Looking for a curry...

Minibiker · 22 Oct 2017 at 18:30

Hi all

WE NEED YOUR HELP!! Me and the missus are looking for a curry that i had before but can never find it anywhere

We used to get a Curry from our local curry house in Bristol but moved to Swindon about two years ago and haven't found a curry like it.. It was a Chicken Tikka Massala but not hot and wasnt orange like the ones i find now, it was pure Red and a thicker sauce...

Bloody scrummy but having no luck getting one like it.

Any suggestions on what it could be?

NickK · 22 Oct 2017 at 18:37

sure it's not a thai or a tomato style one? Jalfrezi without the chilli?

Minibiker · 22 Oct 2017 at 18:40

NickK said:
sure it's not a thai or a tomato style one? Jalfrezi without the chilli?

Im not sure and i cant remember the name of the curry house to look at the menu

Liquid_Entity · 22 Oct 2017 at 18:42

Lol we could be here all night and now I’m hungry thinking about curry

Minibiker · 22 Oct 2017 at 18:46

Liquid_Entity said:
Lol we could be here all night and now I’m hungry thinking about curry

i know but if i have to be here all night to find it i will

i was going to order a curry now but had this one in mind so need to try find it before its to late

Minibiker · 22 Oct 2017 at 18:52

https://imgur.com/cp1Yu31 the one on the left is what it looks like

Minibiker · 22 Oct 2017 at 20:15

Update guys, Just had a curry and.......

It was exactly the same as the one from Bristol...

The missus rang up the curry house in Bristol and asked what kind it was

they said its just a regular tikka masala, they said it wouldnt be a tandoori as it would be spicy so its regular tikka... And the Naan bread was pucker to also big, we ordered 3

How come the usual currys in supermarkets are more Orange in colour rather than this Pinky/Red...

Mark A · 22 Oct 2017 at 20:25

It'll be food colouring. I'm guessing the ones in supermarkets might not contain it so they can put the 'no artificial coloring or flavours' thing on the box maybe.

robfosters · 22 Oct 2017 at 22:10

Yep, the red is just food colouring. Quite often Indian restaurants use beetroot powder for the colouring rather than the commercial liquid stuff.

Ricochet J · 22 Oct 2017 at 22:21

I'm British Indian and I've eaten Indian food all my life, almost every day! I've got to say I've never eaten a red curry

Just looks like it's been loaded with tandoori powder.

silverblack · 22 Oct 2017 at 23:55

Same Tikka Masala can vary in colour and taste from different curry houses.
Some we tried were sickly sweet put us right off them.
Now order Rogan Josh maybe try that.

Minibiker · 23 Oct 2017 at 18:43

Ricochet J said:
I'm British Indian and I've eaten Indian food all my life, almost every day! I've got to say I've never eaten a red curry Just looks like it's been loaded with tandoori powder.

Its not like the normal Tikka Masala I have, This one is more sweet than Spicy....

silverblack said:
Same Tikka Masala can vary in colour and taste from different curry houses.
Some we tried were sickly sweet put us right off them.
Now order Rogan Josh maybe try that.

Yeah we've ordered from different places and most of the time end up with a wide variety of Tikka Masala... I will try the Rogan Josh I like a bit of a kick to my curry's but the missus likes them sweet.... Like me

pepp77 · 23 Oct 2017 at 18:53

Got a new Curry menu through the door a few weeks back and as I had a couple of mates round, decided to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised how good it was with the highlight for me being the onion bhajis (crispy and tasty and not at all doughy) and the Dupiaza (which I hadn't tried before). And they do 15% off if you order online which is nice.

Minibiker · 23 Oct 2017 at 18:57

pepp77 said:
Got a new Curry menu through the door a few weeks back and as I had a couple of mates round, decided to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised how good it was with the highlight for me being the onion bhajis (crispy and tasty and not at all doughy) and the Dupiaza (which I hadn't tried before). And they do 15% off if you order online which is nice.

Its not often we get a curry in but when we do the missus goes all out as she enjoys the sides, I've never tried Dupiaza before but reading the description online I may have to add that to the next order...

Atari · 24 Oct 2017 at 18:11

Can't beat a good Lamb Tikka Pathia (or chicken tbh). I'm British Indian and that's always my go to.

There's a 'desi pub' (I hate that term) around the corner from me that does Indian mixed grills and curries and their Butter Chicken is out of this world!

mm fancy a curry now.

Kainz · 24 Oct 2017 at 18:28

British Indian here. Never seen a curry that red before! It's deffo a ton of colouring under all that.

I can't so kormas or masalas. It has to be chicken Tikka or Tawa along with some good old garlic naan. There's a place called The Regency Club near mine that does godly Indian grub.

Man I feel like a tikka now.

NickK · 24 Oct 2017 at 19:50

Local place did Chicken/Lamb Naga Mirch. Which IIRC is basically pepper chicken/lamb. Only thing was the pepper was a ghost pepper.

The taste was great although they obviously had chilled it a little for taste rather than heat.. I have some 'red' chilli sauce...

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FrenchTart · 24 Oct 2017 at 20:01

That looks hot :eek:

Eating the whole lot at once, right?

NickK · 24 Oct 2017 at 20:22

FrenchTart said:
That looks hot

Eating the whole lot at once, right?

Froze it ... prepared outside and the vapour that entered the house through the window had the Mrs coughing

bobbyspangles · 24 Oct 2017 at 21:53

I've seen them ladle that pink sauce into the pan from 5 gallon buckets. I like a curry where I can identify the fresh spices and aromatics still in the sauce.