Category "curry"

What's the proper order to add ingredients for an Indian curry?

Typically, when making an Indian curry, I heat oil, add whole spices, then add and cook onions, add and cook ginger + garlic, add dry spices + tomatoes, and coo

Why is there no pork on the Indian take-away menu?

The standard Indian takeout menu does not represent the kind of food eaten in India. India is a large country and "Real Indian food" is little more meaningful t

Can I add seasoning to the beurre manie?

I want to thicken my curry but I also want it to have a lot of gravy/liquid - yet flavoured, not watered. I'm going to make some beurre manie. Can I add curry

How to make curry always come out dry\easily remove extra water?

When I cook a curry I add water to help it cook and stop burning if it goes to low etc. However I prefer my currys to be dry i.e where most water has evaporate

How to know if water has evaporated from curry/stew?

I am trying to get a curry to be thick and less watery. At the moment I am removing solids, boiling water off and then adding solids back in later. Unfortunat

How to proceed when you have a marinade of beef in spices, tomato, vinegar and onion?

I followed this recipe of beef vindaloo, last night, triple checking everything written there. Since I don't have a spice grinder, I put the chopped onions, cho

Why does water evaporate from curry better when you off the gas then heat again?

When I cook curry I often try to make it dry. When I try to simmer the water off I notice the water takes time to go and sometimes when i think its done i stil

how to cook boneless chicken breasts for curry?

I am trying to make chicken curry my way. I have already prepared curry and now I want to add cooked pieces of chicken into it (cooked separately). I assume the

Why fry a teaspoon of dal to start an Indian dish?

Some Indian recipes ask the cook to fry a very small quantity of dal, e.g. "3/4 teaspoon of urid dal", at the beginning of cooking a dish which doesn't otherwis

Three different-colored Thai curry pastes, how are they different?

Three different-colored Thai curry pastes that are readily available (plus Panang curry), green,yellow, and red. How do they differ in taste and heat? I’m

Indian cooking - How do I get the consistent taste [closed]

I am a grown-up man who has developed an interest in the art of cooking. I have been spending time in the kitchen with my wife and mother-in-l

Reduce the hot taste in a Cambodian curry

I made a Cambodian curry, but it was too hot! They say dairy is good for cooling hot curries, but this one I made has coconut milk in it. Would it be ok to put

Curries with yoghurt-based marinade [duplicate]

When cooking a curry using meat that has been marinaded in yoghurt tikka masala for instance, I have noticed that it often curdles/splits/gets

How do I make my curries saucier?

So I've made curry a few times before but I've always had a problem with the sauce. So before I try and make one again I want to know, how do you make the sauce

Made a bland curry, it's cooled down and about to freeze it. Help!

I've just made a tasteless chicken and veg curry. I have put various spices in, but it's still bland. It's cooled down now and I was going to freeze it tonight

How to remove sour taste from curry?

My curry become too pulupu (sour) due to too much yogurt. There is too much sour taste in each bite. Now how can i remove sour taste from curry?

What's the musky taste in curry?

I often order curry when eating out, and enjoy it enough to try my hand at making it at home. However, roughly half the curries I've eaten (usually the water ba

Why is the English word "curry" used for all these different dishes?

More like meta-cooking question, but I believe it fits here better than on travel stack. Why is English so poor at differentiating all those different things h

Is is ok to use slightly sour curd for chicken marination?

The last time I used slightly sour commercial curd (it usually isn't sour and was well within the expiry date) for marinating chicken. An hour or so after cooki

How to remove mutton smell while cooking? [duplicate]

Some people do not like specific smell of mutton in curry. What I do to remove the smell of mutton while cooking?