Quote from: George on November 18, 2014, 10:57 AM
It reminded me of amazing flavours from hotel restaurants in North India itself.

One of the best curries I ever ate was in 1986 in a mess room on an Omani construction site. The kitchens catered for three thousand Asian workers who invited me there to try the chicken curry. I saw them preparing the chickens earlier in the day, and they looked more like Road Runner than what Tesco turn out. When cooked it was delicious. Far better than anything you could experience on today's high street.

Looking back, it was probably this experience that set me on my path of cooking curries to the extent that I do.

Quote from: commis on May 25, 2013, 05:28 PM
Hi
T63, saw your post before I headed to the library this morning and guess what. Curries and Spicy Dishes for your slow cooker, author Kris Dhillon. I don't have a slow cooker but I'll give it a thumb.
Regards

I saw this book on Amazon for six quid, is it worth a go? Has anyone else seen it?

Quote from: TheCurryBible on November 18, 2014, 09:14 AM
Just curious as to whether anyone on here was interested in what I, probably incorrectly, refer to as "Gourmet Curry"? By that I mean less BIR as such, and more akin to the gourmet Indian fusion cuisine created in places like the Cinnamon Club etc.Thanks

I think Gourmet Curries is a rather apt description and is something that some curry aficionados hanker for. The BIR has changed drastically over the last 20 years, and not for the best. What is served up in BIR's these days is a poor comparison to that which used to be found. The food standards are inconsistent and to my palate all taste the same.
For many years now I have mostly avoided BIR's and gone for two other options. The eateries that started out serving local Asian communities like Tayyabs and the Lahore which are now more frequented by us "white invaders", and the gourmet places you suggest, like Cinnamon Kitchen, Benares or my all time favourite La Porte Des Indes which serves Indian food with a twist of the French colonies.

I actually think the days of the BIR are numbered and, whilst I do not see them disappearing completely, I think that small towns like the one I live in will see the numbers reduce from the current four in town to one or two. Hopefully then those left will compete on quality rather than cost and quantity and I could once again enjoy a decent meal rather than the sludge they currently send out.

Until then it is the local Thai for a curry or my kitchen for a trad Indian.

T63

Quote from: livo on November 01, 2014, 09:19 PM
I don't think that's what the OP was after as 1 hour is hardly "slow-cooked".  My PC has a slow cook mode that is programmed for 8 hours.  Put it together in the morning and come home to a cooked meal is what the OP was after.

I would ideally like a tried and tested recipe where all the raw ingredients are put into the slow cooker at silly o'clock in the morning and 12 to 13 hours later when we get home a nice Ruby is waiting.

Probably wishful thinking unless I can find an Alchemist.

The weird son who"doesn't really like curry" is round Sunday with the grandpups so I think I will knock up a cannelloni for lunch. I use a really nice Ragu from Georgio Locattelli as the filling, my question is does anyone have an alternative Ragu, preferably a little looser that GL's that is tried and tested?

I do like a little experimentation over the weekend!

Quote from: tempest63 on November 28, 2014, 10:40 PM

Quote from: livo on November 27, 2014, 03:07 AM
So how was the Rogan Josh?

Beautiful as ever. It is my most cooked curry but I did see something in Curry Brilliant that took my fancy so that may be the next project

The wife wants the Highway Chicken Curry that I posted in the Trad section for dinner tonight and the weird son that "doesn't really like curry" is round Sunday so I may do a cannelloni then. Bang goes the lamb curry for another week!

T63

Quote from: Stephen Lindsay on November 21, 2014, 06:26 PM
For those who think that society is soft on offenders, we are putting more people in jail now than at any time in the last few decades at the cost of thousands per person. So if you want to lock up more people then there will need to be more prisons built, all at the expense of us tax payers.

And I bet the dirty stinkin' crim's get free curry when they're banged up.

Talking of hanging, there are still 4 pheasants in the shed from last Saturday...destined only for the bin now. What a shame!

I'm listening to the (moderated) traffic that is belting up and down my little road at silly O'clock on a Saturday morning.

No shooting today, just a well earned lie-in and it sounds like someone has diverted the M25 past my window.

T63

Quote from: tempest63 on November 29, 2014, 07:59 AM
If you fancy a treat, park near Aldgate and go to Tayyabs in Fieldgate Street, but then hit the grocers opposite the Mosque at the Hanbury Street junction and stock up with all manner of goodies.

Travel a bit further on into Commercial Road and seek out one of the Lahore restaurants, I think there are still two operating down that way, and they are also great. In fact any of the eateries springing up to serve the locals near the Mosque are generally good value and great food, just not BIR.

The menus, if one exists, will have chicken or lamb curry, maybe with spinach or potatoes but don't expect to see the likes of Korma, madras and vindaloo. They don't exist in these trad places.