Curry (and Indian cooking) for beginners

[Morning Glory]

Thanks for the tip, I will check it out. I am mostly interested in vegetarian recipes, or anything with lamb.

Well as it happens I cook lamb curry quite often as well as a lot of vegetarian. I'll find a few links to recipes on the forum later.

 

[Morning Glory]

Perhaps MG would like to make these posts into a new thread on how to make a curry, for beginners.

CD

Done.

 

[vernplum]

Thanks for the tip, I will check it out. I am mostly interested in vegetarian recipes, or anything with lamb.

Lamb Madras I made last weekend:

It’s from The Curry Guy Bible book which I got at Christmas. He has a video of it here:

 

[LissaC]

vernplum that looks yummy!

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Several years ago my job sent me to an Indian household, I was there for a couple of hours. The lady of the house (she did not speak English) went to the kitchen and half an hour later she came back and placed a home made curry in front of me and gestured for me to eat. That was the best Indian curry I have ever eaten, so much so I have never been to an UK Indian restaurant since, it was so different from what I expected.

 

[rascal]

Our curries here in nz are very popular. My fave is pepper bridge. I've been cooking curries for 15 years. I think I've perfected butter chicken and tandoori. We have curry nights here for the whole family. Samosas, Dahl, bhajees , tandoori lamb cutlets, butter chicken etc.
I've just made 35 veges samosas and 35 beef samosas for the freezer. I make these twice a year.

Russ

 

[LissaC]

Several years ago my job sent me to an Indian household, I was there for a couple of hours. The lady of the house (she did not speak English) went to the kitchen and half an hour later she came back and placed a home made curry in front of me and gestured for me to eat. That was the best Indian curry I have ever eaten, so much so I have never been to an UK Indian restaurant since, it was so different from what I expected.

My grandparents lived in Mozambique where there was a big indian community at the time. Every family/household has their own curry mix (the combination of spices uses differs greatly between families) and their definition of spicy is different than most people's too 😀 I feel this is a difficult concept for western cooks to grasp, that a dish can have a name but not a standard recipe. It's also what makes it beautiful, every curry is different and unique.

 

[rascal]

My grandparents lived in Mozambique where there was a big indian community at the time. Every family/household has their own curry mix (the combination of spices uses differs greatly between families) and their definition of spicy is different than most people's too 😀 I feel this is a difficult concept for western cooks to grasp, that a dish can have a name but not a standard recipe. It's also what makes it beautiful, every curry is different and unique.

I have my own Garam masala along with others on here. Amazing smell!!

Russ

 

[Sticky Fingers]

I have my own Garam masala along with others on here. Amazing smell!!

Russ

What's in yours

 

[rascal]

What's in yours

the usual suspects that I mix with a Sri Lankan mix I have here. Dry roast cumin coriander fennel peppercorns seeds then grind with about another 5 things. Cassia bark etc.

Russ

 

[Yorky]

Is it near Nana? I think I've been there.

It used to be on the north side of Sukhumvit between sois 11 and 13 but I believe that it has been moved to the south side further west toward soi 4. It's now called New Bukhara.

 

[Yorky]

the usual suspects that I mix with a Sri Lankan mix I have here. Dry roast cumin coriander fennel peppercorns seeds then grind with about another 5 things. Cassia bark etc.

Russ

This is my garam masala (North Indian courtesy of Madhur Jaffrey).

Black peppercorns, cinnamon, nutmeg, black cardamom seeds, black cumin seeds and cloves.

 

[Yorky]

Thanks for the tip, I will check it out. I am mostly interested in vegetarian recipes, or anything with lamb.

In my opinion this is an excellent vegetarian dish (but I could be wrong because I'm not vegetarian myself). I've been cooking it for well over 30 years now and never tire of it. However, it's not easy to make and some of the ingredients may be difficult to obtain in your area.

Egg and potato dum

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• Yorky
• 8 Jul 2020

 

[Yorky]

The basic curry that I cook (and have done for 30 odd years) is actually BIR. The initial recipe came from David Smith but I've tweaked it a little over the years.

Yorky's Curry

In the last 20 years I've made discoveries of other curries for which I can obtain the ingredients and they are pretty easy to cook. A staple for me has become Chicken Kohlapuri over the last few years.

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• Yorky
• 12 Sep 2020

Then there's egg, chips and beans which of course doesn't sound at all Indian but it is the way I prepare it...

Have fun cooking and eating Indian food.

 

[Yorky]

.....or anything with lamb.

This is a slight variation on Madhur Jaffrey's Rogan Josh (red lamb stew). I don't cook it very often because lamb is quite scarce here.

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• Yorky
• 7 Aug 2020