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Curry Base Recipes => Curry Base Chat => Topic started by: tommy99 on November 11, 2012, 07:43 PM

Title: Last night I asked a takeaway bloke what was in the gravy
Post by: tommy99 on November 11, 2012, 07:43 PM

He said they put some in celery, onion, carrot, green peppers (and sometimes red too) corriander stalks, garlic paste, and ginger paste.

Title: Re: Last night I asked a takeaway bloke what was in the gravy
Post by: Secret Santa on November 12, 2012, 01:37 PM

Pretty standard then. I personally wouldn't use celery as too much of it taints the sauce.

Title: Re: Last night I asked a takeaway bloke what was in the gravy
Post by: Robert on November 12, 2012, 01:56 PM

Interesting that there's no mention of spices. Personally I've never understood what's to be gained by having spice in the base when you'll be adding a lot more in the final dish, plus if it's present in any significant amount it must surely reduce the versatility of the base. These days I don't put any in the base and can't say that I've missed it.
Do people find spice in the base really produces a significantly different taste compared to only frying them in during cooking?

Rob

Title: Re: Last night I asked a takeaway bloke what was in the gravy
Post by: Secret Santa on November 12, 2012, 03:46 PM

From a BIR perspective, spice in the base is needed for dishes like korma where they are the only spicing in the dish.

Title: Re: Last night I asked a takeaway bloke what was in the gravy
Post by: dafinchycode on November 12, 2012, 06:01 PM

i ,I've been using ifindforu`s final final base recently
 my wife commented that the take aways we have when i don't cook are very samey lacking a depth of flavour that chewy tikka mentioned so i`I've bought some fresh sainsburys beef stock which i will add to the final dish on Friday i`ll let you know what its like Saturday.