A Question For Curry Experts (home made type)

[Reynard]

Wouldn't want to try that in a slow cooker though, as the chillis will disintegrate...

 

[Grant Fondo]

Wouldn't want to try that in a slow cooker though, as the chillis will disintegrate...

Agree but would never do a curry in a slow cooker.
Have always followed advice from a Sri Lankan mate, boil onions garlic and ginger for 15 mins then blend to make lovely smooth base sauce and always toast spices before adding to sauce

 

[Reynard]

Agree but would never do a curry in a slow cooker.
Have always followed advice from a Sri Lankan mate, boil onions garlic and ginger for 15 mins then blend to make lovely smooth base sauce and always toast spices before adding to sauce

Fair enough. I use a method given to me by a pakistani friend from my uni undergrad days; to cook sliced onions and chopped tomatoes long and slow with the spices before adding the meat / veggies etc. And then finishing off with a good dollop of yoghurt. Slow cooker is the bees knees for that.

But that's what I love about curries - they're so diverse and there's no one right way of making them.

 

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[Globalti]

I used to have an Indian colleague, who, in a moment of beer-fuelled bravado in a restaurant, claimed he ate green chillis. Green chillis were duly obtained and he popped one in his mouth and began chewing; his face was an absolute picture as the heat began to build up. He ended up grabbing a jug of water and gulping down a couple of glasses. Oh how we laughed.

 

[Sbudge]

The hottest fresh chillies we've found so far are the Trinidad Scorpions, noticeably warmer than the usual Ghosts. I made an extra batch of sauce with the Scorpions and my tester (mad sister-in-law) had to reach for the yoghurt. (She goes through a jar of the 'regular' ghost chilli sauce every month). The 'Stupid' batch is still maturing but should be ready by March in time for Persian New Year.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Respect to all the hot chilli officionados but i have trashed so many curries by overdosing on the blighters...my local does a duck curry that balances ludicrous sour heat with mellowness that is a real winner.

 

[keithmac]

I used to have an Indian colleague, who, in a moment of beer-fuelled bravado in a restaurant, claimed he ate green chillis. Green chillis were duly obtained and he popped one in his mouth and began chewing; his face was an absolute picture as the heat began to build up. He ended up grabbing a jug of water and gulping down a couple of glasses. Oh how we laughed.

Me and the wife were out with her sister and the brother in law for a curry years back.

I ordered a Ceylon I think and we were all happily eating when the BIL asked for a taste of mine. He had a spoonful, went white as a sheet then bright red and ran off to the toilets.

I honestly thought he was going to take a turn for the worse!, came back 5 minutes later sweating.

Not learning his lesson a few years back we were having a party and sipping the chilli vodka (it had quite kick to it), he had a shot and instantly ran off to the toilet again, instant reaction!.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Me and the wife were out with her sister and the brother in law for a curry years back.

I ordered a Ceylon I think and we were all happily eating when the BIL asked for a taste of mine. He had a spoonful, went white as a sheet then bright red and ran off to the toilets.

I honestly thought he was going to take a turn for the worse!, came back 5 minutes later sweating.

Not learning his lesson a few years back we were having a party and sipping the chilli vodka (it had quite kick to it), he had a shot and instantly ran off to the toilet again, instant reaction!.

What a lightweight! Practice makes perfect.

 

[dim]

dunno .... I work for several Indian and Pakistani clients and they always give me a snack/meal when I work for them ... none of the curries which I have had are hot hot .... but what I can say is that this is not the type of curry that you get from your local take away .... many of my clients are vegetarian

very tasty and spicy (but with the correct amount of spice/kick) .... I recently had a curry made of cauliflower .... amazing

I could easily give up meat and become a vegan if I could cook this way

I enjoy a hot curry but taste a medium curry made from a pro and you will realize that there's a lot more to a good curry than heat

 

[keithmac]

A mate went over to India for a month or more with work.

He ate the local food and said the curry's were excellent as well, nothing like we have over here.

Would love to try a "real" Indian just to see what they're like.

 

[bonsaibilly]

Scotch bonnets are Caribbean so I wouldn't use them. Try to get some Bangladeshi naga chillies and serve them chopped on the side. If he can eat a curry with a load of them sprinkled on top then fair dos.

Incidentally it does make a difference cooking them as the essence of the chilli disperses throughout the sauce and alters the flavour of both the sauce and the solid bits of chilli.

 

[Reynard]

To be honest, I like my curries no more than medium. I like a certain amount of heat, but definitely not to the detriment of flavour. And imho food from the subcontinent is all about some truly fantastic flavours.

 

[Grant Fondo]

To be honest, I like my curries no more than medium. I like a certain amount of heat, but definitely not to the detriment of flavour. And imho food from the subcontinent is all about some truly fantastic flavours.

Yes agree with that but for me a good vindaloo now and again does the job but needs to be cooked from scratch not just a medium base sauce with a load of last minute chilli thrown in as is offer the case. going back to Dims point about cauliflower it's one of the best vindaloos with potato and quite vinegary certainly not everyone's cup of Darjeeling

 

[ColinJ]

Did they then explain that it was a lamb hotpot?

My taste buds are not THAT insensitive!

I have only eaten meat once since 1984, and that was by accident. I was under intense pressure at work and so I had been in the office for over 24 hours. We ordered pizzas and when they arrived I grabbed mine and wolfed it down. A moment later I heard a voice from the other side of the office call out "Has anybody got my pepperoni pizza - there's only a vegetarian one left here?" Oh crap - I was so tired that I had forgotten I was vegetarian!

A veggie friend once had to explain to a host that chicken does actually count as meat!