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Hi Greg,

Welcome aboard 

You mention you've been trying to achieve BIR curry before, how far did you get and what recipes did you use? 

cK

 ;D ;D Hi and welcome Greg. Good call to start with Layne's Chicken Tikka as it's one of the best, and a favorite of mine. P.S. Don't forget the mint sauce too. Paul

Hi Greg,

I think everyone starts with the KD book and realises pretty much the same thing, it's not very good 

Anyway not heard of this "Clarkes No 1 sauce" so a link would be good if you can find it.  If you want check out the Bruce Edwards recipes in the ebooks section on here, the base also uses carrots and raddish, worth a read.

cK

Thanks Greg,

It looks similar to the curryhouse.co.uk stuff,  his own take on how a curry should be rather than recipes he has obtained from a restaurant.  The base is very strange though, I wonder where he came up with that anyone know if it is a Pat Chapman recipe?

Clarkes No1 Sauce

This sauce is dead easy to make.  It will however transform a basic curry into something special.  Trust me. 

2 Carrots
1 Large Onion
3 Cloves of Garlic
5 Radish's
Blend until smooth, fry with Ghee or oil until well cooked. Don't burn!

Whilst cooking the vege's, make the following in an old pan.
7 floz Milk
7 floz Water
10 Green Cardamoms
4 Bay Leaves
4" Cassia Bark
1 Tsp. Turmeric
1" Cube Fresh Ginger
1 Tsp. Cumin Seeds


Boil for 10 minutes. Strain the liquid into the vege's, discard the bits and see how bad the pan now is (oh shit).

Simmer the liquid with the vege's until most of the liquid has evaporated.   Re-blend what's left and then pour into to your main curry meal and continue to cook.   That's it!

Have you tried this base and any of recipes?  How did they compare to the KD book?
cK

Hi Greg , welcome to the forum, Feel free to ask any questions from the peeps here at cr0 there is a mountain of information for you to climb & we are your faithfull guides. ;D

Hi Greg and welcome to the curry capitol . "Cumin" and enjoy .

Hi Greg and welcome.  What are your favourite dishes then?  CQ

Quote from: Greg on February 01, 2007, 01:43 PMGoing to kick off with some recipes by Layne on Chicken Tikka and Sheek Kebab and try Darth's curry base this weekend.

Hi, Greg, welcome.  Sounds like you're jumping in with both feet!

Hi Greg,

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tried Layne's Chicken Tikka at the weekend and can thouroughly recommend the recipe, also tried the Sheek kebabs but think I need to spice them up a bit more.

Welcome to this site and thanks for trying some recipes and for supplying some feedback on them.  The more feedback the merrier IMHO!

By the way, which Sheek Kebab recipe was it that you tried?

Regards,