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jeff m2

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2,060 posts

182 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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I need the name of a curry.

Has a pronounced anise taste, rather like fennel.

Visible black seeds.

MattTheCat

125 posts

224 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Jeera?

Neil G60

697 posts

255 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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I always though star anise and black mustard seeds were ingredients in a properly made vindaloo

HTP99

25,388 posts

171 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Star Anise is very liquorice in flavour, I'm pretty sure it isn't in a vindaloo.

jeff m2

Original Poster:

2,060 posts

182 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Thanks for the input.
I'm sure it isn't vindaloo
Star Anise, probably not, I would recognise the bits.

Suggestion by phone from a prior drunken accomplice and curry eater, Menthi, although he couldn't remember the dish.

If we had drunk less we could probably both remembersmile

Quite likely to be a Bangladeshi dish.

sherman

15,321 posts

246 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Could you not just phone the restaurant /takeaway that you bought the curry from?


Griff Boy

1,563 posts

262 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Khodu gosht?


DoubleSix

12,569 posts

207 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Sounds like a Methi to me, sure it's not fenugreek you're tasting?

bobbo89

6,025 posts

176 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Sounds like some sort of achari to me. Suspect the black bits were Nigella seeds (Kalonji)

Shaolin

2,955 posts

220 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Just make something up, that's what the local Indians seem to do.

Fas1975

1,808 posts

195 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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Achar gosht ? Very strong fennel flavour, made with the indian pickle as a base


NorthDave

2,541 posts

263 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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I think the black seeds are probably black onion seeds.

Methi is a dish (and nice too!) Might be that?