After ages, I finally got round to making a base sauce. The first one I made a couple of years ago was the KD one from the book, it turned out green and quite bitter. I made this base last week and tried to follow it to the letter. I was a bit short on carrot and a bit short on pepper (though not by much) the base turned out absolutely fantastic, and I proceeded to make a chicken Korma for my missus and I. I made up the recipe from  a mixture of recipes   I have read on here and a clip from youtube with a guy making korma.
 It turned out really well, and is probably the best tasting/looking/closest to a TA I have made. It has renewed my interest in curry, and I am going to make more and also more regularly, cheers for the great base recipe