Originally Posted by
bigchez
Me and my mates are real geeks about cooking curries from scratch, and have bought all the spices etc from Indian supermarkets. We had a curry night last Friday:
We had Calcutta beef (slowly braised beef in spiced milk), Chicken Vindaloo, Mutton Madras, Lamb Balti, Sheek Kebabs, Saffron Spiced Potatoes, Scented Rice, mint youghurt, Naans and Mango Ice Cream (still in the freezer!) all made from scratch.
Can you put up reciepes!! i havent got any good curry ones and the indian shop wont give me any, he just says go to restaurant
Make this a reciepe thread!!
Warrens chilli:
400g mince
1 large onion rough chopped
2 peppers rough chopped
few mushrooms sliced
1 tin kidney beans
2 tins tomatoes
2 garlic cloves finely chopped
couple squirts tomato puree
1 teaspoon Bovril.
salt and pepper to season
Mixed herbs
chilli powder
paprika
olive oil
Rice
add tablespoon of oil to pan. warm up.
add mince and season
add 1 teaspoon chilli powder
cook until brown and most fats come out meat.
Drain fats off, put mince on kitchen towel in a bowel to soak off more fat.
Soften onions, garlic, then mushrooms and peppers in pan
add 2 teaspoons paprika, 1 teaspoon mixed herb and 1 teaspoon chilli powder and heat the herbs a minute or so before:
adding tinned tomatoes and mince
add teaspoon bovril
drain and rinse the kidney beans.
Add kidney beans
add more spice/herbs to taste
Simmer for about half an hour
Start the rice about 14 mins before chilli is done.
Serves 4!
You will get hang of spices with experience and just sprinkle in about the right amounts with a flick of wrist!