The Spice Tailor ‘meal kits’ are awesome
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Honest review. Did the Rogan josh, really struggled with the grinding of the spices. The smell made me feel a bit “not right”.
Had to take the leaves out and bin some of the larger bits of spice as I couldn’t get them into a fine powder.
Had some lamb so cooked that off and just the missus had it as I wasn’t too keen. She said that it was a bit grainy in texture and not worth the 3x the cost of a jar.
House doesn’t smell too bad though
Had to take the leaves out and bin some of the larger bits of spice as I couldn’t get them into a fine powder.
Had some lamb so cooked that off and just the missus had it as I wasn’t too keen. She said that it was a bit grainy in texture and not worth the 3x the cost of a jar.
House doesn’t smell too bad though
skinnyman said:
Grabbed a bunch of the Goan curry & Rogan Josh ones when they were half price in Tesco, Goan one with dice lamb shoulder is my fav.
I'd also like to know what takeaways people are using that offer a curry & rice dish for under a fiver!
Where are getting your lamb? The diced shoulder I got from Tesco was basically unedible, mainly fat & what little meat there was, was chewy I'd also like to know what takeaways people are using that offer a curry & rice dish for under a fiver!
My local Kwik-e-mart (still miles away) where I source all my spices and fresh herbs (incl. curry leaf!) has their own little butcher's counter. Far better than any supermarket.
ETA: you all need to find a shop like that. A lot of Indian food requires zero cooking skill, especially curries. It's all about the ingredients and recipes. You will not get great ingredients in a supermarket and they will all be overpriced.
ETA: you all need to find a shop like that. A lot of Indian food requires zero cooking skill, especially curries. It's all about the ingredients and recipes. You will not get great ingredients in a supermarket and they will all be overpriced.
Edited by Bacon Is Proof on Friday 12th March 12:33
Bacon Is Proof said:
My local Kwik-e-mart (still miles away) where I source all my spices and fresh herbs (incl. curry leaf!) has their own little butcher's counter. Far better than any supermarket.
ETA: you all need to find a shop like that. A lot of Indian food requires zero cooking skill, especially curries. It's all about the ingredients and recipes. You will not get great ingredients in a supermarket and they will all be overpriced.
90% of the curries I make are from scratch, using ingredients from the Indian minimarket, but sometimes I just want a curry that's almost instant (but not a supermarket ready made curry) and these kits satisfy that need.ETA: you all need to find a shop like that. A lot of Indian food requires zero cooking skill, especially curries. It's all about the ingredients and recipes. You will not get great ingredients in a supermarket and they will all be overpriced.
I tried the Southern pepper curry tonight - and have to say this is my favorite of the 3 I've tried so far. I left the bayleaf whole, but powdered the rest of the spices. Chicken again.
I also added some water to the sauce pouches to clean them and add more liquid to the sauce. Still thought it to dry as the accompanying rice soaked it up. I might add some tomato juice next time as there was no discernible tomato sauce taste there.
Still thought it very good and will definitely buy this kit again ( when on offer).
I also added some water to the sauce pouches to clean them and add more liquid to the sauce. Still thought it to dry as the accompanying rice soaked it up. I might add some tomato juice next time as there was no discernible tomato sauce taste there.
Still thought it very good and will definitely buy this kit again ( when on offer).
On the recommendation of this thread, I got my dad to ship some over to the US. I made the Hyderabad red korma the other night; quite impressed. My wife thought 'the house smells like ass' while it was being cooked, but enjoyed it - she's a notoriously picky eater. She was also wrong; it smelt very good once the simmer sauce was in.
It's certainly better that the local curry house (which is quite expensive and quite 'meh' compared to the UK - buy does excellent breads.
Like others, I've added water to the simmer sauce so not to make it too dry.
Southern Pepper up next. I'll have to see if there's other alternatives available here (they're about $8 at the cheapest).
It's certainly better that the local curry house (which is quite expensive and quite 'meh' compared to the UK - buy does excellent breads.
Like others, I've added water to the simmer sauce so not to make it too dry.
Southern Pepper up next. I'll have to see if there's other alternatives available here (they're about $8 at the cheapest).
rice and spicy thai crackers.
Digger said:
Could someone kindly prod the thread when these are on offer in Sainsburys?
Prod (for half the range anyway).https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/SearchResults/...
Hope you weren't waiting too long
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