Another useful vid Chris, ... I know the book is worth waiting for 

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Ken

Apologies for going off topic slightly but has anyone got the link for 'blade's recipe for chicken tikka' ... I can't find it 

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Ken

 ... along with the perfect accompaniment 

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Ken

Nice one    are they Kashmiri chillies Chris?

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Ken

Quote from: Phil [Chaa006] on August 12, 2013, 07:48 PM

Quote from: rshome123 on August 12, 2013, 07:41 PM
Although the ones that my local Asian grocery store tend to be slightly thinner and delicate than the 'Sharwoods' type of poppadom that you usually find in BIRs.

I think you'll find that most BIRs that serve the more robust type of papad buy either TRS Madras or Rajah Madras pappadum.  These should be available at the better Asian stores, although some stock only the thinner ones that are truly difficult to cook to perfection.

** Phil.

I'll second that. The Sharwood Pappadums don't cook up too well. The last ones I had were very thick, therefore when I fried them they were covered in bubbles    ... it could also be because they are not dried out properly 

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Ken

Quote from: Gav Iscon on August 07, 2013, 02:48 PM
That does indeed look scrumptious. Will you be posting a recipe Mike?

... and maybe a video  you've not done one for a while, have you plans for any more?
Great looking curry 

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Ken

Phil, interesting question, although we can't get away from the fact that all the decent, and not so decent, BIR restaurants first fry off the spices in oil to get maximum flavour extraction, I think that moving away from this method is somewhat like re-inventing the wheel.
After watching the excellent 'Rick Stein's India' series it became apparent that the common theme was to fry the spices in oil, this has been the way for hundreds of years (maybe thousands) I'm sure other methods would have been tried (?)

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Ken

Phil, it is said our taste buds change every seven years, maybe you have reached a seven year mark 

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Ken

Quote from: Garp on August 04, 2013, 10:04 PM
The one, and only, thing that bugs me about this site is the attempts by some people to sell shite ...

So far, the e-books that former members have offered up for sale (for the price of a decent pint) have certainly not been 'shite'.  If any of the established and knowledgable regulars on this 'site formulated their recipes in e-book form for sale I would certainly purchase them, I think they deserve the recognition for the effort they have put in.
These e-books are not 'get rich quick' solutions.

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Ken

It's looking promising  Once we recieve this book, CBM's, and Chris's (h4ppy-chris) I don't think we will need much more info to get the result we want.
I might be wrong, comments welcome.

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Ken