contest BEGIN! Curry Throwdown

[The Hot Pepper]

DTS, that looks fantastic but I have never seen a vindaloo without vinegar! I think part of the word means vinegar in Portuguese.

It looks more like Rogan Gosh.

I'm like a vindaloo snob.

 

[keybrdkid]

now I wish could go skiing again like back in the day. .

Thanks for reading, here's some teasers...

 

[ColoradoRonin]

I like where you're goin' CR!

Thanks!

Some more teasers...

Added all spices to coconut milk and wisked in while cool.

Then brought up to a nice roll.

While that was going on...
Ghee. Thanks Boss for the recommendation.. Been doin it ever since.

Got all the sides browned.

And as that was goin on I had the chopped tomatoes and onions warmin up in the slow cooker.

I then added the browned chicken to the simmering spice coconut sauce.

Let that go for a bit..
Beverated.

I then added the chicken coconut spice mix to the tomato and onion in the slow cooker.

This is where the remainder of the warm Guinness went.

Man that cooker is slow....

 

[Booma]

Stuff is looking good!!!

Just on my home from a day full of beers, beers, brisket, pulled pork, beers and then some smoked chicken topped off with some beer.

Throwing down tonight yeeeeredhaaaaaa

 

[Deathtosnails]

DTS, that looks fantastic but I have never seen a vindaloo without vinegar! I think part of the word means vinegar in Portuguese.

It looks more like Rogan Gosh.

I'm like a vindaloo snob.

Vinegar...Bah!

That's the cheap n nasty western version. I gets me sourness and tang from tamarind. The way it should be.
This is my take on a vindaloo.

 

[Booma]

Out, drunk and stuff

 

[megamoo]

Everything looks awesome !

I am starting my curry expedition now

 

[JayT]

Wow! I mean WOW!!! You guys are rockin' it! One question, DTS, is that a metric shit-ton of peppers? Just want to make sure I have my measurements correct,

 

[geeme]

Vinegar...Bah!
That's the cheap n nasty western version. I gets me sourness and tang from tamarind. The way it should be.

AMEN!

 

[The Hot Pepper]

AMAZING so far peeps!

Vinegar...Bah!

That's the cheap n nasty western version. I gets me sourness and tang from tamarind. The way it should be.
This is my take on a vindaloo.

AMEN!

No, that's the original version. The Portuguese settled Goa, India, where it was born.

Historically, vindaloo was called by its Portuguese name, vinha d’alho, which referred to the primary flavorings of vinha, the Portuguese word for wine vinegar, and alho, the term for garlic, both of which figured prominently in both the original Portuguese recipe and the modern Indian modification of the dish, now known as vindaloo.

SO THERE! LOL

I know, that's your take on vindaloo. I dig it! I happen to love the vinegar bite, and lamb vindaloo is also in my top 5. We share a lot of curry likes. Vindaloo, rendang.

 

[JayT]

Time to crank it up! Here are my spices. There are many like them, but these are mine.... Oh and a nice spicy bloody mary to warm things up.

 

[HigherThisHeat]

Dang, that is the view just from your house?? Daaamn. I have never seen real mountains before. That is beautiful.




I don't know a thing about cookin with curry, but I know how to eat it. I want all these dishes! Espcially some lamb goodness.

 

[grantmichaels]

Dam.........Was about to fire up the Wok but I see it has a hole in the bottom and the Chinese Spatula has frayed apart...
I guess that can happen when your "Wok Kit" is almost 40yrs old.
I'll have to roll through the cases ...cabinets to see if I can drum up another kettle . I'll try to be back in a . curry...but definitely
before the deadline.....

So much to love here ... tan brown stone, a proper range, and a zildjian/brush ... nice photo.

HH81,

I guarantee you'd like my favorite curry, it's called "beef rendang" and the best description is West Sumatra Caramalized Beef Curry. You stew the beef all day in coconut milk and exotic spices until it becomes a paste and caramelizes on the beef, for a drier curry. And if you eat it with coconut rice BOOM!

Authentic to Indonesia and Malaysia.

If ANYNONE attempts this and THPs it up with fire I can almost guarantee a vote.

I don't know if I can get my work done in time to squeeze this in today, however, I can guarantee that I'm going to take a crack at it in the immediate future DC style or something ... sounds delish.

DTS is looking good here, but I'm with THP in having trouble imagining something filling the void of a vindaloo sans vinegar ... that said, I will likely try the technique myself, because the vinegar is precisely what keeps D away (from vindaloo) ...

I have to take a moment and give props to Stickman, though ... he's all over the 'process' ... We eat curry too often to 'do it right' ... but that's doing it right.

 

[Scovie]

Dang, that is the view just from your house?? Daaamn. I have never seen real mountains before. That is beautiful.

Thanks HTH, We live in God's country for sure. Not only are there mountains all around us, we get all four seasons.
Winters get -20° F and Summers get up to 115°. Snowmobiling, Skiing (4 Olympians live here), Mountain Bike riding (1500 miles of trails), and floating the river (with floating coolers full of beer), 4 X 4'n (we call it Stumpin'), we have it all.
You are invited!

 

[grantmichaels]

Thanks HTH, We live in God's country for sure. Not only are there mountains all around us, we get all four seasons.
Winters get -20° F and Summers get up to 115°. Snowmobiling, Skiing (4 Olympians live here), Mountain Bike riding (1500 miles of trails), and floating the river (with floating coolers full of beer), 4 X 4'n (we call it Stumpin'), we have it all.
You are invited!

all that AND legal marijuana ...

 

[HH81Betterhalf]

Washington is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Going to get things started this afternoon.

 

[HigherThisHeat]

all that AND legal marijuana ...

++++++1

Thanks HTH, We live in God's country for sure. Not only are there mountains all around us, we get all four seasons.
Winters get -20° F and Summers get up to 115°. Snowmobiling, Skiing (4 Olympians live here), Mountain Bike riding (1500 miles of trails), and floating the river (with floating coolers full of beer), 4 X 4'n (we call it Stumpin'), we have it all.
You are invited!

Damn dude that is like a dream set up. I have never been west in my life, but If I find myself that way I'm hitting you up for sure.

 

[Scovie]

Damn dude that is like a dream set up. I have never been west in my life, but If I find myself that way I'm hitting you up for sure.

I wish we could have hung out with you when we went to Florida last year. dammit!

 

[JayT]

I guess this as good a time as any to show my cooking/process pics...

JayT's Phaal Curry

I will give the exacts spices and measurements etc in the final post, but to give you the gist of it, my Phaal has:
Chicken Breast
Onion
Garlic
Ginger
Garam Marsala (cinnamon, clove, star anise, bay leaf, black pepper, cardamom)
Curry Powder (cumin, coriander, tumeric, fenugreek, and dried ginger, arbol and bhut chiles)
Fennel Seed
Cayenne Pepper
Pureed Tomatoes
Chiles (jalapenos, habanero, fataliis, 7 pot, bhuts)
Jasmine Rice (for serving)
Cilantro (for garnish)

 

[grantmichaels]

JT's in there, too. Looking good!