Learning the hard way!!!

[dragongirly]

Oh yes the salt issue.  One of the first things I made was the tomato ketchup.  The recipe says - salt to taste.  So I added some salt. Not sure how much - but it ended up being waaay too much.  I made a second batch of the ketchup and blended them.  Salt horror solved (with the help of my mum, sister and tastetesters - all the boys!)

[meganjane]

I make the Tikka Paste and it's fabulous! When you put it on Salmon, it only needs a tiny scraping. Salmon has a delicate flavor and doesn't need much added to it.

If you're finding things too salty, just add what you normally would and ignore the stated quantity.

You're bound to have some disasters. Just keep plugging along. If you're not sure of a recipe, only make half so you're not wasting ingredients.  Better still, check on here as most recipes in the EDC have been reviewed.

[cookie1]

I  made some Tikka paste yesterday and just tasted it. Yes it is quite salty. I think to put it on salmon or something directly I'd mix it with some yoghurt or something similar.

[Ali123]

Didn't know Whitworths did dried onions!! will look out for them next time I go to the supermarket.

[bickie]

I always mix tikka with yoghurt and if putting on fish or chicken rather than in a curry i would scrape off before cooking but after marinating so you get the flavour but not a pasty texture. I have never tasted the tikka straight up - can imagine not good! It is delicious and great to have frozen in 100g packets in fridge so do try again.