dried mine for 6 hours in fan assisted oven @ 50?C

and they taste just great. Have frozen some, dried some , made chilli jam from some and also a chilli chutney - oh nearly forgot - a chilli flavoured olive oil too.  Apart from losing one plant while I was away in hols summer (too much water !) - rest are blazing away just fine and our now in the conservatory for the winter

And you didn't exactly rave about the 7 spices, cheadle - which for me puts a question mark on your councils joint palates judgement.

Try the Swadesh, Bowdon & let me know what you think.

my experience?  8 years living in the Middle East - travelling all over - including India, far east.  Dubai has Asian cuisine par excellence - the likes of which I have never tasted elsewhere.

Curry Mile - Rusholme ? - forget it for me !!

so Razor - where would you recommend in my neck of the woods - Manchester?

For me - Jai Kathmandu, Northenden, Swadesh, Bowdon, 7 Spices Cheadle Hulme - all excellent.

Forget Hilal Timperley

so where did u eat Paul?  Only just seen your post - so too late to recommend - but Seven Spices was recommended by me here on this site and not too far from the airport.

Also the Dilli in Altrincham is good

also Swadesh in Bowdon

and Jai Kathmandu in Northendedn - all aclose to M/cr airport

just done your dish today robo- - very good sauce & missus liked it too along with buzzs sauce - I prefer robothrobos sauce to buzzs - but wife liked both ( I did buzzs at same time - but Robos chicken still marinading - get to cook that tomorrow)  I also did Heston Blumenthals Chicken Tikka Massalla - one on the bone & one off - prefer the on the bone bit - off cooked too quickly.  I'd forget his brine marinade overnight in this recipe - too salty for me.  His sauce quite good - but not what i would describe as butter chicken which he likens it too.

None of the sauces here tried (3) by me in this run anyhting like a genuine Indian butter chicken that I know well from Dubai - but it won't stop me trying !

just done your dish today buzz - whole leg of chicken as per tikka on the bone - very good & missus liked it too - I prefer robothrobos sauce to yours - but wife liked both ( I did Robos at same time - but his chicken still marinading - get to cook that tomorrow)  I also did Heston Blumenthals Chicken Tikka Massalla - one on the bone & one off - prefer the on the bone bit - off cooked too quickly.  I'd forget his brine marinade overnight in this recipe - too salty for me.  His sauce quite good - but not what i would describe as butter chicken which he likens it too.

None of the sauces here tried (3) by me in this run anyhting like a genuine Indian butter chicken that I know well from Dubai - but it won't stop me trying !

any one tried this & result??

yes m8 same place - it was next to the Post Office at Spring Gardens.

Prices are still uppy at the new Seven Spices in Cheadle Hulme - but you get what you apy for - food second to none.

Also another excellent authentic Indian in Bowdon - just opposite the Church - & also pricey - but fantastic food for a change - you can keep the curry mile for me at Rusholme - I've had the real stuff in the middle east & this 'fake' made for western palates stuff does nowt for me !

my 5 new plants are outside - & starting to form chillis - so the beasties must be at work 'cos i aint touched 'em at all