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How to save my curry - its TO HOT

26 replies

super1971 · 09/09/2005 15:08

does anyone know what to do , its lamb but its a touvch too hot

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compo · 09/09/2005 15:08

add more cream I think

fairydust · 09/09/2005 15:09

natural yogurt or cream

super1971 · 09/09/2005 15:09

single or double or does it not matter?

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colditz · 09/09/2005 15:09

cream or yoghurt

lucy5 · 09/09/2005 15:09

coconut milk or creme fraiche or natural yoghurt.

Creme fraiche makes it lovely and creamy.

nailpolish · 09/09/2005 15:09

i would add yoghurt at the table

cadbury · 09/09/2005 15:09

I vaguely recall adding a potato to it helps - but that could be to get rid of too much salt. Sorry, not much help but a thought.

super1971 · 09/09/2005 15:09

will it be okay to reheat once it has cream or yoghurt in it?

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lucy5 · 09/09/2005 15:09

Anything creamy will do the trick.

Lmccrean · 09/09/2005 15:10

someone once told me honey...but maybe thats chinese food??

nailpolish · 09/09/2005 15:10

thats why i would dish it up and add it at the table to your taste

lucy5 · 09/09/2005 15:10

put the cream in near the end or just before reheating so it doesnt curdle

super1971 · 09/09/2005 15:10

tried a potsato but it didnt do anything to hottrness, thanks

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Janh · 09/09/2005 15:11

I was thinking potato too cadders but you're right, it is for salt (in soup IIRC)

cadbury · 09/09/2005 15:29

I knew I'd heard it somewhere lol!

Never mind. I'm sure some yogurt will help. That was going to be mny next suggestion.

meggymoo · 09/09/2005 15:29

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Lio · 09/09/2005 15:35

On that little BBC2 show 'Trade Secrest' the chef put in some lemon quarters, stirred them around (sorry don't know how long for) then took them out and apparently some of the hot-ness goes with them.

beanster · 09/09/2005 15:38

add a teaspoon of sugar, then taste it, and add more till it tastes ok. Always do this to my portion of curry as DH likes them hotter than me

bran · 09/09/2005 15:38

Chilli is soluble in fat/oil so you could add whole milk yoghurt to cool it down. Another thing you could do would be to mix a lot of oil into the curry, stir it around and then skim it off (you might need to heat it up as well before skimming). Be warned though that no matter how much you skimm you will end up with a much oilier curry than you started with.

NannyL · 09/09/2005 19:46

add natural yoghurt and MASHED BANANA (really!)

MarsLady · 09/09/2005 19:49

natural yogurt!

milk!

cream!

MillionaireMummy · 09/09/2005 19:51

Did it recover, super1971?

angelp · 09/09/2005 19:53

you can boil double cream but think single will curdle if it gets too hot. Mango chutney is also good for cooling down

super1971 · 10/09/2005 20:51

Had a bit of a brainwave inspired by all the suggestions and the motivation to save all that lamb. i cooked biriyani.
I sandwiched the lamb meat mixed with double cream and very little sauce between some rice and baked it, then squeezed lemon over it before eating and it was okay family stunned at biryani and it was okya, cheers everyone.

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Aero · 10/09/2005 20:55

sounds gorgeous - do you do deliveries?