Curry

Kingfisher lager. Or two.

A lot of you like curry I’m craving curry now lol. There this amazing restaurant in Swansea where I’m from the last time I was there I had a pint of strongbow, cheesy garlic nan, garlic rice and salmon mealaider. It was amazing the portions where huge I had to ask for a doggy bag.

I used to like cider with curry too, so does my Indian daughter in law, I eat loads of Indian food, unfortunately all our takeaways and restaurants are rubbish, but I cook my own, I love dhal, I could eat dhal and rice with a vegetable everyday. I make a rogan josh with cauliflower, aubergene and spinach and usually have it either with dhal or something like keema mattar, except I make it with veggie mince, sometimes I swap out the peas with okra. My DIL, always fills my freezer with lovely homemade Indian food when she visits, one of my particular favourites is a butter bean and red pepper curry.

I never have just one type of curry, always at least two, one hotter and they other mild, like a nice creamy dhal.

I do love curry, but in my head I have two different sorts. 

One is the Anglo-field Indian curries, with thick sauces and naan breads. We discovered this brand that do ones for home cooking, they are our easy meals, I just add protein (meat or chickpeas), frozen spinach and your done. The kids eat them too and I can even add the chilli now and they are good with it. 

The other is the kind a grew up with. I have sri-lankan heritage, though through complicated genetics I don't look anything like it. But my curry is slow-cooked where you make everything from scratch and can throw in some hard boiled eggs too. The kids also like it, though my son got funny about texture of bone in chicken, so I have to shred that up rather than leaving him a bone-in portion (or add chickpeas for him).

So we have dad's curry (which is our way of saying packet curry) or mums curry which is my version (I'm heavy on the cardomons and we have a competition to see who found most in they dinner and the kids like to chew them).

It's been a long, long time since I was last in the vicinity of an Indian restaurant or takeaway, and even longer since I last walked past one when they were cooking. I would agree that there is something wonderful about walking past such establishments and getting a waft of curry, or some other food smell that we like.

I am rather boring and predictable where curry is concerned, so will opt for a korma, or else a tikka masala. Anything spicier seems to disagree with me, and feeling like the inside of my mouth is on fire is not a sensation I like. I rarely bother with rice, but there will always be a naan, chapati, and/or paratha. 

When a cousin of mine got married a few years ago, he and his wife opted to have a curry van at their wedding breakfast. I had opted for what I thought I would like and be safe with (Butter Chicken - also known as Murgh Makhani). Although it's considered to be mild, I only managed a few mouthfuls because I found it way too spicy. A shame because in addition to feeling hungry, I had been looking forward to trying it.

• Saag Gosht is a wonderful, rich and flavourful North Indian/Pakistani lamb curry, where juicy, tender lamb meets creamy spinach. The sauce packed with flavour, fragrance and the most luxurious texture  

I cook a lot of curries: dopiaza, biriani, rogan josh, Gujarati cabbage, rasam, Goan fish etc. The best part of cooking is just after adding the spices to the fried onion and garlic, the wonderful aroma!

Cobra or Kingfisher to start.

A few poppadoms with mint raita and lime pickle.

Samosa chaat starter or paneer tikka.

Aloo, channa, paneer dhansak or pathia main.

Cheese and garlic naan or stuffed paratha.

Gulab jamon if have room.

A bowl of those sugary fennel seeds.

Feel hungry now :)

Nice.

Cider not beer and with the curry. 

Ooh yeah.!!

Everything tastes better with cheese.!!

Although I know Damojo would disagree.

A question.

A nice cold beer before, with or after the curry?

I like mine before, it helps to build my appetite.

That sounds like heaven there a place near me that serves cheesy garlic Nan and it’s amazing. 

I do like korma but prefer a curry with a bit more of a kick though. I enjoy tikka masala it’s got a nice kick to it. 

Hi Rach, good to see you here again.

I can't handle spicy foods, but I do enjoy a Korma occasionally.

Hi Rach91 

I have the same reaction when I walk past an Indian takeaway. I haven't had one in ages.

I like a medium curry I especially like all the ghee that floats on top of the curry, ooh yummy, with a nice garlic nan.

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