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Which base should I try for a Curry Dinner Party?

CBM Little India
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Josh is seeking recommendations for a curry base to use for an upcoming dinner party, as he has run out of his usual Chewy's base. The community suggests several options, with CT and CA bases receiving multiple mentions, while others recommend Zaal and Little India bases. Ultimately, Josh decides to try the Little India base, expressing excitement about experimenting with it and promising to share photos of the results.

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Offline joshallen2k

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Need a base recommendation
« on: February 20, 2013, 12:31 AM »
Hi All,

I've had to put my curry cooking on the back burner for a while, but I find myself hosting a dinner party on the weekend, and thought it was prime time to show off the BIR curry skills.

Recently I've been using Chewy's base, but I'm out.

I always like to experiment, so I thought I'd look at a few others. Appreciate experienced members votes on a base to try for the event.

Thanks all for your input! I will report back with pics.

Cheers,
Josh
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Offline Aussie Mick

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Re: Need a base recommendation
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2013, 04:36 PM »
Good luck Josh,

Personally I don't think you can go far wrong with Chewy or CA's bases.

Look forward to hearing how it all went, and don't forget to snap a few photo's.
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Re: Need a base recommendation
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2013, 05:53 PM »
Good luck with the dinner party Josh.  No disrespect to any of the other bases listed.  I have made them all on at least one occasion, producing good results.  But IMHO, i'm slightly biased as i believe my best results have been obtained with the Zaal base.  However, i want  to try the little india base as there have been some very positive comments and jb states that it is very very similar to the base that one of our local BIR's actually use.
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Re: Need a base recommendation
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2013, 09:14 PM »
Thanks guys - and Aussie Mick, I know CT and CA's bases work great. I just thought I'd test the waters to see what other experienced members have currently landed on, as I do enjoy mixing it up and trying different approaches.

-- Josh
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Offline Naga

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Re: Need a base recommendation
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2013, 07:49 AM »
Zaal, CT or CA for me - currently on Zaal - they all work very well. :)
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Re: Need a base recommendation
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2013, 04:50 PM »
CA did not work for me.. May have been an off day  ;)

Go for Ct or C 2G
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Re: Need a base recommendation
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2013, 04:58 PM »
Hi Josh, have you ever tried the ABC/Kushi recipes? I know it's balti based but it makes for some tasty curries. I've always been very pleased with the results and think it would be perfect for a dinner party where people have varied tastes. :)
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Re: Need a base recommendation
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2013, 05:13 PM »
I would recommend taz base. It's been the best I've used so far, but I reckon I may not have tested all the ones in your list.

Could someone confirm if CBM's little india is the same in CBM's book? If so I found it to be similar in flavour and smell to Julian's C2G base, but I wasn't very successful with those. I don't think I was able to get the flavours well out of it and I would probably not hesitate in suggesting the culprit to be mea culpa!
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Re: Need a base recommendation
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2013, 05:54 PM »
Quote from: gagomes on February 21, 2013, 05:13 PM
Could someone confirm if CBM's little india is the same in CBM's book?

Two different bases Gagomes. The recipe for the Little India base can be found here

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,8242.30.html

and the videos are posted in the video section of the forum where there are vimeo links or go directly to
http://vimeo.com/45213828
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Re: Need a base recommendation
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2013, 11:25 AM »
Quote from: curryhell on February 21, 2013, 05:54 PM
Quote from: gagomes on February 21, 2013, 05:13 PM
Could someone confirm if CBM's little india is the same in CBM's book?

Two different bases Gagomes. The recipe for the Little India base can be found here

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,8242.30.html

and the videos are posted in the video section of the forum where there are vimeo links or go directly to
http://vimeo.com/45213828

Thanks CH, sadly this video doesn't play :-( I'll ask CBM if he keeps the video elsewhere
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