'Newbies' Attempt

[spiceyokooko]

To be honest I don't try and reproduce specific dishes. I'm one of those infuriating people who tends to cook by instinct rather than slavishly following a specific recipe—after all recipe's are really only other people's interpretations of what a dish should be. There's no real hard and fast rules as to what constitutes a particular dish, beyond that of what it actually tastes like.

So I tend to cook by instinct and add ingredients according to taste and what I feel like when I cook it!

Having said, that my favourite (and most easily reproduced in my experience) is a dhansak and most difficult probably a 'toss up' between a Bhuna and a Madras. I don't generally go in for super hot curries like Vindaloo and Phall as I find the sheer heat of those kind of dishes totally dominates everything else. As I've grown older I've become more interested in 'flavour' rather than the searing heat of chilli's.

For that reason I tend to drift more towards more traditional Indian cuisine over BIR style curries. Both have their place—but quite different cookery techniques.

Glad to hear you've found a source of fresh coriander!