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Curry recipes

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EW GURU
Latest post on 15 June 2011 - 16:05

Hello Ladies,

I'm looking for some good curry recipes. I have noticed that this is one cuisine where I am quite lost and if making anything resort to using jars. I love using lots of different spices but don't really know where to start. Also I really do not like chilli/pepper very much. I know they are a key ingredient but I quickly find things too hot. If anyone has some good recipes for things like butter chicken or chicken korma I would be very grateful. Also looking to bake some nice breads such as naan to go with it.

TIA.

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EW GURU
Latest post on 14 July 2011 - 10:40
Sharing my tried and tested butter chicken recipe:- My husband loves butter chicken and saw this recipe and had to make it, it was delicious. Thank you for the recipe Bubble Trouble :) Aww...am glad...another foodie enjoying!! :O) u r welcome!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 05 July 2011 - 20:01
Sharing my tried and tested butter chicken recipe:- Ingredients: •1 kg boneless chicken skin removed •Juice of 1 lime •Salt to taste •1 tsp red chilli powder (adjust to suit your taste) •6 cloves •8-10 peppercorns •1" stick of cinnamon •2 bay leaves •8-10 almonds •Seeds from 3-4 pods of cardamom •1 cup fresh yoghurt (must not be sour) •3 tbsps vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil •2 onions chopped •2 tsps garlic paste •1 tsp ginger paste •2 tsps coriander powder •1 tsp cumin powder •1/4 tsp turmeric powder •1 can (400g or 14 oz) of tomato paste •1/2 litre chicken stock •2 tbsps kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves) •3 tbsps unmelted, soft butter •Salt to taste •Coriander leaves to garnish Preparation: •Mix the chicken, lime juice, salt and red chilli powder in a large, non-metallic bowl. Cover and allow to marinate for 1 hour. •Heat a flat pan or griddle on medium heat and gently roast (stirring frequently) the cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaves and almonds till they darken slightly. Cool and add the cardamom seeds. Now grind into a coarse powder in a clean, dry coffee grinder. •Mix the yoghurt, above whole spice powder (from previous step), coriander, cumin and turmeric powders together and add them to the chicken. Allow to marinate for another hour. •Heat the oil in a deep pan on medium heat. When hot, add the onions. Fry till a pale golden brown in color and then add the ginger and garlic pastes. Fry for a minute. •Add only the chicken from the chicken-spice mix and fry till sealed (chicken will turn opaque and the flesh will go from pink to whitish in color). •Now add the tomato paste, chicken stock, kasuri methi and remaining part of the yogurt-spice mix to the chicken. •Cook till the chicken is tender and the gravy is reduced to half its original volume. •Melt the butter in another small pan and then pour it over the chicken. •Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with Naan and Kaali Daal. •For an authentic and traditional cooked-over-the-coals flavour: When the Butter Chicken is cooked, make a small bowl shape with aluminum foil and place it on top of the curry ('floating' on it). Heat a briquette of charcoal on an open flame till red hot and gently put the charcoal in to the aluminum foil bowl. Cover the dish immediately. Remove the cover just before serving, discard the foil bowl and charcoal and serve. The curry will be infused with a smokey flavor! My husband loves butter chicken and saw this recipe and had to make it, it was delicious. Thank you for the recipe Bubble Trouble :)
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EW GURU
Latest post on 29 June 2011 - 11:58
Sharing my tried and tested butter chicken recipe:- Ingredients: •1 kg boneless chicken skin removed •Juice of 1 lime •Salt to taste •1 tsp red chilli powder (adjust to suit your taste) •6 cloves •8-10 peppercorns •1" stick of cinnamon •2 bay leaves •8-10 almonds •Seeds from 3-4 pods of cardamom •1 cup fresh yoghurt (must not be sour) •3 tbsps vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil •2 onions chopped •2 tsps garlic paste •1 tsp ginger paste •2 tsps coriander powder •1 tsp cumin powder •1/4 tsp turmeric powder •1 can (400g or 14 oz) of tomato paste •1/2 litre chicken stock •2 tbsps kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves) •3 tbsps unmelted, soft butter •Salt to taste •Coriander leaves to garnish Preparation: •Mix the chicken, lime juice, salt and red chilli powder in a large, non-metallic bowl. Cover and allow to marinate for 1 hour. •Heat a flat pan or griddle on medium heat and gently roast (stirring frequently) the cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaves and almonds till they darken slightly. Cool and add the cardamom seeds. Now grind into a coarse powder in a clean, dry coffee grinder. •Mix the yoghurt, above whole spice powder (from previous step), coriander, cumin and turmeric powders together and add them to the chicken. Allow to marinate for another hour. •Heat the oil in a deep pan on medium heat. When hot, add the onions. Fry till a pale golden brown in color and then add the ginger and garlic pastes. Fry for a minute. •Add only the chicken from the chicken-spice mix and fry till sealed (chicken will turn opaque and the flesh will go from pink to whitish in color). •Now add the tomato paste, chicken stock, kasuri methi and remaining part of the yogurt-spice mix to the chicken. •Cook till the chicken is tender and the gravy is reduced to half its original volume. •Melt the butter in another small pan and then pour it over the chicken. •Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with Naan and Kaali Daal. •For an authentic and traditional cooked-over-the-coals flavour: When the Butter Chicken is cooked, make a small bowl shape with aluminum foil and place it on top of the curry ('floating' on it). Heat a briquette of charcoal on an open flame till red hot and gently put the charcoal in to the aluminum foil bowl. Cover the dish immediately. Remove the cover just before serving, discard the foil bowl and charcoal and serve. The curry will be infused with a smokey flavor!
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EW GURU
Latest post on 16 June 2011 - 13:58
Thanks Haz will have a look at that. KCHRISTINE I like chicken but if it is for another type of protein that is fine too. Thanks.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 15 June 2011 - 17:57
I got a really good recipe for butter chicken from here and have made it several times. I'm sorry I don't know how to link things but if you are interested: do a search on slow cookers, then go to the thread "how often do you use your slow cooker" you will find it there and can print it off.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 15 June 2011 - 16:22
what protein r u looking to use. chicken , lamb ??? i might be able to help :)
 
 

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