Thought I'd revive Rob's excellent thread as I made this last night.
Not Al's curry but one of Rick Stein's.
A few months ago I was walking around my local shopping mall and came across a large display of Rick Stein’s new cook book “Rick Stein’s India – In Search of the Perfect Cur…
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Best curry I've ever made. I didn't use whole thighs but the pickings of a chicken carcass before it went in the stock pot.
Didn't have any pure Kashmiri chilli powder either but I did have some Kashmir bassar mix which has all the flavour of Kasmiri chilli but is spicier, so my vindail was hotter the the recipe - but that's fine with me. Otherwise I followed the recipe to the letter
I will stock up on pure Kashmiri chilli powder next time I go to Grape Tree.
I was surprised by how much garlic went in and how much vinegar at the end. It looked an awful lot and I thought it would just taste of vinegar but it didn't. Utterly superb.