The reward about working for yourself guys - We have built the house with pool on 1.2 acres and sold for quite a few naughts - which will help.

My last commercial curry will be coming out of the kitchen in a couple of months as we change over to the new chefs

There is a huge market place in Spain and France for bir in the right areas ( ex-pats) - which is a little nearer to the UK.

Many of you can cook - worth a try at something new ! The set up cost can be quite expensive - probably the main reason that no one gives it a shot - if you can get over the set up hurdle - you can make it !

best, Rich

Recipe reads about just right for a Tikka Masala mate

personally i would omit the honey and add another tbsp ketchup -

I would add a squeeze of lemon and a tbsp of colman's mint sauce - that would be for me

very nice sounding recipe

best, Rich

Ha ha ha ha awesome mate - absolutely love it

I wonder if you had cooked it in the bag in the oven the plastic might have held it together

ha ha ha ha made my night - thanks for that great post

best, Rich

They look like they came out of the same pan Chewy

very nice

best, Rich

Not had one in ages
Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi

SS i knew you got it mate - i was making sure that folks were aware that this is fully cooked .

Made again today and will make some more tomorrow - made up too much mix for the size of the cans i use.

I use the QBB Ghee cans that we have here - excellent to use because they have their own plastic lid - so when you put it in the fridge to keep for a couple of days the lid id on...

best, Rich

SS as far as taste mate - its OK taste wise - not sure what the real deal taste is back in Blighty been that long mate to be honest - I put in the post if anyone had any other spice recipe - but no one has come forward with one..
As it happens i making this again today for tonights salad - with the hot sauce and yogurt mint - salad - etc its great

The thing is with this - this is cooked through after you take it out of the can - so this aint raw meat -

It does make a decent amount to be honest - haven't frozen any yet but - had it on and off for a week - i like it

best, Rich

Just a bit of useless info - Carnation Evap milk was used at all the t/a's i worked in 20+ years ago

best, Rich

Fellas

The Whats for dinner thread I started was to encourage members to return to the site - its like shopping in a supermarket whilst you are in there you pick up on something else -

This is still the best forum on the net for bir curry info -

I did notice that most of the criticism on this thread appears to come from members with 2 or 5 posts - unfortunately if so called long term members had contributed to this site there would certainly be a lot more debate and conversations going on.

best, Rich

Naga

Its so simple mate - mix up and stuff in a can and cook - cant get much easier !

If you like more spices or you have a different recipe try -

Hope to hear of see the results

best, Rich