Thanks for the welcome everyone

Quote from: abdulmohed2002 on October 04, 2011, 08:23 PM
Hi Steve! Welcome to Cr0!  ;D

You have definitely come to the right site, if you have any favourite BIR recipes, then let me know and I will try and post them. Or if you have any of your own, then please post 

Abdul

Thank you Abdul - I've seen a few of your recipes around and I'll be sure to give them a try

Quote from: curryhell on October 06, 2011, 11:10 PM
Loads of time and plenty of sound advice to be found in the forum  .  You'll soon  be cooking dishes as good as your local BIR  ;D.   As for the rice,  go and look at the the threads here and your rice will be sorted instantaneously!!!

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=86.0

Try mine or somebody elses.  You won't be disappointed  ;D.  Keep us posted on how you get on along with some pics.

Hi Curryhell

Thank you! - I've just printed out some of the recipes from that part of the forum (yours included) and will let you know how I get on with them.

Quote from: solarsplace on October 07, 2011, 09:18 AM
Hi SteveMac555

Well done on producing such a good looking base and curry on your first attempt!

I know for a fact that my first efforts looked no where as good as yours!

Thanks for posting the pictures too.

Regards

Hi solarsplace

Thank you! - I wasn't too sure what to expect with the first one, but now that I've done my first I am looking what to make for the second. I am thinking a Korma, but might end up making something hot instead, who knows

I am also looking for a good alternative curry base to make for the second batch in a few weeks time, not that the CA base isn't good (it's actually very easy to make and produces good results), but I would like to try out some others and mix things up a bit.

Quote from: curryhell on October 05, 2011, 10:42 PM
Congratulations and welcome to the journey.  How did it compare to your normal BIR dish?

Thank you!

The sauce tasted very nice - Not sure if I would compare it yet, as I made it very mildly as others don't like it hot!

I guess the next step is to keep trying, make different curries and get my rice sorted out

Well here is my update!

Finished off the curry and had it for tea...

Ended up adding more paprika, chilli powder, tandoori paste and peas & chicken and some more ginger

Pics below.













And was delicious - Thanks again to everyone who posts recipes and help/tips on these forums. Will be making more in the near future!

Quote from: emin-j on October 04, 2011, 09:12 PM
That looks an excellent Base Sauce there matey but unless I am wrong that is just Base Sauce in the Frying Pan is it ? Only you need a Curry Recipe to go with the Base Sauce now 
Sorry if I am missing something but it sounds like you intend to just add Chicken to the Base Sauce.

Ah sorry - I forgot to mention that I have been following CA's Tikka Masala with the added Single Cream, Spice Mix, Garlic, Sugar and Tomato Paste. It's got a lot thicker than the curry base, but hasn't changed colour much as I have left out the red colouring in the tandoori masala mix.

I intend to add some of Pataks Tandoori sauce to it and some chilli powder when I finish this off tomorrow, I suppose that should make it looking a little more like a curry.

If I get chance I may get some red colouring but I didn't really see a point as it's just for myself currently and It's the taste that counts.

Thanks for the comments on the base sauce

Hi Cory

I made this today and it came out a treat! This was actually my first time doing anything with a curry and found it quite easy to follow.

I uploaded some pics of it in the forum here:
https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=6133.0

Thanks for this amazing base

Hi All

Found this site when looking at how to make my own curry! - I love indian curries... I just cant cook that well!

My first attempt at making some curry base/basic curry was done today, I actually posted some pics in the forum just now:

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=6133.0

Hopefully I'll be able to work my way up and make some top class curries

Cheers

Steve

Hi All

First of all, I only found this site yesterday and was inspired to make myself a nice curry (which isn't finished yet) I've got the 3 portions of the base done (two are now in the freezer) and the 3rd one which I have started to make a masala curry with.

So I thought I would share the results!

The base is made from the Curry Base "gravy/sauce" by Cory Ander but using ground ginger instead of fresh and without the coriander stalks/roots. I also reduced the salt as well. It actually took me a while to source most of the spices I needed but seems worth it in the end.

My cooking skills are normally limited to beans on toast and cheese toasties... I am extremely happy with the resulting base.

Pics below.

Curry Base sitting in the pan!






That took about 1hr 20mins and I blended the above into the following...

2 Portions of Curry Base to save in the freezer.




As I didn't have anymore than two suitable containers to freeze the 3rd portion - I decided to start on the actual curry sauce (which I'll be finishing and having tomorrow, it's in the fridge) and came up with the following.. It currently tastes delicious and I am sure after adding some peas and chicken It'll be even better.







And that's how it looks currently! - It may look a bit pale as I didn't really want to add any food colouring to it. Once it's finished tomorrow I'll take a few more pics and update this thread.

A big thank you to everyone on here who posts these amazing recipes! - If I can make something out of them then anyone can.

Regards

Steve

P.S.  Big thanks to Cory Ander for the actual recipe.