Cooking with Jonny69: CURRY!!! - Page 2

lostkat · 04-11-2007, 22:32

Well, I can't get the computer to detect my phone so I can't show a photo of it, but it was absolutely lovely and Leon approved too! Cooking curry is extremely rewarding, because you get delicious smells all the way through so it makes you REALLY hungry. YUM! Have printed out the recipe and put it in my cooking folder in the kitchen. It's where I keep all the bits I've torn out of magazines or printed off the internet. Very useful

Struggled a bit with getting the bloody blender to chop up the garlic/chilli etc. into a paste. It was just wizzing around not doing much. I should have used the herb mill attachment instead of the blender, but I didn't think all the coriander would fit in. Added a bit more oil and it managed it though. I also think next time I'll put 2 tins of tomatoes in because I found myself adding water at the end just to keep it at the right consistency... unless you have a better substitute??

Have put 1/2 the curry in the freezer for a bit of microwave comfort food when I next can't be bothered to cook

Thanks very much for this recipe. Big thumbs up from Lopkat

Meds · 04-11-2007, 23:23

H'mmmmm Tasty,

Will definately have to try that one....

Beansprout · 05-11-2007, 05:12

This looks tasty....I shall try it at some point!

Jonny69 · 05-11-2007, 10:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostkat

I also think next time I'll put 2 tins of tomatoes in because I found myself adding water at the end just to keep it at the right consistency... unless you have a better substitute??

Have put 1/2 the curry in the freezer for a bit of microwave comfort food when I next can't be bothered to cook

Thanks very much for this recipe. Big thumbs up from Lopkat

Cool!

I think it's called Bhuna when you add lots of tomatoes, you can also use coconut milk or yoghurt depending what you want it to taste like

I've got two portions sat in the freezer too. If I had a big enough freezer I estimate I'd only have to cook about twice a week, the rest of the week live off the frozen portions

testpattern · 05-11-2007, 12:17

thanks for the ideas. i've always been disappointed at my own curries - definitely be trying this paste idea. cheeeeeeeeeeeeers.

i did it and boy was it good!
i'm a budding vege (choice: carrot) so i made the paste then cooked potatoes in it for about an hour. then at the end chucked in some spinach and peas. it was gooooood. so much tastier than the usual!

thanks ever so much for this, no looking back.

Joe 90 · 08-11-2007, 02:19

very nicely documented sir

and great shots all the way through... i might of been looking at the food and how you've done it but couldn't help but be impressed with the quality of photos!!

/god i'm sad....
lol.

LeperousDust · 11-11-2007, 14:32

Very nice Jonny, without a blender or pestle and mortor i can't quite have a go of this yet.

My pestle and mortor are two shot glasses - you'd be suprised how well this can work if you get good at it... and my blender is me with a knife - last time i did that i had chilli embedded within my hands for days rendering putting in and taking out contacts painfull...

My kitchen in my student pad up here is woefully short of just about everything, we don't even have a big stew pot yet cause my flat mates are too cheap to put money in on such "wasteful" things?! I was stuck with two pots in the oven the other day plastic handles double wrapped in foil hoping to christ they wouldn't melt

With that in mind i think you should recall what you used to make in your student days in an inadequate kitchen so i can replicate because i'm slowly running out of things to do or improvise...

Jonny69 · 11-11-2007, 18:19

Well I've always had my trusty blender and pestle and mortar but you can just chop it all up finely. Basically you just have to cook it down a bit longer. You can grind up spices and crush garlic pretty well with the back of a spoon (or the bottom of a shot glass) against the chopping board if that helps. Or just buy the spices ready ground

No excuse. Get to the kitchen

lostkat · 11-11-2007, 18:24

There is a pestle and mortar for £7 in Tesco. Now, go get one

I had a hand blender at Uni... which was used mainly to make Angel Delight, lol

LeperousDust · 15-11-2007, 01:52

Sounds cheap, but tbh i'd rather spend £7 on food atm, i'm having a job shortage, and don't have the money to spend on anything right now

Plus my flat mates (well not all, but apathy sucks too) are too cheap to put towards the most basic things...

I do use the chop very finely and back of a spoon bottom of a glass method a lot though

04-11-2007, 22:32	#11
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	Well, I can't get the computer to detect my phone so I can't show a photo of it, but it was absolutely lovely and Leon approved too! Cooking curry is extremely rewarding, because you get delicious smells all the way through so it makes you REALLY hungry. YUM! Have printed out the recipe and put it in my cooking folder in the kitchen. It's where I keep all the bits I've torn out of magazines or printed off the internet. Very useful Struggled a bit with getting the bloody blender to chop up the garlic/chilli etc. into a paste. It was just wizzing around not doing much. I should have used the herb mill attachment instead of the blender, but I didn't think all the coriander would fit in. Added a bit more oil and it managed it though. I also think next time I'll put 2 tins of tomatoes in because I found myself adding water at the end just to keep it at the right consistency... unless you have a better substitute?? Have put 1/2 the curry in the freezer for a bit of microwave comfort food when I next can't be bothered to cook Thanks very much for this recipe. Big thumbs up from Lopkat __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

05-11-2007, 05:12	#13
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05-11-2007, 12:17	#15
testpattern Columbian Coffee Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: cloud cuckoo land Posts: 67	thanks for the ideas. i've always been disappointed at my own curries - definitely be trying this paste idea. cheeeeeeeeeeeeers. i did it and boy was it good! i'm a budding vege (choice: carrot) so i made the paste then cooked potatoes in it for about an hour. then at the end chucked in some spinach and peas. it was gooooood. so much tastier than the usual! thanks ever so much for this, no looking back. __________________ many people want to make money make love make friends make peace with death Last edited by testpattern; 09-11-2007 at 11:52.

08-11-2007, 02:19	#16
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	very nicely documented sir and great shots all the way through... i might of been looking at the food and how you've done it but couldn't help but be impressed with the quality of photos!! /god i'm sad.... lol. __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

11-11-2007, 14:32	#17
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Very nice Jonny, without a blender or pestle and mortor i can't quite have a go of this yet. My pestle and mortor are two shot glasses - you'd be suprised how well this can work if you get good at it... and my blender is me with a knife - last time i did that i had chilli embedded within my hands for days rendering putting in and taking out contacts painfull... My kitchen in my student pad up here is woefully short of just about everything, we don't even have a big stew pot yet cause my flat mates are too cheap to put money in on such "wasteful" things?! I was stuck with two pots in the oven the other day plastic handles double wrapped in foil hoping to christ they wouldn't melt With that in mind i think you should recall what you used to make in your student days in an inadequate kitchen so i can replicate because i'm slowly running out of things to do or improvise... __________________

04-11-2007, 23:23	#12
Meds Drugs... NO! Wait! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 25	H'mmmmm Tasty, Will definately have to try that one....

11-11-2007, 18:19	#18
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Well I've always had my trusty blender and pestle and mortar but you can just chop it all up finely. Basically you just have to cook it down a bit longer. You can grind up spices and crush garlic pretty well with the back of a spoon (or the bottom of a shot glass) against the chopping board if that helps. Or just buy the spices ready ground No excuse. Get to the kitchen __________________

11-11-2007, 18:24	#19
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	There is a pestle and mortar for £7 in Tesco. Now, go get one I had a hand blender at Uni... which was used mainly to make Angel Delight, lol __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

15-11-2007, 01:52	#20
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Sounds cheap, but tbh i'd rather spend £7 on food atm, i'm having a job shortage, and don't have the money to spend on anything right now Plus my flat mates (well not all, but apathy sucks too) are too cheap to put towards the most basic things... I do use the chop very finely and back of a spoon bottom of a glass method a lot though __________________