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Curry Photos & Videos => Pictures of Your Curries => Topic started by: chrisnw on August 05, 2014, 10:55 AM
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Some shots of the latest batch of my pressure cooker version of Mr Singh?s Glasgow style base. Full Recipe here - http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,13166.0.html (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,13166.0.html)
Stage 1
Whole Spices
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Ingredients Combined
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30 minutes on pressure
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After 30 minutes
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Stage 2
Ground Spices etc.
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15 minutes on pressure
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After 15 more minutes
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Stage 3
Blending
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Final Result
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Cheers
Chrisnw
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Great pictures Chris ! How do you rate this recipe as to other bases you have made?
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Great pictures Chris ! How do you rate this recipe as to other bases you have made?
This is now my favorite base, because it is so light & aromatic it is very versitile. It is also really simple to make with a pressure cooker, although you could make it as per Mr Singh - would just take about 3 hours.
I could just eat this base by itself with rice or bread ! - this is my 'acid' test when it comes to bases.
Cheers
Chrisnw
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Hi Chrisnw
I too like this base as well as jb base So I was wondering what it would taste like with the garlic tarka my nexr mission ;)
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Have you made jb's base yet chris?
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Have you made jb's base yet chris?
Not yet, but def one to try - may try out a pressure cooker version and report back.
Cheers
Chrisnw
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Hi Chrisnw
I too like this base as well as jb base So I was wondering what it would taste like with the garlic tarka my nexr mission ;)
I am a very big fan of 'gralic tarka's , but not too sure how it would work in this base as it's at the light & aromatic end of the curry base scale. It may be best to take a portion out and add some tarka and see how it goes.
Cheers
Chrisnw
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Didn't think that base used cinnamon, cloves or bay leaf? I make the Glasgow base all the time, never seen that in the recipe?
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Didn't think that base used cinnamon, cloves or bay leaf? I make the Glasgow base all the time, never seen that in the recipe?
Your are right, Mr Singh's version only uses cumin seeds with the onions, I find that by adding cinnamon, bay, and crushed cardamom pods (not cloves) , it accentuates the aromatic flavour. Also think Mr Singh adds oil at the second stage, whereas I add oil at the first stage with the oinions, whole spices and water. I have found it works better this way in the my pressure cooker version. I pretty much use the same ground spice mix as Mr Singh so far as I can remember from his video. So yes mine is a tweaked version and obviously different cooking method.
P.S. - Just noticed there is a rogue clove in with the cumin seeds, have to speak to my suppliers!
Cheers
Chrisnw
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do you remove the whole spices once cooked or blend them?
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do you remove the whole spices once cooked or blend them?
I 'fished out' just the cinnamon stick & bays before blending -
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Cheers
Chrisnw
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Also did not recognise this base at first, I love the original Glasgow base for its simplicity. How do you find your adjustments work?
Do you find the cinnamon is quite dominant in your base?
Great work on your photos they look great.
Regards.
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Also did not recognise this base at first, I love the original Glasgow base for its simplicity. How do you find your adjustments work?
Regards.
First made the base the traditional way, i.e. as per Mr Singh and it was pretty good. Then devised a pressure cooker version of it with a few tweaks. Which do I prefer? - I have to say in all honesty that I prefer the pressure cooker version, especially with the extra aromatics. Cooking the base in a pressure cooker makes it even simpler & quicker, it then just the comes down to a matter of taste - the aromatics balance is fine for me. The key thing is that Mr Singh's recipe is such a great starting base (no pun intended).
The credit for the photo's goes to my long suffering wife, who puts up with all my curry cooking experiments, she does enjoy the results though!
Cheers
Chrisnw