Let's talk about curry

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by swiss

Korean ftw, at least when it comes to Asian food.

as long as it doesn't contain any Bulldoggy.....

[swiss]

dak bulldoggy
lol

[ATAG_Dutch]

After Tav's post, had to run out to my local takeaway.

Spinach Pakora, Lamb Chilli Masala, Brinjal Bhaji, Keema Pilau, two chappatis.

Plus some cans of Caffrey's.

The leftovers are for lunch.

BTW, Farber's obviously never experienced a Thali meal or an Indian wedding if it's 'all one dish'!

Also India/Pakistan/Bangladesh were all India once upon a time before the partitioning and mass migrations in both directions, so whether you call it Indian or Pakistani or Bangladeshi doesn't really make much difference.

Biryani is akin to an Iranian dish I believe.

I agree with the 'English invention' to an extent, particularly 'Chicken Tikka Masala' and the 'Balti' dishes, but vindaloo stems from the Portugese in Goa I believe.

One local restaurant showed a nice sense of humour by advertising their Balti dishes as 'Originating in exotic Baltistan' - a suburb in the Midlands so I understand.

[tools4fools]

Gaeng Pa - 'Jungle Curry'. A spicy, clear curry from Northern Thailand, without that sweet coconut milk stuff.
http://prodstatics3cdn1.tastingtable...ajungle_lg.jpg
Delicious.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by tools4fools

Gaeng Pa - 'Jungle Curry'. A spicy, clear curry from Northern Thailand, without that sweet coconut milk stuff.
http://prodstatics3cdn1.tastingtable...ajungle_lg.jpg
Delicious.

I don't mind the coconut so much but do prefer it in my Thai dessert, that banana stewed in coconut milk gives me a food-on......

[fruitbat]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, lamb/chicken tika Biryani, can't get enough of that

That said, love Thai, but its hard to get really good stuff in England imo, was spoilt out in Thailand and Australia (Thai restaurants are to Australian what Indian restaurants are to England).

[addman]

Thai red curry, Penang to be more precise it's the bomb! but only if cooked properly with the proper ingredients. It's funny here in Finland, you can get a better Penang if you buy the ready made freezed "Thai Cubes" they have in stores then in most Thai restaurants here.

[Sternjaeger II]

my Thai red curry is da bomb (at least according to my mates!). I didn't even know about Thai until I moved here, and got really into it, way more refined than Chinese and not permanently damaging your guts as some of the currys out there.

I normally do it with duck breast or fish, although chicken does it too. I used to get the red curry paste from a local Thai restaurant, but they changed managing and the new guys don't want to sell me their paste

Indian is nice, especially in summer with a nice Kingfisher or Cobra, but I had a terrible terrible experience in York with some pickled chillies: they were very yummy and hot, but the day after we all thought someone stuck some hot charcoals in our bumholes overnight..

[Tavingon]

Reading through this makes me want a curry soo bad.. The hotter the better, will have to book a table soon. My girlfriend is Indian, she doesnt like commercial 'english' dishes, saying they are prettymuch not how they should be (vindaloo) is never that hot, and Phall is completely made up for 'lads on the p***' Nothing better than actually finishing a hot curry, if you eat it slowly with a nice big jug of water..

A previous poster said you can judge based on popadoms alone, I can agree with this!

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

Indian is nice, especially in summer with a nice Kingfisher or Cobra, but I had a terrible terrible experience in York with some pickled chillies: they were very yummy and hot, but the day after we all thought someone stuck some hot charcoals in our bumholes overnight..

I tried a local 1Million Scoville Curry-Wurst.
The next day I discovered even pissing can be painful.