Cooking Pastes

A_Sober_Paddy

Hey all

I'm just wondering what the forums take on cooking pastes are?

I use the pataks Korma,Madras & Tikka Paste on a fairly regular basis. has anyone used these and found a home made equivalent.

I do make my own massaman paste, as i can't find one that tastes as good as my one.

The Hill Billy

I'd often use a dollop or two of paste in my Indian or Thai curries as base to which I'd add my own selection of spices & herbs. I don't generally have the time or wherewithal to make my own pastes TBH.

Alf Stewart.

Tesco used to sell a brilliant paste made by a UK firm called "Barts". It was a Chinese five spice paste, and I used to always do a stir fry with it.

Used to do stir fry chicken, with garlic, onion, ginger, scallions and soy sauce, then clumps of broccoli.

Finish it off with some egg noodles, and a table spoon of honey at the end, which used to give it a glaze.

Honestly, was better than many dishes I've had from Chinese restaurants.

Foe some unknown reason, they ceased selling it.

I even emailed the company in the UK and see if I could blag some, but alas, my charms where in vain.

Speedwell

In traditional Indian cooking, you make the paste specific to each recipe on the spot. So you'll find the recipes you want within the actual dish recipes themselves. Most of the Indian cooks I know have a "mixie", a tough little blender/grinder that is equal to the task of grinding dry and wet spices and other bits into a melange. My Kenwood stand mixer has an attachment with four jars that will do it, too.

A_Sober_Paddy

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Tesco used to sell a brilliant paste made by a UK firm called "Barts". It was a Chinese five spice paste, and I used to always do a stir fry with it.

Used to do stir fry chicken, with garlic, onion, ginger, scallions and soy sauce, then clumps of broccoli.

Finish it off with some egg noodles, and a table spoon of honey at the end, which used to give it a glaze.

Honestly, was better than many dishes I've had from Chinese restaurants.

Foe some unknown reason, they ceased selling it.

I even emailed the company in the UK and see if I could blag some, but alas, my charms where in vain.

a lot of dishes on the bbc use the barts range actually

robbe

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Tesco used to sell a brilliant paste made by a UK firm called "Barts". It was a Chinese five spice paste, and I used to always do a stir fry with it.

Used to do stir fry chicken, with garlic, onion, ginger, scallions and soy sauce, then clumps of broccoli.

Finish it off with some egg noodles, and a table spoon of honey at the end, which used to give it a glaze.

Honestly, was better than many dishes I've had from Chinese restaurants.

Foe some unknown reason, they ceased selling it.

I even emailed the company in the UK and see if I could blag some, but alas, my charms where in vain.

Is this the stuff?

http://market.bart-ingredients.co.uk/products/chinese-5-spice-paste

Not sure if they deliver to Ireland but probably could via parcelmotel?

_feedback_

Jamie Olivers Ministry of Food curry pastes are great (the curry recipes are lovely too). I usually do them the night before I'm making a curry and they only take a few minutes

They are all at this link

Tree

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Hey all

I'm just wondering what the forums take on cooking pastes are?

I use the pataks Korma,Madras & Tikka Paste on a fairly regular basis. has anyone used these and found a home made equivalent.

I do make my own massaman paste, as i can't find one that tastes as good as my one.

I like the cock brand curry pastes for thai curries (they're vegetarian friendly and tasty!). Main problem is I forget how much is too much spicy for me.

fussyonion

+1 for the Jamie Oliver paste recipes.

I've been using his Jalfrezi paste for years now and it's so quick to make.

You can store it in the fridge for a while too.

The Patak's range is good but I find them a bit salty.

Alf Stewart.

robbe wrote: »

Is this the stuff?

http://market.bart-ingredients.co.uk/products/chinese-5-spice-paste

Not sure if they deliver to Ireland but probably could via parcelmotel?

That's the stuff.