I am based in Northumberland, and on Fridays, all the neighbours keep asking me to make them Al's curry! We used to have a curry run as we are in the middle of nowhere, but now I seem to be the weekly curry master! People in the village don't even entertain a curry house now! Thanks Al, the village loves you..x
Wish someone would stock the balti bowls here in Australia not cheap to ship, interesting watching you curry guys with different techniques, Misty Ricardo channel has recently done a series of balti cooking at the Shababs restaurant with the head chef, worth a look if you are a balti lover.
Going to have a crack at this on the weekend. Bringing a bit of Brummy deliciousness to Dallas Tx! Keep up the awesome content Al! It’s a god send for all us expats around the world ! 🍻
Al I admire your passion for our food. I really appreciate your quest for knowledge around Indian food. Would love to cook for you/try some of your food one day!
Decided to make this on a whim since I had some chicken thighs I needed to use up and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you for a great and relatively simple recipe. That cloud covering the kitchen at 8:22 though. :)
Adils in Stoney lane was the first Balti restaurant which formed the Balti triangle down to Ladypool road unfortunately no longer in business due to the pandemic I believe. I am flying over in September to my home town Brum and first meal will be a Brummie Balti Thanks for sharing Al
Thanks for that Al. I do miss a proper Balti, midlands style. I now live in Bradford 30+ years, and although there are many, many good curry houses at my disposal, a trad Brummy Balti is a thing of rarity.
@@squeakmillward I have no problems with chapatis but, sitting with a group of mates with a steaming balti and a naan the size of a duvet takes some beating imho.
Al Iv made most of your curry’s hundreds of times and made this one tonight and was absolutely amazing! I did it in my new Shababs balti bowl and got the flames catching and everything! Definitely taken my curry’s up a notch 👍👍
I have just finished eating this. A great success. I made it in two batches and did not wash the pan between batches. The second balti really benefited from the caramelized resedue from the first one. Very special
That looks delicious making that love your base gravy brilliant. I saw one chef that’s in curry club puts chilli powder turmeric powder with oil and that made the red colouring for his chicken Tikka
Loved the video Al, as per usual... btw line up the notch in the grate with the notch in the burner so it doesn't wobble while cooking... gonna try this recipe tonight, wish me luck
To those out there that might not know but may owe a debt of thanks to someone called Pat Chapman. I believe He passed away July 22 . 2022 ..Now In days long before vlogs he wrote numerous books on the thing he loved & we all love CURRY and all things associated . If it wasnt for him I wouldn't have started my passion for finding that BIR " curry secret" and wouldn't be lapping up all the great channels youtube have , like yours Al ; some of whom I am sure are indebted to Pat also. R.I.P. and thanks... keep up the great work Al we appreciate you too.
How long would base gravy last in the fridge without freezing it please also where do you get your naan bread do you make them yourself as I think shop brought numb, bread or rubbish?
My younger brother lived in Spain for many years and would regularly ring his Favourite Balti house in Brum, fly back, Eat a balti in the restaurant and return to a Spain with 12 pre ordered Balti meals and freeze them immediately on return to Spain. He has now returned to Birmingham to be near his favourite food, 🤣
Al looks stunning man, Just been looking on your channel for different types of indian breads but not finding anything? Can you point me in the right direction bro please, Chris
I cooked Bir style for years then i realised i can get a couple of quid microwave curry that tastes just as good, unless you have the secret spice they mix in the mixed powder
Looks banging Al! How do you get your naans so big and fluffy? I do mine on a tawa and they come out small and pathetic in comparison. Still taste great mind you.
Fantastic recipe as usual Al will be definitely cooking that👌the naan you have also looks the business did you make it or buy it and if bought where did you get it from ?
If you go to India they cut the chicken pieces smaller too. The chunky style of chicken is more western. If you say have a green curry (not a thai green curry but an indian style green curry with a sauce to mint massala with lot of green chilli), the chicken will often be is small morsel so the sauce and meat are well proportioned. Chickens are different there too, they tend to be smaller. I saw wild chicken in a nature reserve with tigers.Chickens originate in Asia. While they also have the white farm ones the two main varieties they use for farmed meat are smaller then European domesticated chickens for meat. I found the portion of other meat also followed a simular pastern for other thing like goat (which they call mutton). It is only if you you are having soemthing on the bone and they are not chopping the bone with the meat (which they are less squeamish about), would it be a a large chunk as it is braised or cooked in the oven.
Must admit I really enjoyed this the next day. I had a bit left over, put it back on the cooker, added a bit more spice and base gravy and it tasted better than previous day.
Enjoyed that until from nowhere adds Base gravy, where did that come from? How did you make that . I was following everything but that completely threw me, now I am not sure if I can cook this. Please give me a simple recipe for base gravy, you have to excuse me but am only starting to get to know Indian cooking aslove it so much. Thank You.🤩👍
Great video as always al but the stress levels would be too much for me. For me I like to be relaxed when I'm cooking. I can't imagine sitting down and being able to relax and eating this after cooking it So please come and cook it for me 😅😅😅 I did your lamb saag last week and it is easily my favourite curry of yours I've made. Absolutely top-notch
No ‘like’ for you, even though you were very complementary. One foible Al has, is he doesn’t deal with anything less than compliments. It is a shame, he’s changing. But hey ho, I ain’t perfect either.
@@AlsKitchen So where is the insult from this person? I did not insult you, the other day, I only said that people might not like the ‘salesy’ approach regarding your spice mix. I hope you can access all the lovely platitudes I have given you over the years. You always were a friend in the kitchen, maybe not so much more now……… $$$$$ can change people and not always for the good. Good luck.
Lol A Chicken Balti in less than 7 mins not a chance, that's a silly statement!! Oh no wait this is Al's Channel, sorry 100% concentration now engaged! Cheers ;)
Enjoy the video. Like and subscribe. It really helps me out 👍🍺
I am based in Northumberland, and on Fridays, all the neighbours keep asking me to make them Al's curry! We used to have a curry run as we are in the middle of nowhere, but now I seem to be the weekly curry master! People in the village don't even entertain a curry house now! Thanks Al, the village loves you..x
How do your neighbours know Al?
@@JakeJakeP during a dinner party I made a curry feast! People asked how I learned to make curry,.....I told them about Al!!! And so it began!
Everyone knows Al
@@angusgrant4872 everyone in Leeds knows al 👍
Just spent a week in Swarland. Lovely part of the country you're a lucky man
THE SMELL of that clag filled kitchen must have been out of this world ! great job AL !
I made this tonight, absolutely delicious!!
Keep up the good work!
Wish someone would stock the balti bowls here in Australia not cheap to ship, interesting watching you curry guys with different techniques, Misty Ricardo channel has recently done a series of balti cooking at the Shababs restaurant with the head chef, worth a look if you are a balti lover.
There’s a new invention-internet you Ozzie clown.
Another good dish Al like the fog layer on celling 😃 can’t wait to buy the mix powder to give a try 👍🥘
One hell of a cloud 😂
Made this tonight for Me and the Mrs absolutely top notch. Not tried this dish before but will be making it again very soon.
Going to have a crack at this on the weekend. Bringing a bit of Brummy deliciousness to Dallas Tx!
Keep up the awesome content Al! It’s a god send for all us expats around the world ! 🍻
Al I admire your passion for our food. I really appreciate your quest for knowledge around Indian food. Would love to cook for you/try some of your food one day!
Decided to make this on a whim since I had some chicken thighs I needed to use up and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you for a great and relatively simple recipe.
That cloud covering the kitchen at 8:22 though. :)
Adils in Stoney lane was the first Balti restaurant which formed the Balti triangle down to Ladypool road unfortunately no longer in business due to the pandemic I believe. I am flying over in September to my home town Brum and first meal will be a Brummie Balti Thanks for sharing Al
Looks delicious Al, I'll be giving this a try 😋
Good to see you back AL. I’m a brummie so will try yours against my own recipe
Jeez Al, been lovin' your curries since you started. Glad you opened your door for the taste test, I could hardly see you! Good stuff my man.
😂
Thanks for that Al. I do miss a proper Balti, midlands style. I now live in Bradford 30+ years, and although there are many, many good curry houses at my disposal, a trad Brummy Balti is a thing of rarity.
I am a Brummy living up north and prefer the chappatis and mint sauce served in Bradford
@@squeakmillward I have no problems with chapatis but, sitting with a group of mates with a steaming balti and a naan the size of a duvet takes some beating imho.
This looks cracking, ive just been and got my ingredients this morning and havesome base gravy in the freezer. Ill be making this tonight. Thanks Al
I'm subscribed with notifications on this is the first I've seen of this...thanks TH-cam
Edit. Superb as always that looks 👌🏻
Al Iv made most of your curry’s hundreds of times and made this one tonight and was absolutely amazing! I did it in my new Shababs balti bowl and got the flames catching and everything! Definitely taken my curry’s up a notch 👍👍
Made this while listening to Hawkwind's 'Silver Machine'. Turned out, like all of your recipes, tip top.
I have just finished eating this. A great success. I made it in two batches and did not wash the pan between batches. The second balti really benefited from the caramelized resedue from the first one. Very special
Thx Angus. I love this curry. The black pepper makes it unusual
That looks delicious making that love your base gravy brilliant. I saw one chef that’s in curry club puts chilli powder turmeric powder with oil and that made the red colouring for his chicken Tikka
Great work out mate, like it.
Al any tips on best way of making 2 baltis at the same time ? 2 cookers 2 pans 2 lots of ingredients?
Loved the video Al, as per usual... btw line up the notch in the grate with the notch in the burner so it doesn't wobble while cooking... gonna try this recipe tonight, wish me luck
Made this last night my wife and i really enjoyed it, will be going on my next curry night menu.
Grew up eating in the Balti triangle from about 1985. Really looking forward the these Al.
Thanks al. Cooking your curries up here in Leeds. Your my go too man!
All the best mate ❤️👍
To those out there that might not know but may owe a debt of thanks to someone called Pat Chapman. I believe He passed away July 22 . 2022 ..Now In days long before vlogs he wrote numerous books on the thing he loved & we all love CURRY and all things associated . If it wasnt for him I wouldn't have started my passion for finding that BIR " curry secret" and wouldn't be lapping up all the great channels youtube have , like yours Al ; some of whom I am sure are indebted to Pat also. R.I.P. and thanks... keep up the great work Al we appreciate you too.
Amazing as always, thank you for taking the time to make this video 👍
Looks fantastic!...and pretty simple which is a bonus. Time etc. bet the aromas are insane😊
Excellent video content as ever , the link to the balti bowl doesn't seem to work. Are you able to add another? Ta.
Every time I watch one of your videos Al it makes me ravenous for a curry. Great job👍
Hi Big Al made that balti last night forgot to put in mushrooms but still very good keep them coming jim
How long would base gravy last in the fridge without freezing it please also where do you get your naan bread do you make them yourself as I think shop brought numb, bread or rubbish?
This is one I will do tomorrow evening looks wicked cheers Al
I'll give that a go tonight. Enjoyed the video Al👍
Awesome video again Al!
As a Birmingham native looking forward to making this
How do you make the base gravy up? This is sumink i always mess up n end up just using borin water🤣
Evening I’m makings a chicken tikka tomorrow and was wondering if I’m making it for 4 people would I double up on the spice etc
My younger brother lived in Spain for many years and would regularly ring his Favourite Balti house in Brum, fly back, Eat a balti in the restaurant and return to a Spain with 12 pre ordered Balti meals and freeze them immediately on return to Spain. He has now returned to Birmingham to be near his favourite food, 🤣
i know how he feels, i also live in spain, and miss baltis big time!!!
Gonna do that one Al looks amazing !!🤩
Interested in the 3-ring burner you're using. Name brand?
what size is the bowl you are cooking in please ?
Great Al have you prepared a cook book yet thanks Jed
What is the base gravy that you used there?
👍👍👍nice one AL, this is defo for me to give a go👍👍
I wonder if the Brummie Balti is a derivative of Karahi style cooking in Kashmir and Punjab as many people in Birmingham come from there ?
Al looks stunning man, Just been looking on your channel for different types of indian breads but not finding anything? Can you point me in the right direction bro please, Chris
Great effort pal 👍 👏. I've got a couple of them balti bowls and they're bang on pal 👍 👌
Great dish Al
I cooked Bir style for years then i realised i can get a couple of quid microwave curry that tastes just as good, unless you have the secret spice they mix in the mixed powder
As always , perfect!!!
Top tip... Toast the black pepper corns first gently in a dry frying pan 😉
Hi Al please can you tell me were I can buy the gas burner that you use on your videos....
The link is in the description
Faultless, thankyou
what is base gravy?tell me soon,i want to try it.
Search Al's base gravy in youtube
any recipes for naan that you'd recommend?? Love the curries Al - legendary
What is the base gravy?
Looks lovely, Al what’s the base gravy recipe?
Where is your burner from ?
That looked superb
Top notch.. Maybe a bigger extractor fan for the kitchen 🤣👍
Base gravy where do you get that
live in the midlands Balti is the king.. quite smokey in yr kitchen Al🔥
I am sorry i started these currys all my family keep asking me to make them😂..cheers Al brill vid
How do you make the base gravy?
Ok just watched your video on it
Looks banging Al! How do you get your naans so big and fluffy? I do mine on a tawa and they come out small and pathetic in comparison. Still taste great mind you.
Fantastic recipe as usual Al will be definitely cooking that👌the naan you have also looks the business did you make it or buy it and if bought where did you get it from ?
Looks lush Al
Looks lush! Guess I know what I’ll be doing over the Bank Holiday now 🤣
is that your base gravy 2 your using?
Base 1
Cant wait to try this beauty
If you go to India they cut the chicken pieces smaller too. The chunky style of chicken is more western. If you say have a green curry (not a thai green curry but an indian style green curry with a sauce to mint massala with lot of green chilli), the chicken will often be is small morsel so the sauce and meat are well proportioned. Chickens are different there too, they tend to be smaller. I saw wild chicken in a nature reserve with tigers.Chickens originate in Asia. While they also have the white farm ones the two main varieties they use for farmed meat are smaller then European domesticated chickens for meat. I found the portion of other meat also followed a simular pastern for other thing like goat (which they call mutton). It is only if you you are having soemthing on the bone and they are not chopping the bone with the meat (which they are less squeamish about), would it be a a large chunk as it is braised or cooked in the oven.
Cold balti on toast the next morning is fantastic
Lovely recipe...i ma drooling 😋
Thank you 😋
Al: "Who doesn't want the freshest curry they can possibly have?"
Me: Everyone knows curries are better the next day.
Must admit I really enjoyed this the next day. I had a bit left over, put it back on the cooker, added a bit more spice and base gravy and it tasted better than previous day.
Well done for adding the Mushrooms 👍
Hi everyone et al (excuse the pun)... I'm always left with some leftover base gravy... Can anyone tell me if it is safe to re-freeze the gravy again?
Al Do you need the Fire Brigade lol Love your video's
Superb delicious recipe as always 💕 stay happy ❤
Do you disable your smoke alarms Al, my missus would be having an eppy if I cooked that in our house :)
Nice one Al, I'll throw in some chickpeas instead of the mushrooms. 👍
“For now, I’m Al, and I’m now out of here.”
Love it. 🍺🍺🍺
It seems as long as you have base gravy you can make almost any BIR curry.
Yes, thats right. This is why restaurants get them out quick
AWESOME!
can you do this on a domestic induction hob?
Yes
I tried so far but my bisto gravy doesn't work? 😕
Gotta get you on a food tour across India!
good idea about the cook book J
silly question, wtf is base gravy?
sorry i just found out, no worries, this is making me homesick!! i´m a brummy living abroad.
Can you make a naan video please
Please
Enjoyed that until from nowhere adds Base gravy, where did that come from? How did you make that . I was following everything but that completely threw me, now I am not sure if I can cook this. Please give me a simple recipe for base gravy, you have to excuse me but am only starting to get to know Indian cooking aslove it so much. Thank You.🤩👍
Will regular stainless pan work if balti pan not available?
Yeah why not
@@AlsKitchen Cheers
We have started to sell the balti bowls and deliver nationwide.
Email us at shababsbirmingham@gmail.com
Great video as always al but the stress levels would be too much for me. For me I like to be relaxed when I'm cooking. I can't imagine sitting down and being able to relax and eating this after cooking it So please come and cook it for me 😅😅😅
I did your lamb saag last week and it is easily my favourite curry of yours I've made. Absolutely top-notch
No ‘like’ for you, even though you were very complementary.
One foible Al has, is he doesn’t deal with anything less than compliments. It is a shame, he’s changing.
But hey ho, I ain’t perfect either.
@@davidrowe7868 compliments and constructive criticism are welcome. Insults and thoughtless comments no. That's perfectly reasonable
@@AlsKitchen So where is the insult from this person? I did not insult you, the other day, I only said that people might not like the ‘salesy’ approach regarding your spice mix. I hope you can access all the lovely platitudes I have given you over the years.
You always were a friend in the kitchen, maybe not so much more now……… $$$$$ can change people and not always for the good.
Good luck.
Still waiting for me Balti bowl to arrive from shabads😔😔its been bloody ages since ordering.
Contact them
Lol A Chicken Balti in less than 7 mins not a chance, that's a silly statement!!
Oh no wait this is Al's Channel, sorry 100% concentration now engaged!
Cheers ;)
Top guy that you are!
More balti vids al 👍😎
Must have turned his smoke alarm off 😂🔥💨