Curry vs Stew

I have a lump of rolled brisket, various veg, some herbs, spices, stock cubes, tomato puree etc, and a brand new slow cooker.

Should I make a curry or a stew?

 

Curry all the way! :WINK1:

 

I had a lamb bhuna last night , and it was very nice. But for my money you can't beat a big steaming plate of meat and potato stew with herbs and a nice crusty loaf to go with it , at this time of year unbeatable !

 

It's got to be a Curry.

 

Stew it... 4 hours on high.. sorted,,,enjoy

 

Whats Brisket ? Sounds like an engine part

 

Definately slow cook it, and add a good bottle of beer to it also, bitter, ale or stout, makes a world of difference.

Steve...

 

Well its 50/50 so far.

I put some rice in a couple of hours ago, figuring rice is quick and cheap enough for a good first test of the new slooooow coooker. For nearly 2 hours, nothing happened. My mam came to visit and I just took her home (all of 10 minutes round trip), immediately before I went out nothing had happened in the sloooow cooooker, then I check as soon as I got back in and lo and behold, nice looking rice nearly done.

There's still time to vote on the curry vs stew debate though. The brisket is nicely defrosted and waiting patiently for the slooooow cooooker to become available. If stew wins, then the cooked rice can simply go in the fridge until tomorrow.

 

I would cook it all in the piece, Clueless, like a slow roast.
When done, lift the piece out and slice it like roast beef.
Use the well flavoured cooking liquid to make the gravy.
It's a very flavoursome cut.

 

Thanks for all the tips and ideas folks.

It looks like curry has won. Here's what I've done:

The brisket went in first, with about an inch of water in the bottom of the pot. I left the joint whole. I mixed in a jug some madras powder, chilli, garlic, tomato puree and hot water. I poured this over the joint into the cooker. Then I chopped a couple of onions, a couple of green peppers and a couple of fresh tomatos, and chucked all that in too. Another jug of sauce mix went in because I figured there wasn't enough juice. It is all now cooking away in its own sweet time.

I left the joint whole for a reason. Our little lad isn't ready for very spicy food yet, so when its all cooked I'll remove the joint, chop it up, and he can have some of the middle bit that the marinade won't have affected so much, along with his rice and veg. Then I'll pull the remainder of the joint apart and stir it into the rest of the stuff so the wife and I can have something like a beef madras/jalfrezi while the lad has something milder.