Thanks Paul for the excellent Curryholics site, I was looking out for more curry on the web and bumped into your site. Having moved from Mumbai(Bombay) to Sydney I still relish my curry. I have rice and curry for lunch daily. An ozie bloke once asked my don't you get fed up with rice and curry daily. To which I replied that rice was the base and the curry was different every day. Even when we got out on long weekends we always end up eating an Indian Lunch/Dinner all the other International food will only be a snack for me and the family. At an Ozie club I once asked the lady can I have some more curry to which she replied this is gravy, since then I have been thinking what is the difference between curry and gravy no one could give me an answer. My five year old son said gravy is bland and curry has punch!

If i am making a curry with the vindallo curry paste, do i skip adding any of the spices?? this is my first time making a curry , I havent had one in years.

i wanna know more about making the tandoor at home

is it possible to build a small tandoor that i can take with me when i move

I have to do a midterm on the history of, cultural effects and recipes on curry..can anyone help me please.

replying to anjypuff123's message. You should ask on the 'uk.food+drink.indian' newsgroup, there are some knowledgable people there. You can find it on Google groups if you don't have a newsreader.

John

Hi

I am interested in taking my boyfriend away for his birthday and would like to attend a curry making day ideally in the uk?
Does anyone have any experiences and suggestions?

Thanks

has anyone here successfully built paul's tandoor? i have a few general questions about it incuding

-thickness of sides/bottom
-heat retention
-cracking
-outside heat
-ventilation

thanks in advance! if any of you have, please email me.

thanks

-tim

I live in Ireland and cannot get gram flour for love nor money doe anyone know what other flour i can use for onion bhajii's, and i love really hot curries has anyone got a good recipe for me especially prawn, chicken tikka or beef? much appreciated...

As a replacement to gram flour, try grinding yellow split peas to a fine powder or try to get split pea flour.

Gram flour comes from ground dried chickpeas

i need to know how to make my own curry powder. What ingredients will i need to make an indian curry powder that i can use for many recipes??? HELP!

I need to find thaali dishes for a party of 30 - where can I hire them? London and south east if poss

Hello there,

in a restaurant in Scotland I once had a fantastic vegetarian "starter" dish from a buffet. It was simply small boiled potatoes and green beans in a medium thick sauce. I think it was called Aloo Saag. I'm, not sure about the name because the small sign over the container was missing and when I asked one of the waiters they couldn't tell me... anyway the food was great. I know that Aloo means potato, right ? Afterwards I have tried recepies with the same name, but they always seem to contain spinach. If anyone knows something here that could get me closer to recreate that dish I would be very greatful.

Greetz guys

i'am wondering if any one has any good marinates for chicken tikka or tandoori, or a sauce for both

many thanks

Anyone out there have a recipe for a good sheek kebab - lamb - all we have around Worcs is the red variety. When I lived in Small Heath (Balti Capital) they looked and tasted like lamb! Thanks.