Are these tried and tested recipes or just copied and pasted from some website a litttle like the normal local rags do these days?

Mine's tried and tested every month!

Mine is tried and tested by myself and several others. Reputedly an Aargrah recipe... from someone who did some training there and is now a pub landlord.

Tonight.

Get on train.

Ring Sima's curry house.

Order;

Veg pakoras

Veg samosas

Tarka dhal side

Saag aloo side

Saag paneer main

Channa paneer main

Peas pilau rice

3 chappatis

Wait for delivery

Drink a beer while waiting

Eat

Is Seema's decent?

I think it's spot on. It feels like a real curry house, rather than a restaurant. You seem the same whiteys (©FA) there regularly which gives it a fan club vibe.

Bet big Nice is taking an interest in this thread

Excellent recipe there Tigertrot

Ok, mine stolen from a reputedly Mumtaz chef and tweaked.



2 med onions

2 tsp garlic paste

1 tsp ginger paste

1 tsp salt

.5 tsp cinnamon (Optional)

.5 tsp turmeric

1 tsp ground coriander

1.5 tsp Basaar

2 green chillies (more if you want hotter)

1 med tomato

500g diced of chicken/lamb/lamb mince



1) Dice the onion as small as possible and boil in enough water to cover them

2) When softened add the salt, garlic, ginger and spices and boil for a further - 10 mins

3) Add the raw meat and boil until cooked through

4) It looks minging but now add 4 table spoons of oil and fry the mix until the oil separates back out

5) add tomatoes and chillies to soften them slightly (you could lob in a tsp of cumin seeds at this point)

6) stick it in a bowl, sprinkle some fresh coriander on top and grab a beer and a naan/chappatis

It seems counter intuitive to boil a curry but i saw a Madhur Jaffrey programme from Bradford where the chef did just what you suggest (I don't think it was Mumtaz) & she looked aghast.

BTW the tigress reckons Friday night's curry from Seema's was our best ever. £25 for the lot, which is not bad going for Ilkley.

Ilkley! - blooming heck, I didnt think you could get a bag of chips for £25 in Ilkley nowadays

I saw the same programme. It was Mumtaz in Bradford. I made notes the best I could and put together a recipe for it. Probably one of the best curry's I've made at home and I've tried a load. You start with the ingredients in a cold pan and reduce it down. I think it's a chicken karahi (from memory). I'll post the recipe on here if anybodies interested but I'll need to remember as it's on my pc and work.