I only ever use this base now,

2 red onions
2 brown onions
1 small red pepper
2 small new potatoes, or a small piece of potato
1 tbsp. tomato puree
half a big bunch of coriander, stalks end
half tbsp. salt
250 ml sunflower oil
500 ml water.

Chop everything up and slow boil for 30 minutes no need to cover.

Now add

2 Tbsp turmeric
1 Tbsp paprika
1 Tbsp coriander powder
1 Tbsp cumin powder
1 Tbsp garam masala

Mix well and simmer for 30 minutes

Allow to cool and then blend.

 I pre prepare my ingredients for my curries to save time.

10 frozen garlic cubes
10 frozen ginger cubes
2 onions fine diced.
half a green pepper fine diced
pinch of salt
enough water to cover
simply simmer for about 20 minutes allow to cool drain off excess water divide into about 8 portions and freeze

I use these for my initial fry off in most curries, as the ingredients are ready cooked I can avoid burning my garlic etc.
I use the water in base gravy .

Full credit to Darth as this is a variation of his base. I use this as I only have a small freezer and only me who eats curry.

4 onions
1 carrot
1 green pepper
5 stalks fresh coriander
1 tsp salt
1 litre water
Cook in a pressure cooker for 45 minutes, blend and sieve.

Add
2.5 tsp mild madras powder
2.5 tsp turmeric
2    tsp garam masala
Cook in pressure cooker for 10 mins

In a frying pan lightly brown
2 tbsp sunflower oil
2 tsp  garlic puree
2 tsp  ginger puree
Add to pressure cooker, simmer for 5 mins (without lid).



Makes 3 x 500ml portions.

 Surely after all the recent telly programmes on bake offs, masterchef, etc. etc. they could do a decent BIR cook off programme. Who could host it ? Who could judge it ? What episodes would you have ? Maybe base gravy, starters, mains etc. etc. What members on here would like a chance on a contest like that ? I will be an official taster !

 Please do not berate me ! Yes, I am lazy, but I do not care ! I recently purchased a Tower 7.5l pressure cooker to cook my base in. My Wife does not like curry or the smell of me frying etc. I needed a beef madras for my lunch at work, so, I chucked all the ingredients into said pressure cooker, including base gravy portion (frozen) oil, G/G paste, spices, water, RAW beef, coriander etc. etc. and cooked it for 40 mins. It came out fine but watery, so after reducing, it is EXACTLY the same as frying spices etc. etc, I will use this method from now on !

 I have made chicken madras, well worth making ( cheaper, better tasting, I know what is in it, plus, interesting to do ). I have also just made CA's pilau rice, again, worth making for all the above reasons. I have been purchasing naan breads, usually Tesco 6 mini garlic and coriander for ?1.00. Is it really worth all the effort of making my own ? If so, which method? tawa etc. etc? Or can I make them in the oven ?

 Anybody know where I can get a chest freezer (for all my curry bases, frozen coriander etc. etc. ) it must resemble a piece of furniture that my wife will not recognise, also, how do you remove yellow turmeric stains from kitchen utensils ha ! ha !

 I am now curry blind ! I have tried that many curries, (madras) that I do not know what to try next. Here are a few I have tried, both base and madras, Julian Voigt, Darth Phall, Chewy Tikka and this one http://www.currytastic.com/best-chicken-madras-recipe-ever/ which for the amount of effort I found quite good.
I really enjoyed all of the recipes, however, what recipe is the Holy Grail of curries ? Surely there is a curry that is stupendous, I do not care how many ingredients are in it or how long it takes to make, I am after creating the best ever curry !

 I have had a few takeaways in my time and one of my all time favourites was a madras with bright red oil and it had a barbeque taste. Was it liquid smoke or paprika ? 

 I am having a curry night for 8 people, with my new found skills from this wonderful website I feel confident enough for this. Has anybody done this before ? I do not want to cook everyone's meal to order, I am thinking along the lines of just putting everything out. I am not averse to buying a few items i.e. poppadums and naan bread but I want to make all the rest. So far I am thinking of poppadums onion bhaji maybe mulligatawny soup ? pilau rice, aloo gobi and chicken madras. This is still in the planning stages at the moment, I am planning on prepping most of the dishes beforehand. What would be your perfect combination of dishes for this ?

 As used by some of my work colleagues 
1 tin baxters spicy parsnip soup.
1 teaspoon ghee or other oil
1 inch square piece of green pepper grated
1 quarter teaspoon mild madras powder
1 eighth teaspoon garam masala
1 quarter teaspoon chopped coriander stalks
1 eighth teaspoon paprika
2 drops Worcester sauce

All measurements are LEVEL
combine all ingredients in a large pyrex bowl and microwave for 6 minutes, you should be left with a thick sauce base.I have not actually tried it yet. Let me know how you get on if you try it. I will be trying it shortly.

Hello looking for good curry recipes, the best curries I ever had were in a restaurant in Swinton, Manchester called Shireens. No takeaway or restaurant compares to the food from there back in the early 1980's.I have tried Darth Phall's Madras and it was a 9 out of 10. Better than any supermarket, takeaway or restaurant curry I have had for a long time. This was with a curry base off youtube, it will probably be better with the proper base !