Oh my God, this is an awful recipe/method... it basically makes pizza base LOL

This recipe is so simple yet it's damn good.  Okay, I made a few minor changes, but even still, it's so simple I recommend this to anyone who likes a Korma (or has to make one for the missus) ;D

Made this a few times recently and am well pleased now I have fine tuned my results.

Changes I made?  Well I am now in the habit of knocking up the SnS base but removing the chilli powder and substituting the curry powder for mild curry powder.  The base is then suitable for spicy AND non-spicy curries, and in this case, since it's the only base I had, I tried it with this to good success.

So instead of 400ml Saffron Base, I use 250ml SnS base,
I don't put ANY chilli powder in the recipe,
And most notably, I only put a PINCH of salt in as opposed to one whole tsp (after one tsp the first time, it was far too salty and had to put far too much cream in just to get rid/lessen the taste of it.  The next Korma I did was spot on using these changes to the recipe.

Excellent stuff!

Hello, I'm a new member, tried the base last night and went down a treat!! I like the way it absorbs the oil, I followed the madras recipe and used chicken, took me longer than 15 mins but I reckon I can do it tonight!!! Very nice recipe, thanks.

Exactly.  The fact you aren't swimming in oil when you dish up your meal makes this base a winner straight away.  And it DOES take slightly longer than 15 minutes to make the madras but then that's because when I make mine, I like fried onion so I have to chop and fry onion as well as make the recipe... but it's not much longer than 15 minutes so all is good.  SnS I again salute you!!

Quote from: Robbo1979 on July 19, 2009, 02:45 PM

Well, I've given this it's maiden trial in the Robbo household and it's not bad.  I wouldn't say at this stage that it's as good as my local BIR, but it's a nice dish and easy to make.  I've made it but there's little things I feel I could do to improve my technique when making it. I used the SnS-June2008 base...

I still look forward to trying the original Dhansak recipe which opened this thread. It specifically stated that the base recipe used was poppadom_pete's. I don't think his base includes any tomato whatsover. How can the use of the SnS base be meaningful in terms of a review of this Dhansak recipe? The SnS base includes loads of tomato, so won't it lead to an entirely different Dhansak?

The fact I stated I used the SnS base n my "review" makes my review a valid one thank you very much.  It's then up to the reader to decide on what base they are to use and if they have SnS's base on hand they may read my posts and think about it.

As I have stated, my issue with the recipe is NOT the base flavours.  I just don't particularly like pineapple, which this recipe relies heavily on.  The pineapple is far too overpowering and ruins the flavour.  The amount of lentils is also an issue since the amount specified is not only too much, but again dominates the texture/flavour, which I don't like.  These are VERY SPECIFIC issues that you couldn't confuse with the tomato in the base.

I'm sure the original poster appreciates whatever feedback he receives, albeit good or bad, and so long as they themselves are happy with their recipe, THAT is all they should care about!  After all, if you don't want to hear any negative comments on recipe you came up with, you don't go posting it on a public forum!!!