Curry Recipe Academy

Hey Channel Members 👋🏼

I am launching a NEW series of 'One Pot' versions of all your favourite curry house curries, so I need your input please 🙏🏼. 

What Curry House Curries would you like me to develop into a 'One Pot' curry? Please comment here so I know where to look 👀

Also,... with each of these 'One Pot' curries the longer form video will have a NEW feature in it called 'BEHIND THE RECIPE' this will be me discussing how the recipe was developed and my thinking behind it. Hope these 'Members Only' videos will be both entertaining and education 😊

The first 'One Pot' curry in this series will hit the channel on Friday night at 6pm as will the 'Members Only' version- ENJOY!

I look forward to your feedback 🙏🏼

3 days ago | [YT] | 24

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Hey Folks...
🚨 Excited to share that I am starting a NEW series of videos all about British Indian Restaurant Classics - BUT... ONE POT versions with a twist...
The curries will be...
👉🏼Easy to make- everything cooked in ONE POT / PAN.
👉🏼Taste like (if not better) thank a typical takeaway or restaurant
👉🏼Take around 30 minutes to cook
👉🏼Have the 70s & 80s vibe and taste
I have a few already- 'One Pot restaurant style curries on my channel like Madras and Korma, but,... I wanted to blend a bit of the 70/80s style BIR into these NEW one Pot curries using some of Chef Din's influence, I will also feature some of Din's 'One Pot' curries that he has developed over the years.
So, I need your input 👋🏼
Please tell me which British Indian Restaurant Favourites you would like to me make and I will do my best.
🚨 For all our Channel Members there will be a 'BEHIND THE RECIPE video that compliments these recipes in showing you how these recipes are put together and developed.
Looking forward to sharing this NEW series with you all
Starting 6pm this Friday 📺👀

3 days ago | [YT] | 44

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Coming soon, the third Members Q&A since launching channel memberships (aka Curry Club) we have some interesting one this month, so I look forward to answering those on Friday 😁 for our channel members.

1 week ago | [YT] | 14

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This weeks video-'How to Cook Perfect Basmati Rice Every Time (The No-Fail Method) 💪🏼

When I started our catering business back in 2009 (we catered to pub curry nights) cooking large volumes of rice (100+ portions) was my biggest learning curve 😆
Thankfully, I mastered it before we opened our takeaway Curry 2 Go and I am going to share this week my 'No Fail Method' - it really is so easy 🙌

I will also show you have to get a beautiful flavour into your rice and make it look and taste just like the best restaurant basmati rice you might find.
On the channel 6pm tomorrow 📺 👀 (6pm today for members) and the recipe and steps as always will be in the video description.

Enjoy!

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 43

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This weeks members only video, is a closer look at where I make and film my recipes for YouTube - 'The Curry Shed'- yes this is a 10ft x 8.2 foot shed in my garden that I have had since 2016, in tomorrow night's video we will take a closer look at it 👀

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 19

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This Curry is a "Flavour Bomb" yet most people don't order it, why?

Tune in tonight as usual for this amazing recipe and my NEW favourite curry- CHICKEN TIKKA SHASHLIK

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 53

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Ok,.... a lot of channel members have asked for this, so here you go Episode 1 will be available on the Curry Club Thursday 6pm 😊

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 25

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In the series I have been covering on YouTube- 'The Old School Style of British Indian Curries' from the 1970s & 80s - the thing that stands out as the difference between the curries back then and many of the curries you get today sadly, can be summed up in these words...
Short cuts & Cost saving 💲 😕

For me,.. back in the 1980s the benchmark of a good Indian restaurant or takeaway was their Vindaloo. If they made a good Vindaloo, they were a good restaurant or Takeaway 😆 👌🏼

A good restaurant style Vindaloo in my opinion, should tick these three boxes-
Spicy - not just hot (anyone can bung in a ton of chilli powder and lemon juice)
Complex layers of flavours & Use of Whole Spices
A rich gravy, sadly, these types of Vindaloos are getting harder to find these days, though not impossible, there are still; some excellent restaurants around if you look hard

In Friday's video we are cooking Chef Din's 1970/80s style Vindaloo and thankfully there are NO shortcuts in this recipe 🥳

However...

As this recipe is VERY near and dear to my heart 🥰 ( I refer to this curry often as the 'King of Curries' and have many recipes for Vindaloo in my books and on my channel)
I have made just a couple of tweaks to Chef Din's version and the result I think, is truly fantastic! (sorry Din 😬)
I would love to know who loves a good Vindaloo❓
I would also genuinely love to know what you fellow curry lovers think makes the prefect restaurant style vindaloo ❓
I am not talking about the authentic GOAN style, this time we are talking about the BIR version of this Curry

Also...

Potato or No potato?

Anyone know why potato made it's way into the BIR version of Vindaloo❓
What Din told me was genuinely a shock and made me laugh out loud 😂

I am really looking forward to sharing this one with you!
Curry Club Members tune in Thursday 6pm for the Deep Dive 📺 👀

All my Subscribers 6pm Friday for this Vindaloo Recipe 🥘

1 month ago | [YT] | 48

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Hey all Curry Club Members...
You guys will get early access to Episode 6 in 'The OId School BIR Series' - 6pm tonight! Plus the bonus of an interview with Chef Din discussing the background to this Chicken Dhansak recipe, and some other BONUS content in there for you, like a peek at a 1970s Indian restaurant menu, ... how things have changed!

1 month ago | [YT] | 33

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This Friday at 6pm, we’re going back 50 years to discover how a British Indian Restaurant Classic- Chicken Dhansak was made back 1976.
Episode 6 in The Old School BIR Series brings you another genuine restaurant style recipe from Chef Din — and this one was particularly special to Din back then 🔥
This Chicken Dhansak served at Karim’s Restaurant in Brighton, where Din tells me it became one of his most popular curries on his menu, and back in 1976 Din says; "there weren't that many curries on the menu 😂
This recipe is really interesting because …
It’s NOT like many of the Chicken Dhansaks you’ll find in British Curry Houses today.
Over the decades, recipes have changed, shortcuts have appeared and restaurant cooking has evolved. But this version takes us right back to the old-school methods and flavours Din was using in 1976.
Also, what about the Pineapple Controversy 😆
Did the original Dhansak have pineapple in ❓🤔 answers on a postcode folks 😁
We’ll be recreating his Dhansak step-by-step, including the lentils, the balance of sweet, sour and heat, and the techniques that gave this curry its distinctive restaurant flavour.
And there are a few things in this recipe that might surprise you — particularly, if you think you already know how a Chicken Dhansak should be made!
This isn’t my interpretation of a retro curry.
This is Chef Din’s recipe.
This is how he cooked it.
And this is PROPER OLD-SCHOOL BIR.
🔥 1976 Chicken Dhansak
📺 Episode 6 — The Old School BIR Series
🕕 Friday, 6pm (Curry Club Members a longer more in depth version will be available tomorow 6pm)


🛑 Don’t miss this one!

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