Hi All,
Having stumbled upon this excellent site recently, I have tried one base and a couple of recipes. Which of course brought on questions.
1. As this is BIR are the recipes defaulted to serve 1 person?
2. I tried ChewyTikka's 3 hour / pressure cooker base which I thought gave me a good result. I have since realised it is relatively old and wondered what you spice kings, curry masters, Jedi and Admins are using currently as a base. Chewy, what are you using as a base?
3. When a recipe mentions chilli powder is this dried and ground chillis or is it the chilli powder mix I would expect to use in a chilli con carne?
4. Given we are all experimenting with fresh ingredients and blending different spices why is there frequent reference to a shop bought mix? Why use Tesco curry powder when we all have the spices in our cupboard to produce a decent garam masala?
Erm, I think that's it for the time being!

Thanks in advance

I tried this last week
Tin of tomatoes
a large white onion
4 cloves of garlic,
a splash of white wine vinegar
a big blob of ketchup,
a couple of teaspoons of mint sauce
handful of red chillis.
blender until really fine, then into the fridge where it should save for a couple of days.

From here http://getstuffedblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/make-your-own-chilli-sauce-ideal-for.html
Not bad but I think added too much vinegar,
I think next time I would blend in a whole red pepper too.

The Hairy bikers also made one in Turkey but I can't find the recipe for that. One day I'll have to record it and then write it down. Hope your Kebab was good

Chris.

Scum / froth that was taken off gravy

Chilli's and tomato added

First fry up