The Teakdoor Curry Club thread

[hallelujah]

I reckon Hal is going through every takeaway that Manchester has to offer this past week.
It's only a matter of time till it's the turn of the curry.
What with no sun snd stuck inside with the pissing down rain all the time, he's gonna give Dill some competition on the scales.

I had a biryani last Friday.

Dunno why cos I'm normally a jalfrezi, saag or karahi man but had an itch that needed to be scratched.

I suspect - no, know - that there will be another itch this weekend, so I've done 13km today on the treadmill and on a big walk.

[Joe 90]

Nice one, get them steps in!
There's no bad weather, just bad equipment.

[DrWilly]

An outstanding page of curries with PAG setting the bar high again.

Decided to up my game and my phone camera.

First up, some foraging for wild garlic..



Preparing the ingredients..

Attachment 100054

Frying the chicken fillets in turmeric and coconut oil..



Bunging all the other spices and ingredients into the pot and bringing to the boil..



Add in the wild garlic and watch it reduce..




Add in the chicken and simmer..



A damn fine TD tomato puree into the mix without a trace of 4 upside-down tomatoes



I must say my new camera makes my food look even more edible..



In fact I'd go as far to say it's looks the dogs bollocks.



A sold 10/10 from me and I pray for a solid in the morning

Probably not a good idea to place raw chicken on the same plate as other ingredients…

[PAG]

Attachment 100062

A sold 10/10 from me and I pray for a solid in the morning

Does indeed look great Joe, well done on the phone, and yes, fresh coriander is a welcome addition to most curries.

[david44]

Tries hard could do batty

[Looper]

^^^^^ Nice photo curry-color saturation Joe


Decided to take a swing at a Thai curry after not making one for a couple of years. Panaeng paste and 2 tins of coconut cream

The panaeng paste from this valcom jar was underwhelming so I then decided to steer it in the direction of a Satay to explore this option again after the too spicy one I made recently

With the peanut butter added I was able to bring up the earthy umami with some sesame oil and soy sauce and fit sot

It is not as instagrammable as PAGs pro-curry or Joe's new photos but ginger garlic nutmeg honey and cinammon filled out the flavour quite nicely and I rescued this one from the jaws of mediocrity to a solid 6 day batch of slightly less spicy satay. I can see satay becoming a pillar of my curry repertoire

[david44]

Fine effort, Khvn Loopy

As the actrice said to the bishop

"Shame about the brown dribble at the back"

[PAG]

I sometimes struggle getting specific curry ingredients, as I'm sure that many others have the same problem. I was searching today for Atta flour, a type of Indian wholewheat flour specifically for making Chapati/Roti. I came across these people on Lazada: https://www.lazada.co.th/express-ind...n&pageTypeId=2

Seem to have anything you could possibly think of in respect of sub continent spices and ingredients, and the prices seem reasonable also.

[cyrille]

There are several similar stores on Lazada.

It's definitely the place for 'hard to find' food ingredients.

I bought lentils, curry leaves and fenugreek last week.

[Bogon]

Bogon Tip #854

This may seem simple, but here goes...

When looking for poppadoms on Shopee and Lazada, just type "papad" in the search bar.

[Joe 90]

I bought lentils, curry leaves and fenugreek last week.

I bet that was a damn fine Speg Boll.

[david44]

Used many times

Good products, prices, service, speed and delivery

The courier damaged a jar of pickle once and no quibble replacement

The various pickles make a nice contrast to Thai flavours

Both Aachi Lime and Mothers Mango pickle tremendous

http://www.lazada.co.th/express-ind...n&pageTypeId=2

[Looper]

Thought I would have another crack at the famous vindaloo

This time I wanted to try coconut cream instead of fresh cream

This vindaloo has more of a kick then I remember with the last lot so I think the dairy cream has a more mollifying effect on the savage vindaloo ninja spiciness than the coconut cream

Overall I would say that dairy cream adds a mouthfeel textural richness that the coconut cream lacks but the coconut cream really lets the ninja spiciness kick through on full power

Batch that bad boy up thank you very much

The coconut cream also has a naturally thickening effect which the dairy cream lacks. I noticed that it was thicker before I added my usual flour thickener so I tried to modulate it down from the usual 50g to 40g but it was still over thickened so this weeks top curry tip is to use the flour thickener sparingly when going the coconut route

[Joe 90]

Top tip Loops!

Coconut cream on the shopping list asap.

Enjoy the white knuckle ride in the morning.

[david44]

Coconut cream on the shopping list asap.

I guess it's readily available in Cheshire, another Ghee whizz is some clarified butter and or Bio Actifidus natural plain yoghurt like Onken. I usually add half a glass of red wine, never use stale or sour left over wine if iy\t isnt good enough to drink don't use it.

I prefer to serve the curd on side like a book, but then I'm a paperback Raita..

[Joe 90]

Useless titbit of info for you mate, but peeps say I sound like John Lennon.

[david44]

I sound like John Lennon

Ono, I look like him which is a bit rough considering I'm still composing and he's been decomposing for a while but as the archaeologists say our future is in ruins.

[BLD]

Top tip Loops!

Coconut cream on the shopping list asap.

Enjoy the white knuckle ride in the morning.

Whilst theres vindaloo on the pikelets theres nought wrong with ought.

[Joe 90]

Just recovered from a Vindaloo coma!!

Home grown chilli's and ginger going into this bad boy!

3/4 of a kilo of Marinated Tumeric Chicken..

Sautéed in coconut oil and apple cider vinegar..

Then add the heavily marinated chicken..

Then into the big pot to stew for an hour..

Eat your heart out Gordon fvcking Ramsey and Jamie Ponsey Oliver!!

There ain't no party like a Chitty curry club party!!

[dirk diggler]

Why pick 5 chilies if you're only going to use a half?

[PAG]

^^

Looks good Chitty, all the essentials in there.

[cyrille]

Are they fcuk.

Marinate with the vinegar.

Who tf just adds turmeric?

Cook some fkin vegetables.

A curry with just one dish is 'vesta' territory.

[Looper]

^^^^Solid effort Chits


I offered to take Senorita out for her birthday tonight but she instead requested that I come over and cook one of my curries for her in her kitchen, like Axe does in Billions. So I was a low rent PAG for the night.

I brought her a giant Amaryllis flower from my garden, which have just started sprouting this week, and a bottle of bubbly

Box of choccies too of course

Getting busy in the kitchen. In the plastic bag is 3/4 Kg of giant raw prawns for the meat.

This was a Korma curry. The ladies' mild favourite but I sneaked in 4 chopped birdseye chillis to turbo charge it a bit

Asparagus and broccolini garnish to give it a bit of colour. Her housemate from Timor came home, so lucky I had made a full bloke batch with as much left over to last a few more days.

[malmomike77]

Looks like she takes in laundry nicely.

[hallelujah]

Looks like she takes in laundry nicely.

I hope so cos the pair of em will be farting like fuck later.

Broccoli farts too! Oh, you devil, Loops!