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Book Launch

Mridula Baljekar - The Food & Cooking of India

Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey

Tuesday 21st February, 2012

Mayor Asghar Majeed, Mayor Tim Dodds and Mridula Baljekar

 

February 2012 - Newsletter

This months Special Offers

 

Recipe - February, 2012

Chicken Biriani

  

Pat and I never refuse an authentic Lamb Biriani. Traditionally cooked, it is quite delicious and a meal in itself, served simply with a generous bowl of Jeera Raitha. However, it is rather tricky to get right, so kick everyone out of the kitchen and don't answer the phone - you will need to concentrate. On this occassion, I have used chicken breast (it was all I had in the fridge!). And, just by chance Mark Millan requested a recipe for Biriani using chicken thigh. Well, you will have to make sure that the chicken thigh is skinned and cooked through to the bone, so adjust the timing, but apart from that, it should work well.

 

Cobra Beer On-Pack Competition Winners

On Monday 16th January, 2012, lucky winners - David and Shelia Jamieson from Gateshead, shared their winnings! - an Indian Feast cooked by Pat Chapman in their own home - with their three daughters and partners.

 

 

New Years Honours List 2012

Congratulations to Bajloor Rashid - Restaurateur and President of the Bangladesh Caterers Association. Bajloor has been awarded an MBE for services to Bangladeshi Catering. He also owns the highly successful Zarin Restaurant in Ashford, Kent and regularly holds Elvis tribute evenings. So, if you fancy a little entertainment while tucking into your favourite curry - then this is the restaurant for you!

 

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Indian BBQ Cookery Class

Saturday 19th May, 2012

! Great Gift for FATHERS DAY !

 

Spice up your summer BBQ! Join a small group of like-minded curryholics and learn Indian BBQ cooking. This presentation will include: Tandoori, Tikka, Kebabs, Chutneys, Salads and bread. If you have been on one of our Saturday Morning Cookery Classes before, please take a £10.00 discount at the Checkout Page. Please type DISCOUNT in the Notes Box.

 

Recipe - January, 2012

Curry Puffs

One of the best examples of east meets west! Curry Puffs make a delicious lunch time or afternoon tea snack, served with a mixed salad and pickle. Make a good stock of the spicy minced filling, it freezes very well and don't be ashamed of ready made puff pastry - I'm not!

  

 

Christmas Recipes - December, 2011

If you feel like a change from a Roast Turkey with trimmings Christmas lunch, then why not spice it up. Try Pat Chapman's Indian Inspired Recipes. However, if you can't bear to beak with tradition, then perhaps a spicy Boxing Day lunch or New Years Day brunch would fit the bill.

 

 

Bangladesh Caterers Association - The BCA Winners

Park Plaza Westminster Hotel, London

Sunday 4th December, 2011

  

Lodue Miah of the Madhuban Restaurant with Pat Chapman

 

Book Launch

Anirudh Arora and Hardeep Singh Kohli

'Food of the Grand Trunk Road'

Moti Mahal, 45, Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London. WC2B 5AA

10th November, 2011

Recipe Requests - November, 2011

Oonbhariu (Parsee Roast Root Vegetables) - requested by Nick and Shirley Bertram

 

 

Recipe Requests - July, 2011

Emma Shilling has requested - Chicken Dhansak Restaurant Style

Gretchen Thomas has requested - Peshwari Naan Bread

 

Recipe Requests - June, 2011

Cachumber Salad from Pat Chapman's New Curry Bible - requested by Lynda Chantler

Mint And Yoghurt Dip from Pat Chapman's India: Food and Cooking - requested by Lynda Chantler

 

Cobra Beer On-Pack Competition Winners

Saturday 14th May, 2011

 

On Saturday 14th May, 2011 - lucky winner - Chris Lorek, beautifully dressed in a turquoise silk kurta suit and looking just like a Maharaja!, shared his Indian Feast cooked by Pat Chapman in his home with his partner, Kim and their family. All took the evening very seriously and dressed in traditional attire!

 

 Recipe Requests - May, 2011

This months recipes are from Pat Chapman's Curry Club 250 Favourite Curries and Accompaniments and Pat Chapman's Curry Club Favourite Restaurant Curries

Chicken Tak A Tan and Pili-Pili Chicken

 

The Lord Mayors Big Curry - The Army Benevolent Fund

The Soldiers Charity

Wednesday 6th April, 2011

Book your tickets for the Lord Mayors Big Curry, held at Guildhall's Great Hall, Gresham Street, London. EC2. Don't for get to take your credit card for the aution and raffle and your passport for the security check.

 

Recipe Requests - April, 2011

This months recipes are from  Pat Chapman's Curry Club Indian Restaurant Cookbook

Onion Bhajias

  

Everyones favourite Curry House starter and so very easy and quick to make. Delicious served with mixed salad and Mint Raitha - wonderful!

Mutton Xacutti

Try this wonderfully authentic Goan dish - it's not all Vindaloo!

 

Our Inaugural Indian BBQ Cookery Class

Saturday 21st May, 2011

! Great Gift for YOU !

Spice up your summer BBQ! Join a small group of like-minded curryholics and learn Indian BBQ cooking. This presentation will include: Tandoori, Tikka, Kebabs, Chutneys, Salads and bread. If you have been on one of our Saturday Morning Cookery Classes before, please take a £10.00 discount at the Checkout Page. Please type DISCOUNT in the Notes Box.

 

Jeff and Linda's Step-by-Step

Madras Meatball Pizza

  

Jeff and Linda made Pat Chapman's Madras Sauce Recipe and made the most delicious pizza! Take a look at their step-by step instructions.

 

Restaurant Reviews - March, 2011

Sesame Indian and Thai Restaurant

216, Kingston Road, New Malden, Surrey. KT3 3RJ

020 8949 2211

14th February to 27th March, 2011 - Rajasthani Food Festival

 

'Laal Maas' - Rajasthan's signature dish and yes! it is hot!

 

 Recipes - March, 2011

Tuesday 7th March - Shrove Tuesday - Pancakes Day! Try these delicious pancake recipes. Ok, so it's been and gone, but pancakes are wonderful all year long! Both recipes come from Pat Chapman's Vegetable Curry Bible

Patishapta Pitha - Pancakes with a Creamy Filling

Pothittu - Pancakes with a Sweet Sauce - and don't forget me email me - I want to know how they tasted!

 

Restaurant Reviews - February, 2011

Zari Bar and Restaurant

214, Ifield Drive, Crawley, West Sussex. RH11 0DQ

01293 560606

Thermomix

The Kitchen Revolution - If you are looking to update your cooking techniques and/or replace kitchen equipment, then please have a chat with Annabel Khurshid before you do anything else! Annabel is an independant Thermomix demonstrator and will happily and calmly show you a different way of cooking, with minimal fuss.

Thermomix is the intelligent blender and processor that also weighs, cooks and steams! Fast, easy, healthy and creative cooking. Save money, time, space, and energy. Stunning textures, flavours and aromas. More than 10 appliances in one compact unit. One bowl, one blade, one whisk does it all! Contact her on 07803 137408 or email annabelkhurshid@yahoo.co.uk

 

Obituary - 23rd December, 2010

Shanta Pathak - The Curry Queen

Shanta Pathak, who died aged 83 is best remembered for founding the mighty Patak brand. Read the full story including Pat Chapman's comments in the Daily Express

 

Restaurant Reviews - December, 2010

Madhuban Tandoori Restaurant and Takeaway

94, Station Road, Liss, Hampshire. GU33 7AQ

01730 893 363

21st to 27th November, 2010

Pat Chapman has spiced up the nation's favourite regional dishes to create

 Lancashire Hot Hot Hot Pot

Devonshire Cream Chai

and Yorkshire Chilli Pepper Pudding to name just three!

Check out My Recipes or log on to www.facebook.com/welovecurry

 

Kings World Trust for Children

Saturday 20th November, 2010

'Just a brief note to thank you for all you did for the Kings World Trust Charity Dinner. The food was great and the donation of the cookery course and the cookbook was appreciated. You will already have heard that the event was a great success. We raised over £10,000 and found sponsors for 15 children.' Kind Regards, Nick Pasricha, Chairman, Kings World Trust for Children.

 

Restaurant Reviews - November, 2010

Indian Zilla Restaurant

2-3, Rocks Lane, Barnes, London. SW13 0DB

020 8878 3989

Sesame Restaurant

Fine Indian and Thai Cuisine, 216, Kingston Road, New Malden, Surrey. KT3 3RJ

020 8949 2211

 

Recipes To Try - November, 2010

Aloo Podimas - South Indian Potatoes

  Haakh Gadh - Fried Fish and Spinach

Erachi Ulathiyathu - Beef Coconut Fry

Cochin Sambar Masaladar - Lentil and Vegetable Curry

 

Price rises in the Recession

4th January 2011 ... VAT rises from 17.5% to 20%.  All the more reason to cook yourself.  

If you are tightening your belt and feel that eating out at your favourite Curry House has become a little bit of a luxury (after all, who can afford £20 or more, per head, every week?). Not to worry, why not cook your favourite spicy dishes yourself at home! Remember...

"Dining In Is The New Dining Out"

And Pat and Dominique are here to help you! We are in the process of adding recipes to our website. Please be patient, it will take some time, but we will be looking out for your recipe of the week requests. Please email Dominique at chapman.curry@btconnect.com with your requests and she will make sure that your recipe gets added to this website.

Better still ... come for a cookery lesson.  An investment for life.  And we've kept our 2010 prices.

! OLD NEWS, BUT ... !

A Good Laugh With Virgin

Virgin's brilliant ad celebrating the airline's 25th birthday, with the red uniformed honeys in killer, red patent high heels (Dominique wants to know where can she buy a pair - even though she already has four pairs or red heels, but hey! you can never have too many shoes!), the 1984 icons and the smug pilot, hit the ratings with a thumbs up from most viewers. (Dominique loves it!) Days after its launch comes what has been lauded as the world's best passenger complaint.

Advertising exec Oliver Beale, returning to London from Mumbai on Virgin in December 2007, was so disgusted by the state of his in-flight food and entertainment, he sent a six-page rant to Sir Richard himself, to convey his disappointment. The letter, which also included five photographs of the “offending” dishes, has since been circulated around the world and has been almost universally praised for its pointedness and humour.  This is Mr Beale's comment about one dish.

"Answer me this Richard, what sort of animal would serve a desert with peas in." [see image]. "I know it looks like a baaji but it’s in custard Richard, custard. It must be the pudding. Well, you’ll be fascinated to hear that it wasn’t custard. It was a sour gel with a clear oil on top. It’s only redeeming feature was that it managed to be so alien to my palette that it took away the taste of the curry emanating from our miscellaneous central cuboid of beige matter."

 

Read the piece yourself?  Go to: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/blog/editors_corner/article/11975/

PS:  The Daily Telegraph asked readers which airline provides the best meals.  Virgin Atlantic currently lies third (15 per cent) behind Singapore Airlines (40 per cent) and British Airways (20 per cent).  We rate Air India, their curries travel well and taste good. (Pat always orders a vegetarian meal while Dominique has meat, and then we share!).

Our Comments: Mr Beale is probably Sir RB himself, or one of his staffers, to whom all publicity is good publicity!  As for the dish, it is Carrot Halva with green pistachios!!! Dominique makes a wonderful Halva and will be requesting this recipe for the website. Serve it warm with Vanilla Ice Cream - delicious!

 

! Good News ! What You Say !

Thank You for Your Letters and Emails

 

on 16 April, 2010, Molly Sheridan wrote:

The Curry Bible has arrived, please thank Pat for his signature. It looks superb and I look forward to experimenting. I always wondered it is is possible to curry wild boar! as we have plenty around here, the Pyreenes.

on 10 April, 2010, Una Greene, St Andrew's School, Totteridge, London. N20 wrote:

On behalf of St Andrews PTA I would like to thank you for your signed book. Our Bollywood evening was a great success. We had a vast selection of Indian food donated from local restaurants and from some of our parents at the school. We had a clothes sale beforehand and the majority of the people who attended wore Indian attire. It was a great night and spoken about in the playground for weeks. We raised over £1,500, which is fantastic, all money will go towards our new resources room and school library. Events like these would not be possible if it was not for the support from people like yourself. Your contribution is greatly appreciated.

on 28 February, 2010, David Owen wrote:

May I say how thoroughly I, and July, enjoyed our morning session with you last Saturday. All the way back to Steyning we spoke about the morning and the meals we were to make together from what we learned and from the recipes in the book we bought. The whole session was an eye opener and the Coleman's jar was the only trade name in sight. How marvellous to learn how to make the Sauce's and Marinade's but using the basic vegetables and spices and not from tins and jars. Our friends will be in for a nice surprise and will only be annoyed with us by not making contact with you earlier. Again many thanks and more powder to your elbows.

on 1 February, 2009, Dan Fox wrote:

I love curry. I'm sure you've heard that before. I've spent some time in India and grew up in the Midlands, UK where I enjoyed regular take-outs! I own two of your books. (Indian Restaurant Cookbook and your full colour Curry Bible) but it was always easier just to phone the local delivery people. Four months ago my wife and I moved to Vancouver Island, Canada. No Indian takeaways. One local restaurant serving bland 'Canadian curry' Oh dear oh dear. There was only one thing for it. I dug out your books and decided to give them ago.

I went to the mainland. Spent $160 on whole spices. $50 on an electric grinder and $100 on air-tight plastic containers. Quite an investment! Then I set about making Tikka Madras Curry (page 89 of the Curry Bible).