Ultimate curry thread with poll

[stormbind]

Curry powder rules it out as authentic curry though, so you lose

Well I would lose on account of my inability to cook rice. Never the less, using a curry power is more standardised, and the mixture in authentic indigenous curries probably vary considerably.

 

[Perfection]

You know the sort of medium bag of onions you get, say 8-10 onions.

1. Go by weight. UK onion packaging is not likely the same as American onion packaging.
2. what the hell is a small tin?

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Easy to cook rice!

You need a pan with a tight fitting lid, or use a plate on top.

1/3 rice to 2/3 water (wash the rice in several changes of water first - I fill the pan up 8 times and swish - stops rice sticking together).

Cover pan with lid or plate. Bring to boil and turn down to lowest heat (remove pan from heat if it starts boiling furiously).

Leave simmering for 17 mins. Never taker the lid off until then.

Perfect rice every time. You can add a veggie stock cube or some of that yellow stuff (can't remember the name! I never use it, powdered spice).

 

[ParadigmShifter]

A small tin is half of a standard sized tin!

You can use a standard sized tin though, I won't complain.

A bag of onions is like quite a lot of them. Let's call it small N.

 

[stormbind]

Turmeric. I think its the staple of curry powder.

Yeah I have done rice. I'm an impatient being and quite often I'll come to post on OT and .... get burned rice

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Yep, turmeric. It just makes your fingers yellow and doesn't taste of anything

Rice is dead easy if you follow my method (you get some stickage on the pan though). My Mum goes for the boil it up with loads of water with the lid off, and strain it method. She is insane though. And her rice is inferior.

 

[stormbind]

1. Go by weight. UK onion packaging is not likely the same as American onion packaging.
2. what the hell is a small tin?

It's like US recipes talking about measuring in cups. I realise that a cup is a standarised unit of measurement in the USA, but its really ambiguous over here. Our cups come in many shapes and sized

 

[ParadigmShifter]

I go google and this is the bag of onions I mean

 

[Perfection]

A small tin is half of a standard sized tin!

You can use a standard sized tin though, I won't complain.

WHAT THE HELL IS A STANDARD SIZED TIN?

It's like US recipes talking about measuring in cups. I realise that a cup is a standarised unit of measurement in the USA, but its really ambiguous over here. Our cups come in many shapes and sized

Yeah, but at least here there's a known conversion factor.

 

[Shekwan]

Easy to cook rice!

You need a pan with a tight fitting lid, or use a plate on top.

1/3 rice to 2/3 water (wash the rice in several changes of water first - I fill the pan up 8 times and swish - stops rice sticking together).

Cover pan with lid or plate. Bring to boil and turn down to lowest heat (remove pan from heat if it starts boiling furiously).

Leave simmering for 17 mins. Never taker the lid off until then.

Perfect rice every time. You can add a veggie stock cube or some of that yellow stuff (can't remember the name! I never use it, powdered spice).

I discovered boil in the bag rice a few months ago and now my rice cooking worries are history. Even the cheapest boil in bag brands seem to deliver. Never sticks together.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Standard sized tin = soup tin.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

I discovered boil in the bag rice a few months ago and now my rice cooking worries are history. Even the cheapest boil in bag brands seem to deliver. Never sticks together.

You have been brainwashed by Uncle Ben. Rice is dead cheap and dead easy (unless you don't like washing up).

 

[nonconformist]

Lamb Rogan Josh for sure.

I make a mean Prawn Balti though.

As for spicing, I haveo admit I'm a Cumin man rather than Tumeric.

 

[stormbind]

WHAT THE HELL IS A STANDARD SIZED TIN?

Baked beans tin.

Yeah, but at least here there's a known conversion factor.

I think its 1.25 cups

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Cumin has a taste whereas turmeric is just a colour.

Once you discover the late garam masala manouver you ain't going back though. Stir it in when you take it off the heat.

EDIT: They probably have enormous sized beans tins in Yankee doodle land.

 

[Shekwan]

You have been brainwashed by Uncle Ben. Rice is dead cheap and dead easy (unless you don't like washing up).

Bah, Uncle Ben can feck off. Tesco own brand is where its at.

If I was cooking for more than one person I probably wouldn't bother getting boil in the bag stuff though.

 

[nonconformist]

Is using Pataks considered uncultured?

 

[ParadigmShifter]

I must stick up for the veggie options - aloo gobi (with lots of lemon) is really tasty. Potatoes and cauliflower really soak up the flavour well.

EDIT: Pataks paste is good, sauce not too good.

 

[stormbind]

I fry my cumin seeds before adding stuff to boil. I don't have it as a powder.

 

[stormbind]

Is using Pataks considered uncultured?

Patak's mango chutney is passable, but I find it has vinegar as a presevative?