What is phall ? some sort of curry? never heard of it?!
Answers: my usual ones are bhuna or dopiaza
Phaal, sometimes spelt as phall or paal, is an Indian curry dish, red to red-orange in colour. It is widely reputed to be one of the hottest forms of curry available, even hotter than the Vindaloo, with at least 10 or 12 ground chillies included in a standard portion.
The phaal has achieved a certain degree of notoriety as the hottest generally available dish from Indian restaurants, so much so that many of them do not actually list it on their menus and will only cook it if specifically requested.
Vindaloo which is prepared using the hotter red chilli powders and phall is made out of ground chillies which may be either red or green. There are different varieties of red & green chillies available in India and vary in potency and colour. The green chillies usually available in general grocery stores in USA are not potent enough. One must try Vietnamese or Thai or Indian grocers while shopping for extra hot chillies.
Contrary to popular belief, water is not the most effective help in softening the amount of heat received from a curry. Capsaicin, the compound found in chillies which creates the sensation of heat, is lipophilic and therefore dissolves more readily in oils & fats than water. This means that milk or a lassi is the preferred remedy to the discomfort of excess 'heat'.
I think it is about the hottest curry you'll get in an Indian restaurant.
Hot curry, hot bot the morning after!
chicken phall is something you must try at least at least once in you`re life.....it`ll melt you`re teeth....you need an icy beer with it.....
Phal or Phall has nothing to do with curries. it is a general name given to fruit. The reason you see it on the Indian restaurants/takeaways menu`s is because it was coined by someone in the midlands of England who did not know what to call a dish that would never be served in India but only to the clients straight from the pubs and clubs. A drunk probably said "look pal I said I wanted it hot, right PAL" so it was probably a case of chinese whispers or in this case Indian ones. Another non indian dish served to the brits is " chicken tikka masala". The story goes that one person ordered chicken tikka and complained to the waiter that there was no gravy, and he demanded gravy. So the CTmasala was born.
hope this helps. Peter
its a very hot curry,
I think Phaal is the hottest curry going. A step up from the vindaloo. If you are going to have one make sure you put a bog roll in the fridge. You will need it in the morning!