Cheers Chewy,
I always put the uncooked chicken in the base and simmer that while I am doing the onions/ spices etc. (Because we never eat it straight away I dont like to pre cook, then recook and then re heat so the saucepan method works best for me)
I use 350 ml base per curry but that would feed me 3 small portions as I like to have all the extras (naan, starters etc)
I made 4 seperate curries using 350 ml each as My husband likes it milder and then they just got hotter lol.
The Shami recipe is H4ppyLeader (Chris) from Youtube tutorial "How to make Lamb kebab. Indian takeaway recipe"

Lou