Amateur Chef School

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

I’m a bang average cook but during lockdown I’ve tried to expand my horizons. However I’m sure there are at least a few experienced amateur cooks / professional chefs on here.

Please share your favourite recipes or general culinary tips with us laymen.

My personal questions would be:

1) What are your best tips on seasoning food

2) How to spice a chilli or curry when you’ve graduated from cayenne and ‘chilli powder’

Thanks in advance

 

[Simon Buttle]

I’m a bang average cook but during lockdown I’ve tried to expand my horizons. However I’m sure there are at least a few experienced amateur cooks / professional chefs on here.

Please share your favourite recipes or general culinary tips with us laymen.

My personal questions would be:

1) What are your best tips on seasoning food

2) How to spice a chilli or curry when you’ve graduated from cayenne and ‘chilli powder’

Thanks in advance

Sam the Cooking Guy on youtube makes some really nice food, you should check that out.

 

[john jako]

I’ve stopped boiling most of my veg and now either frying it in a wok with some garlic or roasting in the oven. Actually tastes sound now.

 

[coollino]

Cayenne and chilli powders are widely used in all levels of cooking so carry on.

Although for a curry, garam masala would be a good spice blend to start with. Toasting (by dry frying) whole cumin, mustard, coriander seeds etc for your dish will help a lot too.

 

[chrismpw]

I like to add garlic near the end of cooking 5 mins) for curry and chilli - you get more zing without cooking the flavour out.

 

[coollino]

I like to add garlic near the end of cooking 5 mins) for curry and chilli - you get more zing without cooking the flavour out.

And burnt garlic is awful.

That being said, I made a curry recently which I topped with golden fried garlic. Very nice

 

[Grinch]

May be very hard to find in the UK but put this bad boy on, in, and around everything to give it some delicious flavor. Staple down there in Louisiana

 

[blue61]

I’m a bang average cook but during lockdown I’ve tried to expand my horizons. However I’m sure there are at least a few experienced amateur cooks / professional chefs on here.

Please share your favourite recipes or general culinary tips with us laymen.

My personal questions would be:

1) What are your best tips on seasoning food

2) How to spice a chilli or curry when you’ve graduated from cayenne and ‘chilli powder’

Thanks in advance

The best way to season food is to add some seasoning, hope this helps.

 

[carlos21]

I’ve stopped boiling most of my veg and now either frying it in a wok with some garlic or roasting in the oven. Actually tastes sound now.

Hi John how are you doing tonight.

 

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

The best way to season food is to add some seasoning, hope this helps.

Two tbsp of sawdust then?

 

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

Cayenne and chilli powders are widely used in all levels of cooking so carry on.

Although for a curry, garam masala would be a good spice blend to start with. Toasting (by dry frying) whole cumin, mustard, coriander seeds etc for your dish will help a lot too.

Thanks mate. Already use a lot of cumin. Will experiment with the others.

In particular I’d like to make the dishes hotter. The base for my curry is a Shemins paste (apparently they’re good?) so generally the taste is nice imo. The problem is I don’t feel cayenne peppers or chilli powder (purchased from Aldi) makes it hot enough. Any tips?

 

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

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May be very hard to find in the UK but put this bad boy on, in, and around everything to give it some delicious flavor. Staple down there in Louisiana

I shall try to purchase from the web. Thanks

 

[cronullasharks]

Lemon pepper on fish or mixed in with a chicken ceasar salad

 

[carlos21]

I shall try to purchase from the web. Thanks

Good evening mate hope you are doing well tonight.

 

[tommye]

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