I was entertaining a friend this afternoon and we dropped into a curry house just up the corner from me. Never been there before and as they had a buffet going so we decided to try that. It was the usual fare and all very uninspiring, lacking both the "taste" and "smell". However, I had some of the bombay aloo and would you believe it, it had the taste. The actual old fashioned taste. Strange thing that the rest of the dishes were so uninspiring!

I have noticed on one other occasion at a different restaurant that the bombay aloo was very close to how I remember all curries tasting. I don't mean they all taste the same, I mean that this bombay aloo flavour was a sort of background flavour in all curries (in times gone by). So I'm going to be concentrating my efforts on making various bombay aloos from now on in the hope of capturing the old fashioned taste.

Looking forward to reading the results of your research SS. Good look  .

I've had Bombay Aloo, as a side dish, where it totally stole the show
The sauce was the best
I thought at first it was panch poran that gave it the extra something
I've still got a big bag of the stuff
Please post any success
I look forward to it