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Curry Base Recipes => Curry Base Chat => Topic started by: stevejet66 on November 03, 2012, 05:11 PM
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I have a book called the balti selection from abc publications, sparkbrook, birmingham, auther ghayoor amed, published in 1994, did anyone ever buy one? base sauce is that of zaalz base almost, if you want to try it let me know and i'll post the full specs of the base.
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Why not put the recipe on the site - accredited to the author NO problems then we can have a look
best, Rich
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1 lb onions
1 tsp tom puree
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp salt
4 green cardomons
2oz butter ghee
1tsp paprika
4oz tin of tomatoes
1/2 pints of water
1oz fresh ginger
6 cloves of garlic
add the onions to a pan along with chopped ginger/salt and garlic, add water and boil for 45 mins, when cool blend to a smooth texture,
in a seperate pan add the ghee, on a medium heat add the canned tomatoes(blended)masala mix/turmeric and tom puree, simmer for 15mins,
add this to the onion mixture and simmer for 30mins, done!
masala mix
whole spices first.
1 stick cinnomon, doesnt state how much!
5 bay leaves
2oz corriandor seeds
1/2oz black mustard seeds
1oz cloves
1oz cumin seeds
powederd spices,
1/4 oz ginger powder
1oz turmeric powder
1/2oz garlic powder,
roast whole spices in a pan until you can smell them roasting, blend them in a spice grinder until very fine, ad the powderd spice, now you have the masala mix for the base.
THE BALTI SELECTION, ABC PUBLICATIONS, BIRMINGHAM, 1994.
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Interesting looking base. Many of the ingredients are fairy standard though. But the whole spice in the form of green cardamons crops up again as does the butter ghee. As for the masala mix i'm surprised to see cloves in there. I'll let someone else try this out as i have your base to cook today.
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Any chance of putting a picture of the cover on here Steve?
Bit of a Balti freak.
Cheers.
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it will not upload, if you email me at stevejet66@aol.com i'll send 2 pics via email, you maybe able to do it from your end.
thanks
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E-mail sent.
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Here we go Steve
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Would be very interested in the recipes from this book.
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What a find! I'll bet there's not many of these kicking about!
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Just managed to find one online - Waterstone's
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I put my post code in and it came up blank
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Big thankyou unclefrank appreciated for uploading the pics. just proof of the pudding i suppose, to be fair stephen the recipes in this book are not as good as you think, trust me, i thought pat chapans book was more informative, yes it is oldish but again if you scoure the internet for bir curries as with this book i think everyone just trying to get on the band wagon at the time so to speak, most bir recipes on google search show pretty much the same results as the book.
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What recipes are in the book
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Big thankyou unclefrank appreciated for uploading the pics. just proof of the pudding i suppose, to be fair stephen the recipes in this book are not as good as you think, trust me, i thought pat chapans book was more informative, yes it is oldish but again if you scoure the internet for bir curries as with this book i think everyone just trying to get on the band wagon at the time so to speak, most bir recipes on google search show pretty much the same results as the book.
stevejet66 at that price I'm not too worried - I like to pick up cookery books anyway and this one will add to my collection.
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I put whole cloves and green cardamoms in my own base sauce and it works very well.
I can remember watching a TV programme about balties in Birmingham BIRs and it was said that a lot of paprika was used.