natalietrueman84 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Hi Everyone, Hope you are well. I was wondering if anyone could help me with some market research for a project im doing: - How much do you miss british indian food and have you had a any luck so far in Australia finding something similar? - If there were products available in the supermarket how many of you would be interested in purchasing a make at home british indian curry? Thanks everyone :-) Natalie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Hi Everyone, Hope you are well. I was wondering if anyone could help me with some market research for a project im doing: - How much do you miss british indian food and have you had a any luck so far in Australia finding something similar? - If there were products available in the supermarket how many of you would be interested in purchasing a make at home british indian curry? Thanks everyone :-) Natalie 1. At first I did, but since have found lots of good "Aussie" curry houses, and haven't visited the British indian in Brisbane for a long time. 2. Spice Avenue in Brisbane does their own frozen meals sold in some places Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 What is a British Indian Curry? I have found great Indian Restaurants here and like the variety of regional dishes. I also make my own at home from a variety of spices all bought individually and blended to suit. Unsure what a British Indian Curry is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natalietrueman84 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Thanks everyone much appreciated! Last one alive, did you find these curries similar to the british indian cuisine we all know and love, the frozen one too? Rammygirl, i dont deny there are great authentic indian food here (havign been to india many times i can vouch for that), however in the UK the curry seems to be tailored for the Uk palate and i still ahvent found anything quite like it (probably more fattening and sugary) Natalie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) I like curry but like everything I have found a substitute that I like just as well, so I might buy the product to see how good it was, but wouldnt go out of my way to get a so called "British Curry"! Edited February 29, 2016 by AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Even in the UK I found variety. I still do not know what you mean. I never saw British Curry on a menu. Most Uk restaurants are Bangladeshi or Northern Indian though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natalietrueman84 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Hey Aj good stuff you found something you enjoy! Rammy girl, i know they are bangladeshi and northern indian, however they do taste different to northern indian curries here and some of the dishes (the famous ones we all know and love ie tikka masala, pasanda, korma, bhuna, dhansak), these are all found here but taste different, i guess its because the chefs tailore them to the british palate. Anyway its just something that i have grown up with and ingrained into the british culture. Do you know what i mean now? maybe i should call them british tailored curries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelensvaleHoward Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Curry Muncher in Oxenford on the Gold Coast Best curry I've had here Probably not as good as I got in Bradford But pretty close But when I go out for a meal I don't compare it now like I used to when first here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slean Wolfhead Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Hey Aj good stuff you found something you enjoy! Rammy girl, i know they are bangladeshi and northern indian, however they do taste different to northern indian curries here and some of the dishes (the famous ones we all know and love ie tikka masala, pasanda, korma, bhuna, dhansak), these are all found here but taste different, i guess its because the chefs tailore them to the british palate. Anyway its just something that i have grown up with and ingrained into the british culture. Do you know what i mean now? maybe i should call them british tailored curries Many of these dishes did not exist in India before the British Raj, chefs were exported back to London and created customised dishes with a British slant, introduced the concept of courses and cutlery along British lines (as opposed to eating with fingers out of leaf or bark plates), then imported them back to India, then back out and across the world through migration. Obviously, dishes have diversified over the last 200 years but some of the great Indian dishes like Madras and Kedgeree, did not exist previously, and neither did a history of meat eating. Also, foods like potatoes, tomatoes and chillies were all introduced to India by Britain and Portugal, so as a staple of today's Indian food I always wonder what they ate before that...spiced vegetables and rice? Edited February 29, 2016 by Slean Wolfhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Sort of. I never liked those curries much anyway. Korma was always too sweet and bland. I always preferred a rogan josh if pushed I thi k many UK restaurants now offer less stodgy fare in favour of more defined flavours. Maybe I am just a curry snob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Spice Avenue is a British Indian. It is ran by Brits and they import most of their ingredients (i believe). Their frozen currys are pretty good too. As for make your own, the brand Taste of India which i buy is just like a UK curry. Some Aussie curry's are not too bad either and have a similar taste, you just need to shop around until you find one. Cal x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natalietrueman84 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Yes Slean wolf head that is what I was trying to articulate, when the British raj came and out a British slant on things, stodgy yes but o so good!i have been to lots of British Indian restaurants in Sydney but yet to find something similar. I'll have to try taste of India thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 They sell sauces in 'pouches' rather than jars, they have that UK 'sweet' tang to them. Cal x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natalietrueman84 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Who do spice avenue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natalietrueman84 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Yes Slean wolf head that is what I was trying to articulate, when the British raj came and out a British slant on things, stodgy yes but o so good!i have been to lots of British Indian restaurants in Sydney but yet to find something similar. I'll have to try taste of India thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyman Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Oxtail Soup ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patphillips47 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Sort of. I never liked those curries much anyway. Korma was always too sweet and bland. I always preferred a rogan josh if pushed I thi k many UK restaurants now offer less stodgy fare in favour of more defined flavours. Maybe I am just a curry snob! Must admit having lived in the two countries I prefer Australian Indian to British I find the UK ones seem to be meat dipped in sauce not cooked in it Have you tried the Jasmin rammygirl deliciius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisleylass Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Silks curry sauces with spice pot from Aldi are the closest we've had to the curries we ate in the UK. Jalfrezi and dopiaza both delicious, just add meat or veggies. They also briefly did a gorgeous rogan josh for a while. $2.99 each, not bad at all :cute: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Where is the Jasmin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortlepuss Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Night in India in Toowong pretty good for curries. Discovered just before I head off back to UK for a while. I am sure you will miss certain British foods but if you go to Rocklea market there is abundant local fresh fruit and veg (passion fruit,figs, mangoes, pineapple, ginger etc) that more than makes up for a pricey tin of mushy peas or Baxters game soup (one of my favourites). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srg73 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 British curries are British for British pallets and are loosely based on Bangladeshi curries. North India is meat heavy, much less sauce and served with bread not rice. South India is much more sauce, fruit and rice. In Brisbane there are a number of outlets who sell Dosa which is very hard to find in UK (especially when using rice flour which has a very short shelf life). Great Indian breakfast. A very basic plain Daal is impossible to find in Brisbane, forget the garlic etc....just plain as most of the Indian population live on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyman Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Has anyone tried these guys ......? https://www.currytraders.com.au/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilliboy Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I miss uk real ales,Oz has some nice craft beers but no proper real ales like uk,Oz beer is also ridiculously expensive.Second hand cars are also well overpriced.The Internet is expensively priced and I find slow,the guy that connected our internet said speeds will drop significantly over the next 18 months or so due to the amount of households sharing the nbn hubs.I miss being able to buy a pasty or cold pie in a shop,from what I've seen their either burning hot in the display heaters in garages or frozen in supermarkets.I do love the Oz Turkish delights though,they are bigger and the jelly is much tastier than in the uk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelensvaleHoward Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Internet speeds all depend on where you live in both countries In the UK we had about 5Mbit Here we have 110Mbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 British curries are British for British pallets and are loosely based on Bangladeshi curries. North India is meat heavy, much less sauce and served with bread not rice. South India is much more sauce, fruit and rice. In Brisbane there are a number of outlets who sell Dosa which is very hard to find in UK (especially when using rice flour which has a very short shelf life). Great Indian breakfast. A very basic plain Daal is impossible to find in Brisbane, forget the garlic etc....just plain as most of the Indian population live on. You can get dosa almost everywhere in the UK now (at least everywhere I've been - I love them, so seek them out wherever I go) and there are lots of restaurants specialising in curries from every region in India. Gone are the days of everywhere selling chicken tikka masala and vindaloo, thankfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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