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My search for Curry Nirvana continues. The plan is to cook a ‘restaurant grade’  Indian Curry. “O Crikey Me !’ I’ve progressed a long way this year, thanks to excellent curry kits from SpiceZ and Saucy Spice Co. I’ve had some successes that made me think I was knocking on Nirvana’s door and then lately […]

Capt’n Curry, in his long search for Curry Nirvanah, cooks a Beef Vindaloo from a SpiceZ Curry Kit Share

WOW!  This Persian Beef spice kit from the Saucy Spice Co –http://saucyspice.com.au/  was brilliant. Great taste, good chili bite and easy to cook.  The spices come in the usual bright packaging with instructions on the back for what extra ingredients are needed. That’s very handy This Persian Beef kit required the usual Oil, Onion, Garlic, tin […]

The Saucy Spice Co  http://www.saucyspice.com.au  make a Madras Kit –  “Rich and aromatic, this is a hotter classic Indian beef curry.”     I followed the instructions, but used 1kg of lamb instead of beef. Marinated overnight with 1 big onion, 6 squeezed cloves, lemon juice, tin of diced tomatoes, the supplied ground spice (30gms) and 2 […]

Cook Basmati Rice in 8 minutes – put half or full a teaspoon of turmeric and some salt into a saucepan of water and bring to the boil. Add the rice to the boiling water and stir until it stops sticking to the bottom. Start a timer at the first signs of returning to the boil […]

UPDATE:2015 I used to cook Pappadums in the microwave, but I’ve returned to cooking them in oil, they taste so much better. Here is the old way – I cook my Pappadums in the Microwave . I used to cook them in oil as per the instructions but it uses a lot of oil, which […]

This is an excellent curry kit, with fresh ground spices in one sachet and dried herbs and spices in another. I added some yoghurt to the standard recipe, and after eating this meal twice, a week apart, I rate it very highly. I used 12 ‘Chicken Lovely Legs’ from the Woolworths deli  –  they are much better value than […]

Unsolicited reviews about Marinades Restaurant Spence St Cairns go something like this –   Andrew 19th Dec 2006 Marinades remains not only Cairns or Qld’s, but Australia’s finest Indian restaurant. It is wonderful to know that each time we go back, the standard of food and service will be superb. My wife and I have […]

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My recent experience using a curry kit where I mentioned that I’m always searching for that ‘secret ingredient’, brought unexpected results.  Zana from SpiceZ commented on my review and offered me a sample of her SpiceZ Sri Lankan Curry Kit, promising “You will discover the secret ingredient in our product.” Result -This is the best Lamb Curry I […]