/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.9332280]

I saw this recipe for making a curry.
>800g of onions
>60g of butter
>70g of plain flour
>3 tablespoons of garam masala or Japanese curry powder
>3 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce
>2 tablespoons of tomato ketchup
>1 kg of boneless chicken thigh
>2 medium carrots, cut into 2cm wedges
>1kg of water (or chicken stock if available)
>4 cardamom pods
>2 medium potatoes cut into 3 cm cubes
>1 Fuji apple grated
>2 teaspoons of salt
>180g of frozen green peas
How important is cardamom pods in this recipes? If I need to go out and get some. I can, but I don't really want to go out and get any if I can skip on it. I don't know too many other recipes that require or feature it.
TL;DR is cardamom pods needed for curry?

[Anonymous No.9333306]

>>9332280
>90% onions
Sounds like a good recipe mate. One thing you must remember is that you don't fry the onions the way you fry a stir fry. You disintegrate the onions by boiling them in just a tiny bit of water. Don't let any part darken more than any other part, just keep cooking and mixing and mashing and stirring till it's monochromatic goo. It browns as one entity, like making caramel out of sugar, actually exactly the same.

Method is way more important than cardimom, but cardimom is important. I recommend finding an Indian grocery and buying their premixed spice packets, they are well mixed, not salty monstrosities like shitty American taco seasonings. Cheap too.

Finally, don't waste your time with Jap curry, it's the American cheese of the world's curries. Good hangover food, not curry.

[Anonymous No.9333358]

>>9333306
This is the premixed spice stuff I was talking about, phone didn't let me upload pics.

[Anonymous No.9333695]

>>9333306
>don't bother with jap curry
Fuck you, and your pretentious bullshit. I am cooking for myself. I am not trying to please you. I like jap curry and find indian curry okay at best.
But thank you for informing me about cardamoms. I am somewhat grateful.

[Anonymous No.9333722]

>>9333306
>Finally, don't waste your time with Jap curry,
its good with tonkatsu or hambagaa. coco ichiban is a great place. Its also really cheap if you make it from a pack and add chicken. But Thai curry tastes the best tho imo.

[Anonymous No.9334972]

Hi /ck/, my gf and I want to make a Thai curry or pho type dish, here's what we have so far:

-frozen curry mix (yeah yeah)
-thai curry paste
-cilantro
-mushrooms
-green onions
-eggs (hard boiled and sliced)

A-are we doing it right? Need onions? We think we should put some protein in like sliced beef or tofu.

Advice appreciated

[Anonymous No.9334976]

>>9332280
Make some Thai red curry. It's easier and tastes better than nipland curry.