I've never had it, or wanted to have it, cos it just seems wrong on many levels.
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it should be sued under the trades description act
Its basically beef in a mild, curry flavoured gravy
Shocking stuff
I've never had it, or wanted to have it, cos it just seems wrong on many levels.
It's quite simple, if you want decent curry, go to a curry house, if you want decent chips , go to a fish and chip shop. They simply can't do both. Chinese only do chinky food any good.
(Although you would think the chips would be easy?)
Do you realise that the word "curry" merely means "sauce"
That is sometimes disputed. I think you are referring to the suggestion that it stems from the Tamil word Kari, which apparently means black pepper. This makes most sense to me as Indians flavoured their food with pepper, until chillies were imported to the sub continent (apparently!). But it is also argued that it stems from the word karahi/kadhai which is a type of cooking pot or wok, hence chicken karahi in restaurants. Another theory is that it stems from an old English word "cury" which describes "cookery" and in turn is taken from an old French word "cuire". Who knows? It may even be a mixture of all 3 but, for sure, colonialists returned to the UK speaking of "curry".
So what is balti and masala then ?
Did balti not originate in the Birmingham curry quarter ?
And is masala a dish invented for the British?
Yes the Pakistani immigrants set up cafes for the local population back in the 70s. Balti translates to bucket and is the name of the dish that it is both cooked and served in. It has a flatter bottom than similar vessels and the method of balti cooking is similar to stir fry. A real balti from Birmingham cannot be replicated outside of the area in my opinion, and can definitely not be found in South Wales. In the late 80s there were so many good balti houses both inside and outside of the Balti Triangle (an area formed by 3 roads) - Adil’s, Sher Kahn, Royal Alfaisel, Shabab’s, Shereen Kadah, Balti Paradise, Azim’s and more...
Masala means mix or spice mix. A curry powder is a spice mixture. Garam means hot so garam masala is hot spice mix.
The famous chicken tikka masala was supposedly invented when a British diner found their dish too dry and wanted sauce so a chef added a tin of tomato soup and cream. It’s very similar to butter chicken which was “invented” at the Moti Mohal in Delhi.
I had Irish curry and chips from one of the shops up here - not bad, say, six out of ten.
Pretty sure it didn’t have many of the ingredients in this recipe and I’m glad it didn’t.
https://www.irishcentral.com/culture...ry-sauce-chips
Considering Cardiff has a large bangladeshi community and quite a sizeable Pakistani one I am surprised it doesn't have more decent curry houses and indeed a curry triangle or mile like Manchester, Birmingham do
I used to live in Bradford and the Asian community is so widespread its all over the city so no real curry quarter
In Cardiff I suppose we have city road , Albany Road, Crwys Road area but thats it really