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Please do share the recipe - love a good dhansak 😋
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And the naan recipe is Gemma Stafford’s multi purpose ‘Crazy Dough’ recipe. Her YouTube channel is called Bigger Bolder Baking.

I like using ghee in measured amounts - it is worth it definitely in certain recipes, I always use it if I’m making dupiaza. I don’t use it all the time though cos of the sat fats like you say! Lasts forever too
I might take the plunge and try it (and try to keep it under control) Also useful to know about its longevity, as I hate it when stuff that goes gross quickly.
 
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And the naan recipe is Gemma Stafford’s multi purpose ‘Crazy Dough’ recipe. Her YouTube channel is called Bigger Bolder Baking.


I might take the plunge and try it (and try to keep it under control) Also useful to know about its longevity, as I hate it when stuff that goes gross quickly.
Oh yeah I’m the same I hate food waste. I’d say it would easily last a year. I swear the tin of ghee in my mum’s fridge has been there since about 2006 😂😂

that dhansak recipe looks delicious, thanks for sharing!
 
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In a dream world:

Starter - chicken pakora
Main - chicken Dhansak or Pathia or Vindaloo
Side - plain rice, onion bhaji, Bombay aloo
 
I'm pretty boring with curries and always order a spinach dhal. They are really nice though. I absolutely love naan bread which is probably the best bit of it all for me.
 
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Oh yeah I’m the same I hate food waste. I’d say it would easily last a year. I swear the tin of ghee in my mum’s fridge has been there since about 2006 😂😂

that dhansak recipe looks delicious, thanks for sharing!
My mum is the same...used to find all sorts of antiques in her fridge 🙄😂
 
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chicken bhuna, lamb bhuna and prawn bhuna, mushroom rice, bag of chips, keema naan and 9 poppadoms
 
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Do you ever use ghee (ie clarified butter) in your Indian cooking? I’ve never had the guts to use it (I try to avoid excess sat fats in my cooking) but apparently it would make a big difference in the final result and give a more authentic/restaurant quality. I just don’t want to start using it and loving it.
Oh no I’ve never bought or used it myself. Yes it’s the extra large that puts me off. We only end up buying a takeaway once or twice a month as a treat so not so bad.
 
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I have loved Chicken Korma, ever since I tasted the real thing at an Indian restaurant, when I was a teenager. It is probably my favourite meal. Lately I've been trying thai green curries Sainsbury's do an excellent one - it is absolutely lush.
 
My go to curry is a chicken tikka korma. I like a creamy curry over a tomato based one and I don't enjoy very spicy food. My sides of choice would be pilau rice, naan and poppadoms with chutneys. 😋

I'm not sure why there's always so much snobbery over milder curries. Some people seem to think they're elite because they like spicy food. Who's even arsed what other people order? 🤣
 
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For BIR, you can check out Latifs Inspired as well

A lot of indian restaurants are actually bengali
 
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I love curry .

From the takeaway my faves are madras , ceylon or dhansak. I don't have a preference what rice, but I love the chips so have them too.

I quite like thai green or red too , we want through a phase of getting those , but the takeaway we used isn't so local.

We quite often have a jar curry , usually chucked in the slow cooker. ( madras, Rogan Josh, jalfrezi , bhuna or balti)


Occasionally we have homemade curries but I think they always taste the same . I think we need more spices in .
 
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Apologies if I am telling you all something you already know, but as a fellow curry lover, (who could also eat it every day 😍) I was always trying to make curry like I'd get in a takeaway/restaurant. By joining some curry groups on Facebook, I found out that the takeaway curries (i.e. vindaloos, kormas, madras etc) are classed as the British Indian Restaurant (BIR) way of cooking. It is quite the process to make them, but it's so worth it, as you're more likely to get the BIR taste (if that's what you're looking for - I personally love a traditional Indian curry like a Dhal just as much as I love a vindaloo!). I have started using the methods from Misty Ricardo who has 2 recipe books out and is also on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Other members from the curry groups really rate "The Curry Guy" and Glebe kitchen amongst others.

Just thought I'd pass this on, in case it is helpful to anybody 🙂
This is very helpful! Thank you 😀
 
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I have supermarket ones more than restaurants (especially now obviously) but usually stick to medium. I had a lovely chicken madras, then the next time it was too spicy for me. Always chicken, usually tikka bhuna, with chips and a chapati or plain naan.
 
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Love curry. Hari Ghotra is great and she does cook along videos on Facebook, very good interactive and fun. Highly recommend her recipes.
Live near Luton so spoilt for choice on great curry houses.
Love Sri Lankan food, a takeaway has opened near us, if we cant go to Sri Lanka at least we can eat the food.
Have ordered Akthar@home recently. Meals come chilled you just heat or freeze For later.
Praveen Kumar offers fresh food that you can freeze - great value, and their haggis pakoras are amazing.
 
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