Quote from: moonster on October 05, 2022, 12:53 PMCan this curry base be used as a standard base for any curry recipe or is it just recommended for Balti`s?

Not only can it be used for standard BIR fare I would highly recommend it for that purpose.

Quote from: Lahore Bob on September 17, 2022, 01:30 PM
Al reveals the secret ingredient for the Birmingham balti.

Flames!

At least he doesn't talk on this one. His voice always triggers me.

In my younger days it would easily be four curries a week, not counting the chicken biryani and sauce eaten at least four times a week at lunchtime (happy days). Now I'm lucky if it's one a week. And for some unfathomable reason and despite being desperate to get on with the next balti base, I can't seem to empty the freezer out enough to let me freeze a batch of base sauce.

I'm also experimenting with different foods and eating times to try to cure my nocturia with very beneficial results. And quite serendipitously, I've massively reduced my morning stiffness (calm down) due to inherited osteoarthritis. The transformation is quite magical. Who needs doctors (yes I'm talking about you Dr Ashkan you useless, overpaid sawbones).

So, to be clear, for MDB's balti sauce we should be using cassia, right?

I've just bought a kilo of true Ceylon cinnamon so have plenty to go around if that's what should be used instead, though I doubt it should be used here.

I was just contemplating Misty Ricardo's balti base where he adds whole garam masala and then blends it at the end so it's left in the sauce. I wondered what the difference would be, if any, in grinding garam masala powder from the same whole spices and adding that in instead of the whole masala. I think it would be better to do it that way if it made no difference to the flavour and I can't really think of why it would.

Quote from: livo on September 06, 2022, 01:54 AM
It appears to me that they are all Baltis but you can either get the bog standard or the other "named dishes" with the additional ingredients.  That's the way I read the menu anyhow.

But are the creamy dishes also baltis? If so it must only be by virtue of using the balti base. Do these balti houses run two different base sauces, a balti one and a standard BIR one?

Thinking about making my next balti base I'm getting a bit confuddled with the options. Should I now make the original recipe MDB base or the rehashed, easier version? Or should I make the other balti base, which I've now completely forgotten where it is or what it's called?

Quote from: Lahore Bob on September 06, 2022, 08:43 AMHere's an idea.  We should all buy one and send them to each other as Xmas presents.  What do you think?   

We'd have to be right mugs to do that.

Quote from: Lahore Bob on September 05, 2022, 12:24 PMSeriously though, cookery. Will you be getting back on top of game anytime soon? 

I'm keen to but freezer space is at a premium still. I need to wolf a couple of pizzas and maybe then I can begin.

Quote from: Peripatetic Phil on September 04, 2022, 10:38 PMby the time you have discarded the wings you would not have a lot left ...

Discard the wings?!

That's the best bit.