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I'm getting back into cooking curries so what are your favourite recipes? Indian, Japanese, Thai etc... curries let's have them all! (If anyone has a good Thai curry which doesn't have coconut milk in then that'd be pretty rad).
I recently made http://www.thismuslimgirlbakes.com/2016/04/our-house-****stani-chicken-curry.html which Drac posted and that was good so I can recommend that to start the thread off with.
Rick Steins Beef Rendang recipe is tremendous.
- 2 tins of coconut milk
[i] which doesn’t have coconut milk in[/i]...
I cook curry A LOT, this is by far my favourite book. Great authentic curry recipes from around the world, but worth it for the Desi Murgh and Murgh Makhani (aka Butter Chicken) recipes alone.
EDIT: There is now an updated edition...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Curry-Fragrant-Thailand-Vietnam-Indonesia/dp/0241198666/
Here you go - a Thai chicken and chilli curry with cashews with my own notes/changes to make a bit more sauce (my wife likes plenty of sauce).
Note I use dried bird's eye chillies, soaked for 30 minutes in water which I keep back for more sauce. The chillies are then roughly chopped before adding. It is so simple to make and easily as good as anything you'd get in a Thai restaurant.
If you want to try British Indian Restaurant (BIR) currys then check out Misty Ricardo and The Curry Guy on Youtube both also have books. They use a base sauce which allows speedy ease with great results.
^^Akers - I have the same curry book too and I agree, the desi murgh is fantastic - it's one of my go-to curries.
I have also been going back to simple roots recently and been cooking lots of pathias which are great - I don't have a recipe to hand though.
I like this one, quite a dry curry mind:
INGREDIENTS
2cm cinnamon stick
4 cloves
2 tsp fennel seeds
4 dried birds-eye chillies
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp turmeric
2 tsp salt
800g beef
2 onions, thinly sliced
25g ginger, grated
4 garlic cloves, finely sliced
1 chilli, finely chopped
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
15 dried curry leaves
4 tbsp oil
350ml water
INSTRUCTIONS
Grind the cinnamon, cloves, fennel, chillies, and coriander to a fine powder, add turmeric, salt, half the onion, ginger, garlic, chilli, vinegar, and half the curry leaves.
Add the beef and plenty of black pepper and leave to marinade for a few hours (haven't tried overnight).
Add water to beef and place in oven at 180 C for 2 hours, covered.
Remove from oven and boil off remaining liquid.
Fry off the remaining onion in the oil, then add the remaining curry leaves and the beef. Stir fry for a few mins then serve.
I like Anjum Anand's recipes. Slightly made easier for white people, but still retaining depth of flavour.
^^^ Racialist
Really nice variation on a saag aloo here. Chuck in a hand full of king prawns and it’s even tastier:
http://www.hairybikers.com/recipes/view/sweet-potato-saag-aloo
And this lady has some fantastic veggie recipes:
http://www.manjulaskitchen.com
Really nice variation on a saag aloo here. Chuck in a hand full of king prawns and it’s even tastier:
http://www.hairybikers.com/recipes/view/sweet-potato-saag-aloo
OH makes this and it's all kinds of awesome. You can sling a tin of chick peas in it to make it a bit more substantial if you want. Have what's left over the next day on toast with a fried egg on top... You're welcome 🙂
Coconut oil
Black mustard seed
Fresh curry leaf
Onion
Ginger*
Garlic*
Diced beef steak
Tomato
Diced fresh coconut
Turmeric
Garam masala*
Water
Fresh coriander
Cook in that order chucking the last half of ingredients all in.
I use coconut milk instead of water.
*= **** tonnes. Cooked it the other week for my staff and used a whole bulb of garlic and equal amount of ginger, probably a heaped Tblsp of haldi and five times that of garam masala.
The Prashad Chole Masala is ruddy amazing if you are vegetarian minded. The spice mix is gorgeous fragrant stuff. I would second that hairy bikers saag as well actually. Super simple and very tasty. I think I will try adding chickpeas as suggested next time.
https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/curries/black-masala-chicken-curry This is really good as well. The black masala it used is lovely stuff and well worth making extra for use in other curries.
I want a curry now 🙁
We have a 'small' number of cook books at home, and one of the best we have for cooking curry is Rick Steins India book.
The Curry book mentioned above is also very good.
(my wife likes plenty of sauce).
i wish mine did fnarr fnarr IGMC
Mother India is a good read to put you in the mood and contains some nice recipes and methods.
https://toastedspecial.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/jamie-oliver-peters-lamb-curry-recipe/
This was my go to for indian style, lots of variations possible, thend to use way more fresh coriander in it and add veg to the mix
Nice one everyone. Going to be eating lots of curry 😀
Mikewsmith, yep, that's a cracker too.
99p for the Hairy Bikers' curry book on Kindle. Their recipes are usually easy and tasty aren't they?
I did this one recently, it was absolutely bloomin amazing
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2872688/beef-and-beetroot-curry