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Curry Base Chat / Re: Bulk base sauce for purchase anywhere?

« on: September 14, 2011, 09:35 PM »

See attached the pictures of both the sauce and also a curry I made out of it.

The sauce made just over 2l worth and I made a generic chicken curry.

Loads of oil
Pre-cooked chicken
2 ladles of basic sauce as above post
3 x tsp supreme curry powder
2 x tsp garlic puree
2 tbsp tomato paste
tbsp grated almond
juice of half a lemon
chili powder
pinch fenugreek leaves
tbsp tesco's caramelised red onion chutney ('secret ingredient') ??!

Curry was very generic tasting as you'd expect, but very sweet. It was a little on the rich side and maybe slightly over spiced so I may need to water down the base or add some water to the final dish. Any tips gratefully appreciated.

Can't wait to try it using a proper madras, rogan josh or CTM recipe!

Curry Base Chat / Re: Bulk base sauce for purchase anywhere?

« on: September 13, 2011, 06:48 PM »

Thanks all for the replies.

I've took the plunge and had another go at making a base sauce. It's still simmering away and I will be blending later.

I used CA's base sauce, but it's slightly amended in that:

Used 'Supreme' Mild curry powder (4 heaped tsp rather than 1 tsp and 3 x spice mix)
Used Natco Garam masala (1 heaped tsp)
Pinch saffron
Pinch fenugreek leaves
1tbsp salt (I misread! oops!)
4 green cardamon pods
1tsp sugar
added an extra 75mls oil as I feel that in the past I haven't used enough and the base has suffered
Added 2x tsp Bisto Chicken gravy powder (I felt that it's worth adding some kind of savoury stock)
I also fried the onions so they had just started to caramelise then stopped and added the water and rest of ingredients. I'm sure some kind of caramelisation should take place to get the sweet taste. I thought if I part caramelise the onions, when I come to use the sauce and cook it really hot, it might caramelise the rest as soon as it hits the pan so you get a nice fresh caramelised taste.

It's not blended yet but I had a quick taste and I'm very hopeful. Normally I can get a good feel for the base sauce by tasting before I blend and it's a good indication.

It's still quite bland which you'd expect it to be but also has a nice sweet and savoury undertone to it.

Will post pictures and an update.

Curry Base Chat / Re: Bulk base sauce for purchase anywhere?

« on: June 26, 2011, 07:35 PM »

Thanks guys, the first one I made was superb, I was using a melting base recipe from another forum which doesn't seem to be around any more. I think it was called melting base 2.

I've tried to copy it exactly using the same spices etc since and the curries just seem really bland. Hard to describe but certainly not smooth and sweet like they should be. Have u got any recommended base sauces that are easy and relatively fool proof?

Thanks

Curry Base Chat / Bulk base sauce for purchase anywhere?

« on: June 25, 2011, 06:27 PM »

Hi, I know this is really lazy and most of the fun is making the base sauce etc etc

I'm so busy and find it difficult to get the base sauce right every time, I'm lucky if I get it good 1 in every 4 attempts.

Therefore is there anywhere where one can by I wholesale batch of base sauce? I've heard some takeaways etc use a wholesale batch.

Because of my lack of success, I find it off-putting to use curries using home-made base sauce so really desperate for a source where I can buy it ready made!

Many thanks,

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