This is definitely my fave naan recipe. I've just made a huge batch of peshwaris with it and they're delish!

Thanks again Cory

Sorry ast, that was the only menu I could find, but all jalfrezis are made that way that I know of, it's not particular to just that takeaway, I've never been served a jalfrezi without egg Whether it's in a back-street takeaway or big restaurants with award-winning chefs

Quote from: smokenspices on February 16, 2008, 09:30 PM
Domi, I think I'd prefer your Mango's (option) to Secret Santa's honey pot - every time.  :

pmsl....Secret Satan's honey pot...reminds me of a less than reputable adult site I came across the other day (or should I say stumbled across). :-[

Quote from: Cory Ander on February 16, 2008, 11:02 PM

I remember a takeaway owner  coming to me (this is in Cambridge Domi), all concerned, because his new chef was stirring an egg into his Kormas (towards the end of cooking).  He wanted to know if I liked it (which I did).  I got the impression it was a point of conflict between him and his new chef.  I sometimes add an egg to my kormas now.

Maybe his new chef was from "oop north" CA? ;D

But JBR didn't make a chicken sag balti, he didn't deserve the win

Hi ast

I'm not making it up lol Have you really never tried curried eggs? It does put the old wind-factor up a notch though





BTW SnS you can get jaggery from spicesofindia if you can't find it locally although I'd suggest the mango chutney every time lol

Apologies for hijacking the thread too :-[

lol try it with a nice mango chutney SnS

I found a recipe on Delia.com which uses mango chutney if you're interested...
http://www.deliaonline.com/messageboard/7/24995/thread.html

If you look at the replies and their authors, it may also interest some other members that despite one of the replies come from someone with ten years experience, he doesn't know what a pathia is or where it comes from....or maybe the restaurant he's worked in never sold any :

I wonder if there are regional variations (UK-wise) on what each curry actually is

I live very close to Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford and Dewsbury (all very heavily populated with curry houses ;D ) but Jalfrezis as I know them have to be cooked using peas and beaten egg (the beaten egg seems to be added last and sits like scrambled egg through the curry....might not sound nice to some, but trust me, it's delicious! ) I've never ordered a Jalfrezi from any restaurant/takeaway that has not had egg added and believe me over the years that racks up to an awful lot! yet I've never seen a recipe posted anywhere that actually uses them. :-X

It's the same with pathias......a pathia as I know them (and I've never had one that's been any different) has extensive use of mango/mango chutney, again, I've not seen any recipes posted that make them this way, so I have to ask, are all the curry houses I've ever used making curries wrong? I've made pathias using the non-mango recipes and have found them all to be sadly lacking

Is it just a Yorkshire thing?

BTW, I made a curry yesterday using a batch of Darth's base that I found in the back of the freezer from a heckuva long time ago, alot of the water in it had evaporated in the freezer over time, leaving me with about half of the base originally put in there....the colour had darkened to a burnished orangey colour but the flavour had intensified the resulting curry was fan-bloody-tastic (I didn't add any water, I wanted to see if there was any difference)  but I didn't follow a recipe, just bunged in what I liked. What I ended up with was a cross between a jalfrezi with madras heat....albeit with a fried onion puree which I use in dopiazas...the curry had the taste, the smell and the lure of a bisto gravy to the local young thugs

I wish I'd written down the recipe, it was definitely one of the best curries I've ever made. I just wish I knew if it was down to the bases partially freeze-drying or to the mix of spices I used

admin's new base

ah bugger it! I'm a huge fan of Darth's base for milder to medium curries and ya can't beat Stew's base for hotter curries, that said, I haven't tried all of the bases yet....but Ifindforu's is next on my list

pmsl I was only joking luv

I'd post a reply meself but I'm far too self conscious now that you've pointed out it's a bit like blowing yer own trumpet