Me and curries go back a long way. When I was 6 or 7 years old my father would take me swimming every Saturday morning in Plymouth. Afterwards we would go to the same little Indian restaurant for a curry - I can remember being very fond of Chicken Biryani.Hannes-Gregor wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:41 amWhen I was for the first time in UK for work and asked about British specialties I was told that Brits have the best Indian curries. I'm sure your guests will be thrilled!
Later on, living in Huddersfield and Bradford, Curry was the cheapest food you could get. At the top of the street in Hudds was a tiny Indian takeaway with a friendly Hindustani mama cooking behind the counter. As I was in there pretty well every night, she started showing me how to make the various dishes that she did, the techniques involved, how you get specific flavours - everything except her secret family Garam Masala recipe!
Got quite good at knocking out Indian meals and there was a phase when all my mates would come around to my place on a Saturday evening for a dish of home-made curry and a stack of chapattis before we all went off to the pub.
So now I'm doing my bit to bring real English(!) cooking to continental Europe. Shepherd's Pie goes down a treat here and the Dutch don't really know what a 'proper' curry is as mostly the restaurants that call themselves Indian are actually Surinam-based, more a mix of Hindustani and Caribbean cuisine.
Chicken Tikka is a bit tricky as you marinate the chicken twice. Firstly in lime and chilli and then overnight in a spiced yoghurt mix. Then grill in a really hot oven and finish in a rich tomato sauce.
Yummy.