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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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]