A cracking curry

[Gillthepainter Profile Website]

I love a good spreadsheet, me.
When we went to Bradford we sought out a Lahore "road house". Twas excellent.

Clive, our local places have become less than good. Those usual suspects but not even particularly good at that.
But we do like the regular same old same old offerings.

Which is probably why the plastic basket didn't even occur to me. It doesn't hurt my feelings one bit.
Just like paper tablecloths. I like them.

Masala Zone, thanks for that recommendation.
When we next go to London, I'll book it. Which is not on the cards any time soon - except I want to visit the tutankhamun exhibit!
We couldn't afford the expensive school trip when I was little.

If we cop a flight to Madrid I shall seek out Benares. I didn't know he had a restaurant there.
But I am super out of the swing of things.

Best curry?
Passage to India. It's a route across the Pennines via a curry train, starting at Newcastle. That stops off at restaurants in railway stations.
The one we stopped at was at Corbridge.

https://www.valleyrestaurants.co.uk/passagetoindia.php

Joan, I get that your expectations aren't met by the French bland offerings of the curry.
I find it more of a gravy sauce, than a proper spiced dish too.

[karadekoolaid Profile]

Gill: When we first went to Chutney Mary, I´d invited two very old friends to dine with us. They were amazed that "curry" was not, actually, Bhoona, Vindaloo or Phaal - but something ethereally different!

When I was at Uni, we´d die to go to Anarkali, in South Clapham. The very best. When I went home to Maidstone in 2015, we ate in the local curry house. Nice, good fun - not too hot ( I ordered some extra hot pickles on the side; when I actually ate them all, the manager was so impressed that he gave me a jar!!), and very nostalgic.

Not even close to real Indian food, however. Which is not a criticism; simply an observation.

Friday night as a youngster was (a) choir practise (b) down the pub (c) the Curry Inn

[WhitefieldFoodie Profile]

The only way I can get a decent curry is by making it myself, but even then finding the spices and other ingredients is tricky so I tend to rely upon Rafi's Spice Box in York who are the saviours of curry missing expats.

Rafis

I went to York St John Uni and Rafis was the place that taught me how to make my first curry. The lovely lady behind the counter spent an hour with me on a wuite Wednesday lunchtime telling me about the spices and helped me weight out a mix for a Bhuna style curry. Great memories!


Gill - in terms of me making curry at home my pressure king pro takes over. I am sad to say onions often do not get browned first. I just drop 6 chicken thighs, 3 sliced onions, 3 chopped tomatoes and a range of garlic fingers and spices in, 400ml of water and a handful of red lentils. Its made based on a punjabi recipe I found on Google, and always makes a nice "staff curry" style curry.

Eating out, I had a curry at a place called "Shazias Street Food" in Bury, on Eid a fee weeks back and it could have been the fact that Me and Tiff (my now Fiance ) were surrounded by muslims living their best lives, but her daal, veggie pakora and biriyani were out of this world.

[Renee Profile]

Congratulations to both of you!!!

[Binky Profile]

I know Rafi's. It's a tiny shop. Always has customers it seems to me.

My mum and sister lived in York for 25 years or more. Lots of memories about that city, many now sad as sister has died and mum lives in a dementia care home.

[Gillthepainter Profile Website]

Awww, bad luck, Binky. I know how that feels on both counts.

As Renee says, all the best WFF.

Now, I watched a 30minute paid for ad in the hotel room, no BBC or Sky, but an excellent shopping channel in English, watching dish after dish of the Pro-King pressure cooker.
If I had reasonable access to a phone, I'd have bought one!

[Amyw Profile]

Congratulations WFF

[Stokey Sue Profile]

Congratulations WFF and Tiff!


I’d love a Pro-King or Instant Pot but difficult to find space here

[Joanbunting Profile]

Sincere congratulations WFF and TIFF

[Pampy Profile]

Congrats. WFF and Tiff! Have you set a date yet?

[Binky Profile]

Congrats WFF

What's so special about the Pro King pressure cooker that it does things other pressure cookers don't do? We have an old Prestige pressure cooker and it still performs OK.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

It’s a stand-alone electrical one the replaces both the hob pressure cooker and the slow cooker Binky
Supposed to be both safer and easier to use


https://www.argos.co.uk/search/pressure-king-pro-pressure-cooker/?cmpid=GG05X&gclsrc=aw.ds&&_$ja=tsid:15899|acid:819-942-0188|cid:1599925620|agid:59956296926|tid:kwd-320107905513|crid:346320784460|nw:g|rnd:1558771322377585083|dvc:t|adp:1o2|mt:b|loc:9046004&gclid=CjwKCAjwgqbpBRAREiwAF046JXOl1e9xqPS7HWIBxMheZAWbiF9MqR6tfyUS7ce9KLeVPF1YpejnbhoC3KUQAvD_BwE

My 44 year old Prestige also soldiers on

[Binky Profile]

Our pressure cooker is in the basement where OH brews his beer.

He uses the pressure cooker for this (I don't know what exactly, not getting myself involved in brewing) so it hasn't been up in the kitchen for yonks.

The Pro Kings aren't expensive so might give one a whizz if it does other things too.

[Lusciouslush Profile]

Binky - so very glad to hear things are much better with you now...….

About Time WFF...……………………!!!!!!

Congrats to you both......

I have absolutely no room for any more stuff in the kitchen - unless I get rid of something first - so I'm not looking - although I've heard good things about it.

[Alexandria Profile]

Congratulations Whitefield & Lady Tiff.

Best wishes from Northern Portugal ..

[karadekoolaid Profile]

Congrats, WFF and Tiff. Have a magnificent time!!