Home Made Curry.....

MadamBroke · 12 May 2006 at 4:04PM

Hello Fellow MSE fans!!

I'm such a fan of this site....But I would like some help please.

I have bought jar curry's for years and to be honest getting fed up with them. Some are ok and some are just plain horrid (Sainsburry own are terrible-for me that is. Tescos are very nice I have to say)

So got me thinking where can you get some good Ingredients? Whats your good recipes (been looking at come dine with me on channel 4 and BBC Food on the net). Any good tips??

The last 3 years Ive been looking at what Ive been eating and starting to make things myself. My mother never taught me and had to learn myself so at 32 I'm still make mistakes but I laugh and learn now. I bought myself a breadmaker as i was fed up with horrid dry bread from the s.markets. my breadmaker is always on! and now I save abit of money making my own cakes and biccys...

Thanks in advance
Madam Broke (i can smell the curry from here!!):beer:

nuttyrockeress · 12 May 2006 at 4:43PM

If you have any asian shops nearby, they are really cheap for spices and things.

Morrisons usually have a good selection of bags of spices too.

i have lots in my cupboards, cumin, ground corriander, paprika, hot cayenne, cardamon pods, cloves, (at w*** now so can;t give the full list)

If you need any reccomendations for good easy recipies, let me know and i'm happy to share!

L

Rikki · 12 May 2006 at 4:54PM

Check out
Old style receipes
and here are some of the receipes curried mince
and
Indian take away night.

Hope these give you some ideas.

mgw99 · 12 May 2006 at 5:21PM

Hi MadamBroke,

When I make curry I use turmeric (makes everything orange/yellow so don't use your favourite wooden spoon!), cumin, garam masala, some chilli (dried or fresh) and either frozen or fresh coriander. I think I also sometimes put in some coriander and fenugreek seeds. If you use half a teaspoon of each of the dried herbs and a few each of the seeds to start with that shoud taste ok. I tend to put in more if I think it doesn't taste strong enough. You should use plenty of onions and cook them until they are really soft before you add anything else.

I think this recipe from Hugh FW / BBC sounds quite similar to my standard , except I would be more likely to use a tin of chopped tomatoes instead of fresh ones and I only usually use lime in Thai green curry.

Definitely recommend an asian supermarket for buying the herbs though, amazing how much cheaper they are!

Yum, maybe I should have curry for tea.....

michelle

mummysaver · 12 May 2006 at 6:14PM

Hi there, just bought a thai curry set of fresh spices from Lidl for 99p - seems quite cheap considering how much I end up paying for lemon grass normally! They also do an indian pack of fresh spices, alongside the fruit and veg. Not sure how good they'll be, but will be trying them out this weekend, need to pop to the Chinese supermarket first to get cream of coconut!

Hermia · 12 May 2006 at 6:25PM

nuttyrockeress wrote:

If you have any asian shops nearby, they are really cheap for spices and things.

L

Asian shops are brilliant for cheap ingredients and brilliant cheap curry pots (which have a multitude of uses). If it's a family run shop the lady of the house might also have some cookery tips - the lady in my local Indian shop is fab.

comping_cat · 12 May 2006 at 6:30PM

Rikki wrote:

Check out
Old style receipes
and here are some of the receipes curried mince
and
Indian take away night.

Hope these give you some ideas.

Can really recomend Curry Queens Indian take away night recipe, really does taste like an indian take away, and although it takes a while to make, is easy and well worth the effort!!!!

Ticklemouse · 12 May 2006 at 6:45PM

I agree with catowen - we've just had curry queen's chicken korma, with rice, naan and popadums. It's absolutely fab and the best bit is that because you make the base sauce in large quantities, you bag it up and freeze it, and when ever you fancy a cuury - it takes about 15 minutes. Also, a useful way of using up those bits of leftover meat

If you do freeze it - label it. It looks just like the carrot soup I have in my freezer at the moment

So far I've not made a mistake but.......

ozzyfan_2 · 12 May 2006 at 8:33PM

I'm going to have a go at your curry sauce tomorrow Curry Queen, my mouths watering already

Can I ask a question though?
When the recipe says to add the meat & spices, what spices do you use?

Thanks!

MadamBroke · 13 May 2006 at 8:45PM

God Bless MSE! and fellow users......

I have taken all your advice on board and did some shopping.....

It works out bout for each curry is pence!! You all will be saving me some money and for that I THANK YOU!!

I'm going to try making one next week so Ill let you know how it goes....

:T

M.Bxx

MadamBroke · 18 May 2006 at 3:20PM

Just thought Id let you know about my curry night last night....

Well It went very well and Hubby was well impressed!! But I think Im going to batch cook some of Curry Queens curry sauce and that will save me time and money

SO again thanks very much MSE!

M.B:beer:

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