Chilli con carne

[Bailo]

You won't believe what the other ingredient is

"Two ingredients you won't believe are in butter chicken!"

[Hassony]

You won't believe what the other ingredient is

Baked beans?

[pipnasty]

Does anyone make their own curries? I enjoy making them, and they are pretty good, but I only do the one recipe. Does anyone have ones that they do and are good?

 

All of the time - love making curries. Chicken methi is lovely and also one of the easiest to make.

 

Fry half an onion slowly

Add chopped garlic and ginger

Then add chicken - it's best to get chicken on the bone if you can. Brown the chicken for a few minutes

Then add half a tin of tomatoes or fresh tomatoes.

Then add a chopped chilli, a teaspoon of turmeric, quarter of a teaspoon of chilli powder, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of garam masala and then two tablespoons of dried methi.

Then add about 2 inches of water to the pan and bring it to the boil. 

Put a lid on the pan and lower it to a simmer and cook it for about 45 mins.

Take the chicken off the bone and then reduce the sauce until it is thick and that's it.

 

PS - if you want to make it more like a curry shop recipe, just add another 10 tablespoons of oil and replace most of the chicken with large chunks of onion

Edited January 5, 2018 by Pipnasty

[muleskinner]

Ghee is what you need but it kills you

[cymrococh]

Yes - the lamb madras one that was on Saturday Kitchen a few years back remains a firm favourite

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/lamb_madras_with_bombay_09160

That is absolutely lush.

 

For christmas I got a recipe book of Indian recipes as they are made in British Indian Restaurants, rathern than their authentic equivalent (if one exists). Looking forward to getting into that.

[Swan Red]

PS - if you want to make it more like a curry shop recipe, just add another 10 tablespoons of oil and replace most of the chicken with large chunks of onion

 

Lol yeah, but still that sounds good

[Jarg Armani]

All of the time - love making curries. Chicken methi is lovely and also one of the easiest to make.

 

Fry half an onion slowly

Add chopped garlic and ginger

Then add chicken - it's best to get chicken on the bone if you can. Brown the chicken for a few minutes

Then add half a tin of tomatoes or fresh tomatoes.

Then add a chopped chilli, a teaspoon of turmeric, quarter of a teaspoon of chilli powder, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of garam masala and then two tablespoons of dried methi.

Then add about 2 inches of water to the pan and bring it to the boil. 

Put a lid on the pan and lower it to a simmer and cook it for about 45 mins.

Take the chicken off the bone and then reduce the sauce until it is thick and that's it.

 

PS - if you want to make it more like a curry shop recipe, just add another 10 tablespoons of oil and replace most of the chicken with large chunks of onion

 

Is methi fenugreek?

[muleskinner]

Is methi fenugreek?

yes

[Falconhoof]

It’s strange that we have a herb called fenugreek but no other herbs ending in greek

mignogreek

hardigreek

Just 2 possible examples off the top of my head.

[New York Red]

Have you asked Fyds mrs for the Malaysian curry recipe ?

Haven’t cooked one for ages

I get best results from blending the onions into a paste before frying them, then same with garlic and ginger.

That’s a base, then add spices mix to the frying stuff to make a paste.

Fresh tomatoes instead of tinned.

 

Get a good store cupboard of thinks like onion seeds and asfoetifda etc.

That’s something I’ve never thought of before. Thank you. I’ve got a good inventory of spices but fresh makes such a big difference. I think I’m going to order a spice grinder.

[New York Red]

Edit. Great tips everyone. Thank you. I’ve got some experimenting to do.

[Falconhoof]

That’s something I’ve never thought of before. Thank you. I’ve got a good inventory of spices but fresh makes such a big difference. I think I’m going to order a spice grinder.

That’s ok. You can pay me in vintage stereo equipment.

[Swan Red]

Frying spices off when doing a curry makes a difference

[Gethin]

I've got a great curry house up the road so I can't be arsed making curries. 

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Madhur Jaffery has some good recipes. No shortcuts. Stuff where if you want curry on Sat night, make it Friday so it can sit. f***ing amazing if you can be bothered

[Swan Red]

I've got a great curry house up the road so I can't be arsed making curries. 

 

Gethin you spend half your life smoking stuff, you can enjoy the process as well like as you know.

[Hus]

Frying spices off when doing a curry makes a difference

 

So true, otherwise they taste raw

[Gethin]

Gethin you spend half your life smoking stuff, you can enjoy the process as well like as you know.

 

I get that - it's just one type of food I've never needed to learn to cook myself as I've always had good ones close by

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

 

Well it adds yellow bits to your sh*t, if that's what you mean.

I think of this post often when changing nappies.

 

7 years ago. Christ.

[D.Boon]

I get that - it's just one type of food I've never needed to learn to cook myself as I've always had good ones close by

Find take away curries dreadful usually. There's 2 cracking curry houses in town but neither do takeaway.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

I think of this post often when changing nappies.

 

7 years ago. Christ.

 

don't

[EC_Red]

I made butter chicken last night, it was pretty good, I think the secret is a lot of butter.

 

Haha. Ghee + full cream would've been the secret, I thought.

[DazzlaJ]

I follow Als Kitchen on youtube, get decent results.

[New York Red]

That’s ok. You can pay me in vintage stereo equipment.

 

 

Molby got the lot. I think he flogged it. 

[New York Red]

Madhur Jaffery has some good recipes. No shortcuts. Stuff where if you want curry on Sat night, make it Friday so it can sit. f***ing amazing if you can be bothered

 

 

Funnily enough, I went to her restaurant on 58th Street the other day. It was probably the best curry I've ever had in America. Dawat -- ever been there?