Think it does make a difference and the colour and texture is totally different. Tried it for the first time recently and the smell and taste is much better. Was going to go out and buy a grinder to do the business but was pushed for time. So i tried  an old garlic grinder which i was  able to get the lid off and give a good clean to. Once the spices were roasted and had cooled a bit i emptied them into the grinder and ground up worked a treat.

Just want to clarify the use of reclaimed oil. Ive reused oil which ive skimmed off bases that ive made before. If for instance i was making a chicken madras and skimmed some of the oil off of this when the curry was fully cooked would it still be ok to use this oil after it has been in the fridge for around a week. Was just wondering as chicken was also cooked in the madras. Might be a daft question but dont want to poison the missus AND ME

Just made this used one cup of oil. There now seems to be to much oil Im going to blend to a paste. Should i remove some of the oil as looking at the pictures of others seems to runny. if i Do remove some of the oil would this be ok to reuse. cheers

ive just made this base with the madras recipe provided. Ive only made darthpalls base which i thought was great. I then did the sns/saffron base which was also good probably better for me than the darth one which i never thought id say. Anyway had a go with this one today but just added a couple of carrots. The base, unlike others, tasted nice enough to eat when finished. The extra garlic i think gives it more of the taste i look for. The finished curry was cracking really nice and the whole process i found was easier and more straightforward than the previous bases etc i have attempted

Ive tried three base sauces with Darths being the first one. After struggling to make anything that resembled BIR i must say this was the best id ever made even the missus thought it was great and i didnt get the feeling she was just being polite. Ive made a rushed  curry since when out of base sauce and used celery, carrotts and onion with madras recipes and found the results very good. The 2nd base i made was ifindforu. Must say was very dissapointed with this one. Missus only ate a mouthful before turning her nose up and i must admit i wasnt keen either and i can usually eat anything that resembles a curry but still it could have been something i had done wrong but cant pick up on anything. Just made the sns base and the colour and smell are fantastic going to knock a madras together tonight and v optimistic. Also my preferred dish is madras. Where i live ive tried around 7 takeaways and only one stands out as being my preferred choice- not that the others dont taste good. Its just the others do taste more like a gravy theres a taste that you get in them all - its almost a creaminess- as though this is the norm but the one i like is not like the majority and doesnt have the taste of the others any idea what this might be