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[markcoznottz]

Sainsburys have lots of sharwoods indian stuff on offer, sauce, nans, etc, better quality than pataks apparently?

[Pferdestarke]

To avoid disappointment just try making your own via the many recipes online.

It'll be worth it.

Sharwood's - I didn't even know they still existed!

The power of branding is quite something!

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I was hoping this thread was about the beer.

[markcoznottz]

Pferdestarke said:

To avoid disappointment just try making your own via the many recipes online.

It'll be worth it.

Sharwood's - I didn't even know they still existed!

The power of branding is quite something!

Some of us can't cook though. Iv worked out a next best to a 'proper' indian, …aldi specially selected sauce, sharwoods naan, poppadoms & pickles, rice I'm still working on. A quick easy meal, not restaurant quality, but still enjoyable.

[Mobile Chicane]

The Sharwood's goan curry sauce is rated by many PHers. I've tried it and think it's by far the nicest jar sauce. Fill your boots if they have that on offer.

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Mobile Chicane said:

The Sharwood's goan curry sauce is rated by many PHers. I've tried it and think it's by far the nicest jar sauce. Fill your boots if they have that on offer.

Is that a Vindaloo one?


Probably on offer in Tesco.

[Mobile Chicane]

It's specifically called 'Goan Curry'. Maybe a vindaloo in all but name but very tasty.

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Mobile Chicane said:

It's specifically called 'Goan Curry'. Maybe a vindaloo in all but name but very tasty.

Right, I need to hunt it down.

[condor]

I thought it used to be called Goan vindaloo. Unfortunately, my local Sainsburys and Tescos don't stock it - I keep looking on the shelves though.

eta another fan of the Sharwoods Goan curry sauce

[Mobile Chicane]

That's it! Goan Vindaloo.

[condor]

I just bought some Sharwoods vindaloo sauce from Sainsburys and it appears that they've changed label colours again. Noteworthy is that on my receipt it had 'SWOODS G VIND CURRY' so it could well be that Sharwoods decided to drop the Goan off the label.Has a best before date of apr15.

[Cotty]

Pferdestarke said:

To avoid disappointment just try making your own via the many recipes online.

It'll be worth it.

Sometimes when you really can'd be assed to cook from scratch a jar of Sharwoods sauce is a good option. Jalfreze for me.

[sgrimshaw]

Sharwoods Bhut Jolokia is very nice

[wijit]

condor said:

I just bought some Sharwoods vindaloo sauce from Sainsburys and it appears that they've changed label colours again. Noteworthy is that on my receipt it had 'SWOODS G VIND CURRY' so it could well be that Sharwoods decided to drop the Goan off the label.Has a best before date of apr15.

This. It started as plain Vindaloo, but curry folk aren't daft and quickly realised it didn't come close to their local curry house so sales dropped (and they weren't that great to begin with), so with a minor recipe adjustment it was re-branded and launched briefly as Goan Curry Sauce, then as Goan Vindaloo.
That failed to some degree so the decision was made to simply revert to Vindaloo.

Incidently, this sauce came about from an in-house contest to see who could eat the hottest curry which could be made on site, the result was basically a tikka masala with a shed load of chilli powder (most of which was beyond normal date!). As one or two participants were from NPD (New Product Development) they somehow convinced those in ivory towers it would be a jape to produce it properly. I'm sure you could imagine the taste of it just from the description above.