PH Cooking Competiton #15 - Cook your best curry

[Pferdestarke]

PH Cooking Competition 15 takes us to curry heaven. Please do jump on board and try your hand at an authentic Indian curry of your choice.

I am talking Rogan, Madras, Vindaloo, Korma, Dhansak, Jalfrezi, Bhuna, Dupiaza etc etc etc. Kick Patak's and Sharwood's to the kerb and throw away your jars of processed filth. Instead, toast your spices, chop those onions, bone that meat and knead that naan!

Are you with us?

Usual rules apply:

3 photos to include ingredients, cooking and finished dish
2 weekends to give people chance to participate

The poll will end on tuesday 1st November.

Feel free to add any accompaniments to your meal such as rice or breads. Use whatever meat or veg you prefer.

Good luck you curry fiends!

[croakey]

Might get my entry out the way tomorrow as i was doing a curry anyway... But then again I've got the following week off to really push the boat out! I'm coming for you pfederstarke!!!!

Edited by croakey on Tuesday 18th October 13:22

[Mobile Chicane]

Ooh. Interesting.

Good choice since it's getting to that time of year when the UK needs something warming, but it surely can't be too hot as yet for curry in the southern hemisphere?

[captainzep]

Good one.

Tricky, in that even the best curries can look like... well, a pile of curry.

This will need some thought.

[Pixel-Snapper]

Im with you on that Zep.

[calibrax]

Yup, will be a very tough one to judge. Presentation and photography will be all-important...

[SVX]

If I get the chance (working away from home this week), I'll make my favourite biriyani and dhaal combination...

[5potTurbo]

Shame it's curry, being game season and all....

[Pferdestarke]

5potTurbo said:

Shame it's curry, being game season and all....

Game curry?

[Mobile Chicane]

Pferdestarke said:

5potTurbo said:

Shame it's curry, being game season and all....

Game curry?

Last year I made roe deer korma. The lean meat worked well with the creamy sauce.

[Bob the Planner]

Are we limited to indian sub-continent curry or can we extend to asian curry ? I could recreate some of the malaysian and indonesian dishes from Photo of Your Dinner thread. I have a particular re-run in mind, although I also have a sub-continent dish too (although it is Bangladeshi in origin).

[Pferdestarke]

Bob the Planner said:

Are we limited to indian sub-continent curry or can we extend to asian curry ? I could recreate some of the malaysian and indonesian dishes from Photo of Your Dinner thread. I have a particular re-run in mind, although I also have a sub-continent dish too (although it is Bangladeshi in origin).

I wanted to keep it away from Thai red or green curries. Everything else is fine.

Yours, The Colonel.

[Shinobi]

Can we have some recipes for good ones aswell? I'd like to try my hand at a Curry but not enter the competition obviously due to lack of skill.

[croakey]

Can we stretch the usual rules of 1 ingredients + 1 in progress + 1 finished to allow a couple more for the finished product?

Otherwise if people produce a number of dishes (as is common with curry) we're not going to be able to see them all?

Rifling through some books as we speak

[Pferdestarke]

croakey said:

Can we stretch the usual rules of 1 ingredients + 1 in progress + 1 finished to allow a couple more for the finished product?

Otherwise if people producez a number of dishes (as is common with curry) we're not going to be able to see them all?

Rifling through some books as we speak

I can't see why not. But then I don't make up the rules.

Assume yes unless someone comes on complaining.

Let's say 5 max.

[Pferdestarke]

Shinobi said:

Can we have some recipes for good ones aswell? I'd like to try my hand at a Curry but not enter the competition obviously due to lack of skill.

Please enter. You'll enjoy it and learn loads at the same time.

[croakey]

A curry is relatively easy to cook - plus no-one on here bites, give it a go, follow a recipe loosely and enjoy yourself

[Mobile Chicane]

Get this book: Classic 1,000 Indian Recipes. A steal at £5.78

[croakey]

Can recommend a Madhur Jaffereys curry bible as a good place to learn the basics, or the anjum one called Indian made easy (i think it was called)

[madbadger]

Mmmm. Curry.

captainzep said:

Good one.

Tricky, in that even the best curries can look like... well, a pile of curry.

This will need some thought.

^ This though.