Quote from: martinvic on January 27, 2026, 08:47 PM
This is Lidl, I don't get to Aldi. Next time they have a Taste of Asia week I'll have a look, sometimes they have proper brand names, not just their own.

Thanks Martin. I am always confusing Aldi with Lidl

Have a bottle of the Xmas Limited Edition Kikkoman somewhere, but I can't find it.

Rob

Quote from: martinvic on January 25, 2026, 08:16 PM
If anyone is interested, it's Ramadan week at Lidl from Thursday.
Spices, rice, flour etc. on sale.

https://www.lidl.co.uk/c/ramadan/a10087140

I wish my nearest Aldi was a bit closer. Could do with some more dark soy. I wonder if they do Kikkoman or Chinese brands. Found out before Christmas that the supermarket own brands and Amoy, Asia, etc., are absolutely rubbish quality. 10 % soy, if you are lucky. The rest is caramel and chemicals. Kikkoman is proper fermented soy.

Rob

Haven't tried it yet. Arrived yesterday. This is the mix powder that Steven Heap recommends on his YouTube channel.



Plan a chicken curry first, then madras/vindaloo.

Rob

Quote from: Robbo141 on January 24, 2026, 07:19 PM
The base gravy experiment was a great success. Made Instant Pot chicken biryani, diluting the base gravy with water to cook the rice rather than the usual water only. Turned out great, well worth trying.  Having it again tonight, reheated with fried egg on top.

Robbo

I often sneak in a beaten egg.

Rob

Forgot to add descriptions.

Chicken tikka
Kashmiri lamb (half shoulder)
Sirloin steak (and an onion)
Masala fish (sea bass)
Samphire crinkle cuts
Pani Puri
Julian's Pakistani Karahi
Paneer biryani (with toasted cashew nuts).

This one is Masala fish (sea bream)



Rob

I like his channel Robbo. Does some interesting stuff.

Rob

Quote from: martinvic on January 16, 2026, 01:40 PM
Guess most of us didn't want to mess our hair up. 

 

Rob

Rob

After all this time finally found out why my balti was destined for the bin. Not something that I had considered, but now obvious. It had been burnt beyond recognition. Did the same to a batch of Shababs base recently myself. My mistake. Lid seal of the pressure cooker hadn't seated properly. I wondered why it wasn't getting up to pressure. Got distracted and left it too long before checking what was going on. Ended up with a good inch and a half of dark bilge on the bottom of the pressure cooker. Scraped it and underneath it was caked in black soot. Took ages to clean. No rescuing this one either.

Rob

Good to hear Martin. Were you not given any Christmas crackers though? I used to like wearing the paper hats It looks like a few of your party brought their own.

Rob