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Why are curries so addictive? For me it is the aroma of spices filling up the house, the flavour, the chilli bite, the battle with sweating forehead – it’s a full eating experience. I enjoy all versions of curry, but Indian Curry is my favourite – nice and hot! In about 1970  I was introduced to […]

I’ve just cooked the first curry that I can rate at Restaurant Standard. Have I just had a brief glimpse of my Curry Nirvana or will it be the start of a new era in home cooked curries? The Audio file was recorded while I ate this brilliant Vindaloo! Thanks to the information at the […]

My search for Curry Nirvana has taken a hug leap forward. The plan – to cook an Indian Curry to restaurant standard. Zana from www.spicez.com.au sent me links to two UK based websites where many people are searching for the same thing as me. I’m not alone!!! There’s even an acronym for my curry Nirvana […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

My search for Curry Nirvana (http://shed.robhealey.com.au/cooking/curry-nirvana) continues. Yesterday I tried using the ingredients from a Curry Z  kit. Result- disappointing. The kit was at it’s use-by date and not fresh.   After this kit I tried a SpiceZ kit which I now rate as the best I’ve ever tasted – I wrote about that kit at […]

Chicken was never my first choice for a curry, until I ate this!! This recipe is so good that it has been my favourite self cooked curry for several years, ever since it was taught to me by an Indian lady who showed me how to make it – thanks Lena!!. I’ve made it over 150 […]

Don’t bother with this recipe- it’s rubbish compared to how I cook now. I’ve left it here as an example of what I used to do and to show me how far my Curries have come since this recipe. Here’s a link explaining more, current November 2010 Towards Curry Nirvana Part 2 This is an […]