for the spices i used a selection of ground spices exept for teh corriander which was fresh, i got all my spices from a local indian supermarket.. Dont get me wrong teh base was really nice you could pick out all the different ingrediants when tasting so was very balanced. I think there may have been two problems, firstly i dints leave the base to cool over night and then blend, i let it cool for a few hours and blended, then made the curry.. The second was that i didnt use chilli poweder i decided to use fresh chillies, which i think i got the quantities wrong..

Im guessing but the more you let it stand the better the flavour will be