It's definately one of the better indian food joints around Brisbane.

Any recipe that requires more than 2 or 3 really f***ing obscure ingredients, in really small amounts, is fail.

Turmeric ½ teaspoon.
Mustard oil 4 teaspoon.
Red chilies whole 8 nos.
Mustard seeds 1 tsp.
Cloves 5 nos.
Asafoetida A pinch
Red chili powder 1 tsp.
Cumin seed 1 tsp.
Kalonji 1 tsp. (black cumin oil) or onion seeds.
Jaggari (brown) 25 gms. (sugar) this is some sort of cane sugar block

Unless you have a few recipes that use those things.

that's not actually true unless you care less about the taste and flavour of the resulting food than you do about the convenience of acquiring and using all of the ingredients you need before they go out of date

if so, might as well just go to coles for some pataks

i tried lazy mans curry last week: pataks. it wasn't bad but nothing like the real thing.

well you aren't gonna pay 5 bucks for a jar of spice that you'll only use 1 tsp of, and if you are... well then that is a bit disgusting, there are people who can't afford noodles for their kids, and you're throwing away exotic spices...

Sounds good pete, but needs photos

maybe not, but that doesn't mean the recipe fails

and practically everyone can afford noodles for their kids if they make the right choices (such as which supermarket they shop at, or whether they let the local militia rape them causing them to have kids in the first place). additionally, whether or not I throw away $5 of exotic spices has little bearing on whether or not someone can't afford noodles for their kids _unless_ they know how to make noodles out of exotic spices

I half agree with you thermite, some recipes I have come across have annoying niggly little f***ing amounts of s*** you've never heard of, and in subsequent sessions I have left them out with no discernible difference in taste, but having said that some things, esp spices, can have a big effect in small qty's

Yeah I can tolerate a few such ingredients, but when there are 10 ingredients I would have trouble even finding in the shop, it starts to become impractical for the home cook, living in apartment with no pantry, and for people who don't cook much that can be very discouraging.

I've had A Night in India, and I still rate Sitar's korma and vindaloo a lot higher than I would A Night in India's. I haven't tried Punjabi Palace, but Sitar's korma/vinda is consistently f***ing brilliant in my books.

well you aren't gonna pay 5 bucks for a jar of spice that you'll only use 1 tsp of, and if you are... well then that is a bit disgusting, there are people who can't afford noodles for their kids, and you're throwing away exotic spices...

...what?

you're meant to use the whole thing btw (which we did)

We need some sort of secret squirell way of recognising other QGL members, probably walked right passed you guys at the indian place today. Dont the freemasons have a ring or something that they show to get discounts and special treatment.

Anyway, night in india bad, punjabi palace good. Making your own curry at home, seems to be hit and miss for me the 3 tims ive tried.

yeah I'm with greazy pataks for the for the lazy win!

viper ask them if they have seen kat.zip

just make sure its not kathleen youre asking

nah punjabi palace isn't better than a night in india
once you gain some experience in taste you'll understand

you should keep trying to make your own curries, that'll help speed up the process - you're basically a huge curry nub if you've only made 3


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