Cooked this Chicken Korma dish tonight and it was the first ever curry I’ve cooked from scratch. The results were absolutely outstanding 10+/ 10 The chicken was incredibly tender, the softest chicken I’ve ever had in any curry. The flavours were out of this world, and my partner said it was the best Korma she had ever had!!! I can’t wait to get stuck into others from your channel. Many thanks for showing me how to cook and prepare these amazing dinners!
Hi Al, your BIR curries are truly inspirational. My wife is from Birmingham and now Melbourne Australia with me. She raves about your curries I make. We lost our 13 year old choc lab just recently as well so we know how devastating this is. Loving ya work and look forward to more curries!!
Cheers for that Al. I'm goin to make it for the wife and I this weekend. Sorry to hear about you're dog too. They are so much part of the family. Keep up the good work.
I made your Korma last night it went well, I called it up as I needed to make it for six people. I needed to thicken it up with corn/potato starch powder to get the consistency without over cooking my pre cooked chicken pieces. In your videos can you give some tips on when you need to scale up for more people. because the Al's mix powder scaled up gets quite potent! It sounds easy just scale up but a guide to upping the curry volume would be great help. Thanks
I changed a couple of things added 2tbs of almond powder and 2 tbs of coconut milk powder,was simply Devine,thanks again Al absolutely love all your curries,you were my lockdown guru
I made this last week using paneer. I added and handful of sultanas and cashews from a bag I had in the cupboard.Another brilliant success. Thanks and keep sharing your knowledge.
I made this tonight except I used your precooked lamb recipe instead of chicken. It was a proper banger! Best home-cooked curry I've ever made. The base gravy takes it to the next level. Cheers Al! 🍻
FINALLY someone was able to show us a proper "restaurant style" indian curry. If I'm searching "restaurant style" curry, I want to find something quick and easy, that tastes like the curry I buy from the restaurant down the street. I'm not looking for a fancy 30 ingredient, 4 hours complicated cooking process recipe. Your recipe is quite similar to one I learned from a pakistani cook in Portugal. I have moved to Mozambique and there are no Indian restaurants here. I really miss European style Indian curries. Thank you, Sir. You've got a new follower.
Made this tonight Al with leftover turkey and have to say it was better than any I've had before - I did cheat a bit and used base gravy powder for the first time and was very impressed with it - Thanks for the recipe.
Thank you indeed for the fab recipes. Followed recipe for Korma tonight, 18 year old daughter commented best curry she has ever had. Whole family love the recipes and I feel the curry gravy is the thing. Cheers Al
Thanks Al! I have been trying for years to make a restaurant style curry! After making your gravy and freezing 8 cartons of it - I then made Al’s mix. Tonight i just made your Korma and whooped for joy! It You couldn’t tell it apart from a restaurant!!! Love it. Will be hitting the other dishes soon, thank you.,
Now I'll never make this recipe because this isn't a recipe for others to copy, this is a recipe for you to show off and sir I salute this recipe and your design. I'll never make one as tasty as this one but that just means the one I'll create from this recipe will still be exceptional. I look forward to trying hehe
My wife is the Korma Queen, it’s the only one she’ll ever have and is very (very!) picky, so I had a little trepidation when I served her this up, but she absolutely loved it, so thanks Al… top man. The only thing I did different was to put a little more whipping cream in and omitted the yoghurt, but God, it was good. 👍👌👍👌👍👌
Me too, Ikg of Maggi's Sri-lankan coconut milk powder mix. I've bought so much stuff thanks to Al! Al you say don't burn anything or its game over but the one exception to this is yellow lentils at the start of the best Dansaks I've had.
Hi Al, Got my own special base gravy now pal. I use 25 ingredients, but I think it's worth it. Done almost all of your previous recipes & have even got my own curry club (only 4 members). Had no failures so far pal. Keep it flowing Al. Sorry about your dog. I have also lost mine. So sad. Cheers pal, Scotty
I want to make this curry now. At 11 pm. My introduction to curry was at a London primary school, just 5 years old. Mild but tasty and it had sultanas.
Hi Al, have tried loads of your curries and everyone is super impressed with the curry, everyone has said its better than takeaway!! Fantastic recipes keep them coming!! Andy
The mrs Loves it and I add a 1/4 of a teaspoon of chilli and it's absolutely banging, if I wanted to make a family size batch would I just double everything ?
OMG 😆 Just cooked this. Bloody awesome; salivating just thinking about it. As I’m from the north east I celebrated the building of my curry with a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale. So pleased I found your channel; let the awesome curries roll.
I made this dish tonight and it was great Al, a complete BIR experience for me and the wife at home, I used your spice mix and an ali' pan for the first time. So pleased i've discovered your channel as you've really shone a light on how to put this lovely food together. 😊
I made this last night and I can safely say that for our family's liking, this is better than the Korma we used to get from the Indian restaurants. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Al. I literally can't get enough of making your curries. I've made so many now. I'm from Essex originally but live in Australia now and it is so hard to get a real BIR curry here. I found your channel during lockdown and I've watched almost all your videos and made half of them. What can I say they all taste amazing and remind me so much of all the tastes and hours spent in the local curry house back home. Thankyou so so much and please keep up the great work. Tom 😋
Thanks for the great recipe, Al! Best BIR korma I've had anywhere. I added three bruised cardamom pods at the beginning with the cinnamon and bay leaf and then a spoonful of rose water right at the very end. Put it right over the top.
Made this yesterday and WAS AMAZING .. I’ve never got a korma correct, only one I’ve ever struggled with.. MY MISSUS loves korma and she was blown away.. plus my young grandson loved it.. Thankyou 👍👍👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
We lost our dog today too. We had to rehome him due to nasty neighbours. I feel your pain man. Soldier on you are an inspiration to all who love cooking.
Wales is about to go back into lockdown for 2 weeks so I thought I'd use the time to brush up on my curry game. Made big pot of base gravy and gave the chicken Korma a go last night. It was absolutely banging. Quite looking forward to the next couple of weeks now 😀
My favourite curries are Madras, Vindaloo and Phall, however I am no stranger to a decent Korma and this is a very decent Korma! Better than I've had at any restaurant or takeaway. I shall be creating this masterpiece again this week!
Ive been living in Australia for 20 years now and had given up on finding or making a Korma how i remember it . This was spot on . I admit I over did the chicken but the sauce was there . Just need to adjust some of my timing. Trying the Bhuna this weekend , with a beer of coarse .
Hi Al. Andrew from Cardiff here. Many thanks for your fantastic recipes. Saving us about £30 a week on takeaways! Just wondering if you double up a recipe do you double the quantity of spices or just the chicken (or prawns)? Cheers Andrew and family.
This looks superb.. My favourite dish to order in an Indian is a "chilli Korma" -- Would I follow this video guide and then add additional chillis after the chicken is in or at what stage would i increase the spice level? Kind Regards, JN
Just made the korma. Divine. You know your onions Al. Korma for me will alway remind me of being a young un and trying a curry for the first time at my local restaurant. Since then I've been a staunch hot curry eater but when the fancy takes you nothing beats a creamy korma and nothing beats Al's recipe. You are a master. 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Al, love watching all the videos and getting all the ingredients together to starting my curry home cook journey. Can you give the name of the “almond powder” you use in this Korma dish? As I don’t want to spoil it if it’s the wrong brand or texture that could ruin the dish? Many thanks 🙏
Hi Al, I have found the little blocks of frozen garlic and frozen ginger handy for my curry cooking as they are already blitzed so melt away i. To the oil. Available from lots of UK supermarkets not just Asian owned. Cheers
Hey Al, please look in to making commercially Al’s base gravy. A store bought version with your name on it would be fab. You could be the next Levi Roots. Seriously you should.
Looks great Al. Could you use a bit of coconut milk instead of coconut milk powder? Maybe it could replace the powder and cream, and thicken with coconut flour if necessary, maybe a little healthier?
Hi Al. Sat here in Australia missing home curries. Love your videos we have only just found you. My husband say's you sound just like Joe Wilkinson! Thanks for the great videos.
Looks lovely as usual mate. Can I just ask if I cook a couple of curries for the family what’s the best way to keep one hot whilst cooking another one or do you just reheat yours
Its amazing how powerful turmeric is, I always put too much in and wipe my hands on my trousers lol! Takes weeks to wash out! Like Delboy used to say "A little dab will do ya" Haha
Absolutely fantastic, I made this and the base gravy 1 for the first time today and they were excellent. Now I'm going to use this as the base to reverse engineer the Hyderabadi korma which was a chef's special at one takeout only place that has long shut down and I've never seen on a menu anywhere else. And it's basically a korma but less sweet and with a lot of heat. I have seen some recipes online for authentic versions but this was a BIR version. Something to work towards. Although I've got a small freezer and I can't see anyone due to lockdown. I might make base gravy 2 next time (only didn't this time cause I'd have to buy a lot more spices for it I'd probably not otherwise use) but just halve the ingredients. I'm gonna have to eat a lot of curry in the next week or so...
How can people moan about the scraping and banging of the spoon and pan, tell em to get over it and enjoy your food, thats how curry is done in restaurants, i should know cos i help out now and then in a friends restaurant, cant beat the noises.👍👍👍
I'll be doing this one again but using your chicken tikka marinade recipe for the meat. Last time was great with just the boiled chicken but seeing I will have loads of Yogurt left over I'll do a batch of chicken tikka to freeze and use with this
Long time fan here Al. Really sorry to hear about the loss of your pooch. This recipe looks so good. My kids love biriyani so they can keep me company when I have the curry urge!
Hey Al, I've had a Chicken Nariyal and Chicken/Lamb Lababdar in my local Indian restaurants - Both creamy, tasty and satisfying but capable of taking a bit of heat too.......any chance you could show us how? Mushroom Matar might be worth a whirl too?
Another fantastic video thanks Al .. so sorry to hear about your dog I have a 4 year old fox red lab hope I get as many happy years with her as you did with yours x
Al..I`ve been cooking curries for years....I luv your recipes.. and tell all my mates to follow you. Sorry to hear about your best mate passing on....they are part of the family. Chin up mate... keep on inspiring us x
Cooked this Chicken Korma dish tonight and it was the first ever curry I’ve cooked from scratch. The results were absolutely outstanding 10+/ 10
The chicken was incredibly tender, the softest chicken I’ve ever had in any curry. The flavours were out of this world, and my partner said it was the best Korma she had ever had!!! I can’t wait to get stuck into others from your channel. Many thanks for showing me how to cook and prepare these amazing dinners!
Hi Al, your BIR curries are truly inspirational. My wife is from Birmingham and now Melbourne Australia with me. She raves about your curries I make. We lost our 13 year old choc lab just recently as well so we know how devastating this is. Loving ya work and look forward to more curries!!
Cheers for that Al. I'm goin to make it for the wife and I this weekend. Sorry to hear about you're dog too. They are so much part of the family. Keep up the good work.
great curry. im only 10 and i cook this all the time because my family loves.thanks for the currys
ool for a ten yr old
I made your Korma last night it went well, I called it up as I needed to make it for six people. I needed to thicken it up with corn/potato starch powder to get the consistency without over cooking my pre cooked chicken pieces. In your videos can you give some tips on when you need to scale up for more people. because the Al's mix powder scaled up gets quite potent! It sounds easy just scale up but a guide to upping the curry volume would be great help. Thanks
I changed a couple of things added 2tbs of almond powder and 2 tbs of coconut milk powder,was simply Devine,thanks again Al absolutely love all your curries,you were my lockdown guru
Can't wait to cook this one Al. The kids are going to love it! Your Pathia & Ceylon are my wifes favourite.....you're a legend mate.
I made this last week using paneer. I added and handful of sultanas and cashews from a bag I had in the cupboard.Another brilliant success. Thanks and keep sharing your knowledge.
I made this tonight except I used your precooked lamb recipe instead of chicken. It was a proper banger! Best home-cooked curry I've ever made. The base gravy takes it to the next level. Cheers Al! 🍻
he doesn't mention how he made the base gravy, though?
@@Zacksleeps Multiple versions of base gravy on his channel
FINALLY someone was able to show us a proper "restaurant style" indian curry. If I'm searching "restaurant style" curry, I want to find something quick and easy, that tastes like the curry I buy from the restaurant down the street. I'm not looking for a fancy 30 ingredient, 4 hours complicated cooking process recipe. Your recipe is quite similar to one I learned from a pakistani cook in Portugal. I have moved to Mozambique and there are no Indian restaurants here. I really miss European style Indian curries. Thank you, Sir. You've got a new follower.
Made this tonight Al with leftover turkey and have to say it was better than any I've had before - I did cheat a bit and used base gravy powder for the first time and was very impressed with it - Thanks for the recipe.
Thank you indeed for the fab recipes. Followed recipe for Korma tonight, 18 year old daughter commented best curry she has ever had. Whole family love the recipes and I feel the curry gravy is the thing.
Cheers Al
Thanks Al! I have been trying for years to make a restaurant style curry! After making your gravy and freezing 8 cartons of it - I then made Al’s mix. Tonight i just made your Korma and whooped for joy! It You couldn’t tell it apart from a restaurant!!! Love it. Will be hitting the other dishes soon, thank you.,
Golden delicious is a variety of apple. The crisps were Golden Wonder.
Now I'll never make this recipe because this isn't a recipe for others to copy, this is a recipe for you to show off and sir I salute this recipe and your design. I'll never make one as tasty as this one but that just means the one I'll create from this recipe will still be exceptional. I look forward to trying hehe
My wife is the Korma Queen, it’s the only one she’ll ever have and is very (very!) picky, so I had a little trepidation when I served her this up, but she absolutely loved it, so thanks Al… top man. The only thing I did different was to put a little more whipping cream in and omitted the yoghurt, but God, it was good. 👍👌👍👌👍👌
No better Friday night then a new Al’s kitchen dropping onto TH-cam.
I have already ordered the coconut milk powder from amazon
Me too, Ikg of Maggi's Sri-lankan coconut milk powder mix. I've bought so much stuff thanks to Al! Al you say don't burn anything or its game over but the one exception to this is yellow lentils at the start of the best Dansaks I've had.
Hi Al,
Got my own special base gravy now pal. I use 25 ingredients, but I think it's worth it. Done almost all of your previous recipes & have even got my own curry club (only 4 members). Had no failures so far pal.
Keep it flowing Al. Sorry about your dog. I have also lost mine. So sad.
Cheers pal,
Scotty
Amazing video!! Thanks
What’s base gravy? Is that bisto gravy ?
Cheers
Hi Al. Good job as ever. However I do not remember Golden Delicious crisps. Golden Wonder yes the other is an apple I believe!
I want to make this curry now. At 11 pm. My introduction to curry was at a London primary school, just 5 years old. Mild but tasty and it had sultanas.
Hi Al, have tried loads of your curries and everyone is super impressed with the curry, everyone has said its better than takeaway!! Fantastic recipes keep them coming!! Andy
Loving these curry’s 👍🏻 when you say use boiled chicken,how long do you boil it,and is it chopped to size for boiling ?
This is the best korma recipe I've tried. Nice one thanks!
The mrs Loves it and I add a 1/4 of a teaspoon of chilli and it's absolutely banging, if I wanted to make a family size batch would I just double everything ?
OMG 😆
Just cooked this.
Bloody awesome; salivating just thinking about it.
As I’m from the north east I celebrated the building of my curry with a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale.
So pleased I found your channel; let the awesome curries roll.
Just had this for dinner with left over turkey from Christmas and it was lovely. Kids love it too.
I made this dish tonight and it was great Al, a complete BIR experience for me and the wife at home, I used your spice mix and an ali' pan for the first time. So pleased i've discovered your channel as you've really shone a light on how to put this lovely food together. 😊
Welcome. That's great to hear
@@AlsKitchen how do you double up for more people do you just double everything or would that over power everything
I've started doing your Curry's. Blows everything away in my local area. Thank you.
I made this last night and I can safely say that for our family's liking, this is better than the Korma we used to get from the Indian restaurants. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Al.
I literally can't get enough of making your curries. I've made so many now. I'm from Essex originally but live in Australia now and it is so hard to get a real BIR curry here. I found your channel during lockdown and I've watched almost all your videos and made half of them. What can I say they all taste amazing and remind me so much of all the tastes and hours spent in the local curry house back home. Thankyou so so much and please keep up the great work. Tom 😋
Thanks for the great recipe, Al! Best BIR korma I've had anywhere. I added three bruised cardamom pods at the beginning with the cinnamon and bay leaf and then a spoonful of rose water right at the very end. Put it right over the top.
I agree with everything said - this is the way I do it!
Absolutely brilliant curry Al.
I cooked the chicken pieces in the base gravy before I started and it was terrific.
Wonderful, will make this Monday.
Made this yesterday and WAS AMAZING .. I’ve never got a korma correct, only one I’ve ever struggled with.. MY MISSUS loves korma and she was blown away.. plus my young grandson loved it.. Thankyou 👍👍👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
fantastic classic, its a great dish to cook up at night
Really amazing recipe..
"Get them on curry at an early age" freaking hilarious! 😂🤣
We lost our dog today too. We had to rehome him due to nasty neighbours. I feel your pain man. Soldier on you are an inspiration to all who love cooking.
Kept barking ?
Wales is about to go back into lockdown for 2 weeks so I thought I'd use the time to brush up on my curry game. Made big pot of base gravy and gave the chicken Korma a go last night. It was absolutely banging. Quite looking forward to the next couple of weeks now 😀
Nice one. Great job
My favourite curries are Madras, Vindaloo and Phall, however I am no stranger to a decent Korma and this is a very decent Korma! Better than I've had at any restaurant or takeaway. I shall be creating this masterpiece again this week!
Ive been living in Australia for 20 years now and had given up on finding or making a Korma how i remember it . This was spot on . I admit I over did the chicken but the sauce was there . Just need to adjust some of my timing. Trying the Bhuna this weekend , with a beer of coarse .
Hi Al. Andrew from Cardiff here. Many thanks for your fantastic recipes. Saving us about £30 a week on takeaways! Just wondering if you double up a recipe do you double the quantity of spices or just the chicken (or prawns)? Cheers Andrew and family.
Absolutely fantastic
The family thanks you.
Al every curry of yours I have cooked is spot on. You are severely underrated
Made this and was the best Korma I've ever found. Exactly like the restaurant and unbelievably tasty.
Is almond powder almond flour or a powder made by grinding almonds? Thanks
MOST underrated chef on youtube! Al you Legend
It was Golden WONDER crisps.
Golden wonder crisps. Golden delicious apples mate.
Great dish. I shall certainly try it. You have a great persona on the screen. Please keep giving us good ideas.
This looks superb.. My favourite dish to order in an Indian is a "chilli Korma" -- Would I follow this video guide and then add additional chillis after the chicken is in or at what stage would i increase the spice level? Kind Regards, JN
Liking that Al! Sorry about your dog...time heals,you gave him the best life I'm sure...take care fella..
What do you me?
Just made the korma. Divine.
You know your onions Al.
Korma for me will alway remind me of being a young un and trying a curry for the first time at my local restaurant. Since then I've been a staunch hot curry eater but when the fancy takes you nothing beats a creamy korma and nothing beats Al's recipe. You are a master. 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Al, love watching all the videos and getting all the ingredients together to starting my curry home cook journey. Can you give the name of the “almond powder” you use in this Korma dish? As I don’t want to spoil it if it’s the wrong brand or texture that could ruin the dish? Many thanks 🙏
Just did this one. Incredible. Sweet but very flavorful. Thanks Al.
Just made this, bloody spot on mate!!!
Just done this banger ... better than any curry house and Iv had a few !! add some green pepper and add that base a little at a time.
Thanks Al. I'm keen follower and cook many of your curries. Nice work.
Not a Korma fan myself but I make this for my wife and it is absolutely spot on.
Hi Al, I have found the little blocks of frozen garlic and frozen ginger handy for my curry cooking as they are already blitzed so melt away i. To the oil. Available from lots of UK supermarkets not just Asian owned. Cheers
Hey Al, please look in to making commercially Al’s base gravy. A store bought version with your name on it would be fab. You could be the next Levi Roots. Seriously you should.
Have you got a recipe for the base gravy?
Thanks Al -- made one this evening. Turned out great!
Great Korma definitely BIR standard, can’t wait to try the next curry recipe!
How do you pre cook the chicken? Curry looked amazing.
Mate thank you for sharing lovely recipes and I am indian lol. Love your commentary, it is very comical, British humour, I love it.
Looks great Al. Could you use a bit of coconut milk instead of coconut milk powder? Maybe it could replace the powder and cream, and thicken with coconut flour if necessary, maybe a little healthier?
Absolutely amazing, my mouths watering
Great vid am gonna give it a go am a complete novice at cooking curries
Hi Al. Sat here in Australia missing home curries. Love your videos we have only just found you. My husband say's you sound just like Joe Wilkinson! Thanks for the great videos.
If you are on a keto diet it is almost very healthy. Just use gee not toxic waste seed oil. Love your work.
Looks lovely as usual mate. Can I just ask if I cook a couple of curries for the family what’s the best way to keep one hot whilst cooking another one or do you just reheat yours
Hello Al ! This looks fantastic ! My wife only likes Korma curries and I would love to print this recipe out. Where can I do this please ? Thanks !
Absolutely amazing stuff. Thanks Al.
Its amazing how powerful turmeric is, I always put too much in and wipe my hands on my trousers lol! Takes weeks to wash out! Like Delboy used to say "A little dab will do ya" Haha
You didn't mention what the base gravy is made of ?
I'm making this over the weekend. Does anyone know how long you have to pre boil the chicken for?
What ginger/garlic paste would you reccomend? Some are too gingery and salty
Absolutely fantastic, I made this and the base gravy 1 for the first time today and they were excellent.
Now I'm going to use this as the base to reverse engineer the Hyderabadi korma which was a chef's special at one takeout only place that has long shut down and I've never seen on a menu anywhere else. And it's basically a korma but less sweet and with a lot of heat. I have seen some recipes online for authentic versions but this was a BIR version. Something to work towards.
Although I've got a small freezer and I can't see anyone due to lockdown. I might make base gravy 2 next time (only didn't this time cause I'd have to buy a lot more spices for it I'd probably not otherwise use) but just halve the ingredients. I'm gonna have to eat a lot of curry in the next week or so...
is there a difference if I use turmeric or saffron for the colour?
Hi Al, if I wanted to make this for four, how much ingredients would you use.
How can people moan about the scraping and banging of the spoon and pan, tell em to get over it and enjoy your food, thats how curry is done in restaurants, i should know cos i help out now and then in a friends restaurant, cant beat the noises.👍👍👍
I'll be doing this one again but using your chicken tikka marinade recipe for the meat. Last time was great with just the boiled chicken but seeing I will have loads of Yogurt left over I'll do a batch of chicken tikka to freeze and use with this
This Korma comes out SO well...makes a great change from hot curries ...the ice cold beer too is a must !! Especially here in Greece !!!
Long time fan here Al. Really sorry to hear about the loss of your pooch. This recipe looks so good. My kids love biriyani so they can keep me company when I have the curry urge!
brilliant, never cooked one, will now!
Is it a tbsp or tsp of almond powder? Pretty sure you say tsp in the video, but tbsp in the description.
What good currys on your channel could you recommend where I dont need to make the base gravy.
Search. Lamb Madras Masala, Beef Madras Masala, chicken Karahi.
"What ya don't want is your kids growing up hating curries. Gonna make Friday and Saturday nights horrible." 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 lmfao
Hey Al, I've had a Chicken Nariyal and Chicken/Lamb Lababdar in my local Indian restaurants - Both creamy, tasty and satisfying but capable of taking a bit of heat too.......any chance you could show us how? Mushroom Matar might be worth a whirl too?
I made this 2 days ago and was blown away with the flavour...absolutely gorgeous. Thankyou. 🤩
I’ve got some base sauce in the freezer - been there since December 2022 - will it be ok?
A man after my own heart.........a bottle of Proper Job 😃
Ilove your cooking im happy to see that & so yummy thank you my friend❤
Can you use coconut milk l stead of powder. If so how much?
Al, could I use a can of coconut milk instead of the cream and yogurt??
Another fantastic video thanks Al .. so sorry to hear about your dog I have a 4 year old fox red lab hope I get as many happy years with her as you did with yours x
Al..I`ve been cooking curries for years....I luv your recipes.. and tell all my mates to follow you. Sorry to hear about your best mate passing on....they are part of the family. Chin up mate... keep on inspiring us x
Another one of your curries an absolute hit. Tastes lovely. Daughter n son inlaw taking some home for tea
Love your show!! Thanks 👍from across the the pond!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Daft question but is kasia bark fine instead of the type of cinnamon stick you use?