BBQ Brethren "Go Indian" Throwdown! (Entries and Quality *CLEAN* Discussion Only)

Thank Biggie!
Hope this turns out to be a fun challenge.
I really wanted to choose eggplant to be honest, but Gore has dibs on that.

So is this American Indian or what kind of Indian? Can I do buffaloes...........

Bluesman said:

So is this American Indian or what kind of Indian? Can I do buffaloes...........

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:doh:Not Native American food, Indian food.
Not Buffalo...but Bison is fine.
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Wait...did you just buffalo biggie?

buccaneer said:

:doh:Not Native American food, Indian food.
Not Buffalo...but Bison is fine.
:tsk:
Wait...did you just buffalo biggie?

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Why can't we do Buffalo? According to Wiki:

"The water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large buffalo found on the Indian subcontinent to Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia, in Sri Lanka and in Borneo."

buccaneer said:

o...but Bison is fine.
:tsk:
Wait...did you just buffalo biggie?

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Can Biggie be Buffaloed? I thought he could only be......Nevermind..:twitch:

Brazilian Indian?

I am part Blackfoot is pemmican permitted?

Hmmm, Bollywood Smoked Pork...I think I've made it too easy!

Al Czervik said:

Why can't we do Buffalo? According to Wiki:

"The water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large buffalo found on the Indian subcontinent to Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia, in Sri Lanka and in Borneo."

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If you are willing to go get it, sure , why not?:heh:

Stupid clean threads.

Can't wait to see the great entries :clap2:

I feel a smoked Biryani coming on!

SmokinAussie said:

I feel a smoked Biryani coming on!

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I was thinking buffalo myself. :hungry:

but I might only be able to find beefalo.

Official Entry-Saffron Tikkas with Naan and Green Herb Chutney

OK, if everybody's skeered, I'll start it off. Chicken tikkas marinated in all kinds of crap, homemade grilled naan bread, and green herb chutney for dipping. Incidentally, this has been one of my son's favorite meals for the last couple years that I've been making it. He requests this as his last meal at home before he leaves for Navy Basic training in a couple months. I don't make it very often, because it's an intensive all-day deal with a two-stage marination on the chicken. But it comes out sooooooo good. I didn't have time to take a plethora of pics, but got most of the major steps.



First stage of chicken marination-a couple hours soaking in a puree of garlic, ginger, and lemon juice:



Second stage of marination: add yogurt, cardamom, soaked saffron threads, tumeric, hot dried Asian chiles, yellow curry powder, and a bunch of other goodies; and marinate for many more hours:



On the grill getting charred and tasty:



Meanwhile, making up naan bread from scratch. If you've never made this, you need to. It 's delicious, and cooks up great right on the grill grates:






Green herb chutney-this stuff is friggin' delicious. It's a combination of yogurt, lemon juice, cilantro, mint, parsley, spinach, garlic, and seasonings all pureed up in the blender:





Finished plate. This method makes chicken with a great flavor, and it's the absolute tenderest chicken I've ever eaten. It will almost melt in your mouth like cotton candy (USE THIS PIC

You just started by setting the bar pretty high, my friend! I sure do like that you included cilantro in your menu. Congratulations to you by the way, Gnaws!

Okay, who has a recipe?

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Great entry and you take fab photo's!!

Ummm I really don't care much for Indian cooking but I may have to try that!
Going to be hard to top

To make a rub that is Indian, I used spices recommended for Kashmiri cooking.
Spices ground and mixed with yogurt to form a paste first.
I used natural yogurt and cardamon, three types of dried chilies, cumin, tumeric, cinnamon, cloves, salt and black pepper.


I slit the lamb leg lengthways to get more surface area and deeper rub penetration.





Since the idea is to cook usual foods but with different seasoning, I chose potatoes and squash and onions.
I spiced some oil with chilies, bay leaves, and panch poran and added a small portion of water and cooked them in a tray separate



Made a crust of pistachio and almonds and added that with some honey.
Lamb is looking great



Plated with the vegetables



Fantastic food, so glad I chose this or I may never have tried it!
Thanks!


Internal shot, cooked for over 2 hours with Apple wood

Man, that looks goooood!