Whats your favourite curry?

[aquarius1984]

Curry on the menu tonight but lost all inspiration and desire to make my usual Butter Chicken from scratch.

Decided upon a quick fix jar sauce with a few added extras, just wondered if anyone had anything exciting that may sway my descision next time we fancy a curry?

Have a curry book but its a bit out of date with such delights as Curried Brains and Tripe with Okra or some such delicacy.

Fell back on a mix of Rogan Josh and Jalfrezi to give a kick without overpowering on the chilli.
I like spicy foods but Paul is a bit weary of spicy things and likes it to be not too hot.

Just to kick the thread off heres a few snaps I took while getting it ready for the oven.

1. Heat Le Cruset with 1tbsp oil on the stove

 

[aquarius1984]

2. Seal Turkey or Chicken dice

 

[aquarius1984]

Extras diced peppers

 

[aquarius1984]

toms

 

[aquarius1984]

Sauced up, OK so I feel like a real cheat but hey ho

 

[aquarius1984]

One for Toggles,

Into the oven for a few hours.

Gasmark Explosion........

LOL

 

[sudsmaster]

My favorite curry is a vegetarian Thai green curry that I've had at a certain Thai restaurant in San Jose.

As far as I can tell, it's got coconut milk, green bell pepper, keiffer lime leaves/juice, hot pepper, tofu. Probably a good stock underneath it all as well. I've had the same curry but with chicken at the same restaurant and although I generally don't like all vegetarian fare I prefer the meat-less version. The subtle notes of the lime and coconut are better appreciated without being overpowered by the meat.

 

[toggleswitch2]

LOL must reserch your gas ovens/cookers. Way different than ours in terms of the flame in the cooking cavity. Love the cooker and the smoked glass cover/lid/top. I wonder if I could bring one over here and use it. Connection of gas pipe English or metric?

Sorry can't share your enthusiasm over curries. (Which is actually an amaglamation of various spices). Can't take the smell, but I do eat it once in a great while (*HUSH AND DONT TOUCH THAT LINE*!) Any wild guesses as to the ethnic group/ country of origin of my downstairs neighbors? *LOL*

If I were there and offered, I'd try it just because it looks so good!

YUM!

 

[petek]

I'm pretty close to being all vegetarian cept for beef which I don't eat a lot of anyways so my curry exposure is mainly things like stir frys and rice. I love nasi and bahmi gorengs, samosa's I can eat forever. Mostly though I just do a stir fry and wing it with various curry powders that are in the cupboard like garam masala etc.

 

[petek]

hard to believe but there is not one, not one!! indian restaurant or take-out in this town, unbelievable. Like I've always said I live in a very whitebread little city in every which way.

 

[ronhic]

Thai curry's in our house

...only because I am not an Indian fan though Rod being British is....still, I am the cook, not him

For 2

2 Chicken thigh fillets sliced up
1 green caps/bell pepper in 1" squares
about 200ml of 'light' coconut cream
2 Tablespoons of Green curry paste
2 tspm of brown sugar
1 tspn fish sauce

stir fry chicken
add paste, sugar and cook 2min. continue stirring...
add fish sauce and cook 2min again stirring
add coconut cream and peppers....(you can add brocolli to it when nearly cooked if you need more veg....I always do)

Serve on jasmine rice when the chicken is cooked (and before the veg goes to mush)

 

[revvinkevin]

Curries….

I do like curries and a little "heat" too, but I also like to be able to TASTE my food.

Both yellow and green Thai curries are quite good. I like the slightly sweet richness the coconut milk adds, which I think makes the dish. I've been know to make a pretty good yellow Thai chicken curry before too.

I also think a good Malaysian curry is very hard to beat! When my ex's mother would come to stay with us, she would bring a curry powder with her from Malaysia which (I assume) is not to be found here in the US, as I've not found one like it anywhere. Her curries were absolutely stellar!

Indian curries are good too but I don't have them very often.

While a Japanese curry is also good, it's probably my least favorite curry.

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My ex and I used to frequent a local Thai restaurant which was pretty good and reasonably priced. Quite often we'd order the Yellow chicken curry. For about a year, the heat level of their yellow curry was all over the board and it didn't matter if you ordered it mild, medium or hot (they eventually changed the supplier for the curry which corrected this issue).

Sooo…… one time we ordered the yellow curry, not bothering to choose a heat level since it didn't matter anyway. The curry arrived and we both taste it. WOW… this is REALLY (very spicy) HOT, more then ever before. We talk about sending it back, but decide not to. We both continued to taste and eventually ate this bowl of fire they called curry. By the time we were nearly finished with the meal, our tongues were SO numb that we were both dipping our spoons into this bowl of curry and drinking it as if it were soup.

Sooooo……. the next morning……………………….…

OK wait… you're way ahead of me, LOL. I've heard of this phenomenon before, but (thankfully) this was the first and only time I have experienced it. I have been told before that I have a "hot ass", but I never knew it could be THAT hot! (YEOW!) LOL