Just about to try Dipuraja's base gravy. Could someone confirm the onions are not fried but cooked as below:

Put all ingredients (apart from mix powder/spice mix and plum tomatoes) into saucepan, add water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 30-35 minutes.

Cheers.

Is there any chance the gram quantities could be converted to teaspoons as I do not have scales capable of weighing small amounts accurately?

Cheers.

Hi everyone,

Just another lurker finally joining in. Fantastic website. I have tried several sauces & dishes & I must admit the quality of most have been awesome. I have booked a table here tonight for me, the wife & two good friends. I look forward to coming back to update this post with 'good news' fingers crossed. We will try a range of different dishes & swap tastes around. Watch this space.

Cheers,

George.

First impressions were not good. One row of tables left and right in a narrow restaurant. Takeaway clients hang around the tables near the door to await their order. The waiter's attire desperately required a wash as it was quite soiled. This was 5pm. so it must have been like this from the previous nights service. He was polite and smiling the entire time. Drinks order was taken.

After reading the menu everyone made their selections. Four different starters to pass around. Special aubergine pakora, chicken pakora, vegetable samosa, and 'spiced potato chop'served with salad. A pouring jug arrived with a yucky yellow pouring sauce. This was a sweet chilli dipping sauce normally red when encountered in the past.

Nothing special to be perfectly honest. I found it all very ordinary and a little bland. The only fresh kick I got was the coriander stalks in the salad.

Main courses Chilli garlic chicken, Bengali green chicken with Chana aloo side order, Navratan lamb tikka makhani with Anaros dall samber side order (pineapple in lentil with tamarind sauce), Tandoori king prawn mossalam with Aloo gobi side order (most expensive dish), 3 orders of basmati rice, Garlic nan and Peshwari nan.

We were all slightly disappointed with the quality of the main courses. They lacked flavour and were comparable to supermarket meals. The lamb in particular was slightly tough and tasted of lamb fat. The chicken was dry and I could not detect any marination that normally leaves the meats juicy. Prawns were tough because of overcooking.

I personally found that my own cooking was far superior in flavour, presentation. My own rice also knocks spots of theirs. I am not a chef but have a great interest in cooking thanks to forums like this improving my food no end.

To summarise it was nothing special. My expectations were probably set to high. I personally would not return.