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by macferret
Sat Apr 14, 2018 4:40 pm
Forum: Photos
Topic: Friday From The Freezer
Replies: 9
Views: 8589

Re: Friday From The Freezer

Those keema patties look the biz. Nice one.
by macferret
Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:11 pm
Forum: Photos
Topic: Samosa
Replies: 13
Views: 11791

Re: Samosa

I don't think that recipes are under copyright, and reproducing a single recipe on a forum like this would anyway fall under 'fair use'. If you photocopied the book or posted recipes and the blurb that goes with them in the same order as in the book, you'd be on thin ground, but retyping a single re...
by macferret
Thu May 04, 2017 8:17 pm
Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
Topic: Fresh Methi @ Morrisons
Replies: 5
Views: 7495

Re: Fresh Methi

By the way it grows like weeds. Just rake some methi seed into a spare corner of your garden and you will be richly rewarded. I agree that the dried herb is easier to cook with: fresh methi is quite bitter, and this is not a taste that suits every palate. However, we do a sag methi wallah variant of...
by macferret
Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:28 pm
Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
Topic: Fresh Methi @ Morrisons
Replies: 5
Views: 7495

Fresh methi

We used to cook fresh methi when we lived in London. It was bought by the bunch and it tended to be quite unremarkable - like spinach. But recently we have been growing it in our polytunnel and it is quite a revelation. Grown fast and picked young, it has a peppery and quite bitter quality about it....
by macferret
Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:20 pm
Forum: Photos
Topic: British Indian Vindaloo with no base gravy
Replies: 4
Views: 8877

Re: British Indian Vindaloo with no base gravy

Looks good. No reason why you can't make a good curry without gravy. It's not exactly a mystery what's in the gravy anyhow, so there must be other ways of arriving at the same destination.
Cheers,
MacFerret
by macferret
Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:19 pm
Forum: Curry Club
Topic: April 2017 - macferret's King Prawn Tikka
Replies: 8
Views: 9388

Re: April 2017 - macferret's King Prawn Tikka

Nice to be reminded of this. Thanks all.
MacFerret (Tim)
by macferret
Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:31 am
Forum: Photos
Topic: First gravy made!
Replies: 8
Views: 8108

Re: First gravy made!

Nice one!
by macferret
Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:37 pm
Forum: Newsletters
Topic: Issue 3 - Spring 2017
Replies: 26
Views: 191630

Re: Issue 3 - Spring 2017

Great edition - thanks for all the hard work that has clearly gone into this. And thanks to those who have secured the featured discounts - that is a fantastic benefit that could repay any membership costs/donations in a single trip. Much appreciated.
Cheers,
MacFerret
by macferret
Wed Feb 08, 2017 3:17 pm
Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
Topic: Freezing fenugreek leaves
Replies: 8
Views: 7899

Re: Freezing fenugreek leaves

Hi mg99, Dried methi (fenugreek) is generally used differently to fresh. It's best to treat the fresh or frozen stuff like spinach. The leaves and stems are often wilted in dishes like aloo methi, although use of the fresh leaves is more common in home cooking than BIR. The dried leaves have a much ...
by macferret
Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:11 pm
Forum: Photos
Topic: New Years Eve feast
Replies: 12
Views: 10855

Re: New Years Eve feast

Looks great. I also suffer from peshwari naan inflation, but I don't prick them - they go down on their own.
Sorry if that all sounds like it should be on one of those medical forums :)
MacFerret
by macferret
Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:06 pm
Forum: Photos
Topic: Cure for the common cold
Replies: 2
Views: 4743

Re: Cure for the common cold

Just a variation on the chicken soup remedy, which has been proved again and again to work. And you can make several portions for the price of a packet of DayNurse (which hasn't).
Cheers,
MacFerret
by macferret
Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:10 pm
Forum: Photos
Topic: Ffishboy's Curry Photos
Replies: 8
Views: 7981

Re: Hoping to learn more about BIR cooking

Nice one - that looks right in the middle of the madras comfort zone!
by macferret
Sat Nov 26, 2016 2:03 pm
Forum: Photos
Topic: My First Two Curries
Replies: 12
Views: 10631

Re: My First Two Curries

Well done - they look absolutely spot on.
MacFerret
by macferret
Tue Nov 15, 2016 5:19 pm
Forum: Newsletters
Topic: Issue 1 - November 2016
Replies: 38
Views: 688074

Re: Issue 1 - November 2016

Nicely laid out. One of the links is to a humungous thread where not everyone has good things to say about each other, but I guess that's a true reflection of the site - plenty of lively debate rather than just a load of recipes.
Good work. I look forward to the next one.
Cheers,
MacFerret
by macferret
Sat Nov 12, 2016 6:43 pm
Forum: Curry Club
Topic: August 2017 - macferret's Lemon Jeera Chicken
Replies: 13
Views: 18555

Re: Lemon Jeera Chicken

Yup - just green bird eye chillis. It's a very nicely balanced dish, with the dark cumin flavours, the sharpness of the lemon, the chilli heat and the umami from the chicken. I can't really take credit for it but it's a real favourite from our kitchen. Feel free to remove it from the thread I origin...
by macferret
Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:20 pm
Forum: Curry Club
Topic: August 2017 - macferret's Lemon Jeera Chicken
Replies: 13
Views: 18555

August 2017 - macferret's Lemon Jeera Chicken

This month's Curry Club "Curry of the Month" recipe is macFerret's Lemon Jeera Chicken kindly selected by boognish. Remember, the first member to try this recipe (anew) and report back, with photos, gets to select next month's recipe.... Recipe can be found here I once had lemon jeera chi...
by macferret
Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:09 pm
Forum: Photos
Topic: Chicken Chansak
Replies: 3
Views: 3974

Re: Chicken Chansak

That looks really good - excellent idea. We cook curry for some veggie friends and I might try a paneer chansak on them.
Cheers,
MacFerret
by macferret
Tue Jun 07, 2016 4:28 pm
Forum: Curry Club
Topic: June 2016 - TikkaTom's Chicken Tawa
Replies: 51
Views: 128183

Re: TikkaTom's Chicken Tawa

That looks really good.
I'm confused by what 'tawa' means on a menu. The tawa is a flat pan, but no way is a nice rich sauce like that cooked in a flat pan. Can anyone help explain?
by macferret
Tue May 31, 2016 4:57 pm
Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
Topic: Fenugreek seed vs leaf
Replies: 14
Views: 10238

Re: Fenugreek seed vs leaf

We have grown methi. It's very easy - easier than coriander. We have a couple of home recipes such as methi saag-wallah which use the fresh leaves, but we never put them on our menu as fresh methi is used much like spinach: it's a bulk ingredient that we can't buy here in France, and I'm not interes...
by macferret
Wed May 18, 2016 8:44 pm
Forum: Photos
Topic: First Attempt
Replies: 10
Views: 7586

Re: First Attempt

Nice work - a pukka curry. Well done.

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