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Title: Need a base recommendation
Post by: joshallen2k 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
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: Aussie Mick 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.
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: curryhell 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.
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: joshallen2k 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
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: Naga on February 21, 2013, 07:49 AM
Zaal, CT or CA for me - currently on Zaal - they all work very well. :)
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: RubyDoo 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
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: Malc. 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. :)
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: goncalo 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!
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: curryhell on February 21, 2013, 05:54 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

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,8242.30.html (http://www.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 (http://vimeo.com/45213828)
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: goncalo on February 22, 2013, 11:25 AM
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

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,8242.30.html (http://www.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 (http://vimeo.com/45213828)

Thanks CH, sadly this video doesn't play :-( I'll ask CBM if he keeps the video elsewhere
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: joshallen2k on February 22, 2013, 12:42 PM
Weird. Seeing as the CBM Little India received a number of votes, I checked out the video. Worked fine for me...
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: joshallen2k on February 23, 2013, 12:49 AM
Ok - it's time to make my base for tomorrow.

CT had the most votes, but I'm going to try the Little India to mix it up. Peeling onions now.

Thanks all!

Will report back with pics

Josh
Title: Re: Need a base recommendation
Post by: curryhell on February 23, 2013, 01:17 AM
Good luck Josh.  I doubt that you'll be disappointed.  Look forward to the feedback  :)