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SpannerX
Apr 26, 2010

I had a beer with Stephen Harper once and now I like him.

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Love the thread, bookmarking it.

Here's a question, is Aloo Gobi northern or southern Indian? The missus and I love making that particular curry, since it can me a main or a side.

Edit: Oh, guess it's northern, seeing as how it's Pakistani/Nepali as well.

SpannerX fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Dec 16, 2012

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SpannerX
Apr 26, 2010

I had a beer with Stephen Harper once and now I like him.

Fun Shoe

slothzilla posted:

First of all, thanks for the thread. It has been an interesting read.

I just started getting into Indian cooking and I'm feeling a little hampered by my lack of a food processor.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good one?

Kitchen Aid or Cuisinart.

I have a kitchen aid, and it's excellent for making a decent curry paste. I've been using the pastes from Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution [yeah yeah, I know, not authentic, but drat if it isn't better than anything I've had in North America]. Not sure what model, but it wasn't expensive, less than $150. I've heard that the Cuisinart ones, for a home user, are pretty much as good.

That having been said, the one I use is actually too large for one thing, grinding the toasted spices. Yeah, I could go with a mortar, but I'd honestly like to avoid having something large and heavy hanging around in my kitchen, I've got enough crap there.

SpannerX
Apr 26, 2010

I had a beer with Stephen Harper once and now I like him.

Fun Shoe

for sale posted:

Quick question, really entry-level, but how do you usually work with fresh coconut? I don't cook with it often and I attacked this one armed with a cleaver, a cheap steak knife, a spoon, and a cheap mandoline and boy do I never want to do that again.

I'd used a food processor if I had one, after hearing how hard it was for you do do it. After watching Hell's Kitchen and seeing what a mandolin can do to fingers, ugh.

SpannerX
Apr 26, 2010

I had a beer with Stephen Harper once and now I like him.

Fun Shoe
I think it's more of a northern dish, but I'm going to be doing aloo gobi today. I think I've got all I need for it, I better get a list together.

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