Have now made this curry base and im a bit disapionted.  I have a few pictures on my phone and I will try and download them but the base its self doesnt taste like a BIR curry to me.  I could have done something wrong but it still seems way off the crries from around these parts (northeast). 

Will try Darthphal next and post the results.

Thanks for your advice Stew, I think part of the problem with this base is the way I cooked it.  I put too much oil in because the recipe called for 'cups' and I mistakenly used a mug!  Als, I think I might of burnt the spices at the end.

I did however findthat the finished gravey was darker than anything I had seen before and it was more like a finished curry rather than a base!

I do have a recipe for chiken tika masala that is extreemly good and authentic to BIR curries.  It was given to me by a friend and it is flawless.  I would post it on here but it probably is already on here somewhere but if anyone wants it I ll post it.

Barry

Quote from: lorrydoo on April 13, 2007, 08:55 PMthe base its self doesnt taste like a BIR curry to me.  I could have done something wrong but it still seems way off the crries from around these parts (northeast).

I wouldn't give up yet! A base and a curry are two different things. The base is just a building block. If you licked a bit of flour you wouldn't expect it to taste like bread, even though bread is 90% flour.

Base will normally taste quite bland, in my experience - a bit like soup but nothing like a final curry.

Regards
George

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...if you licked a bit of flour you wouldn't expect it to taste like bread, even though bread is 90% flour

Nice analogy George!  I like it!  ;D

I have to agree with CA here, this base is one of the best on the forum, up there with Bruce Edwards and Petes special.

cK