Quote from: CurryOnRegardless on February 21, 2009, 03:12 PM
What about this stuff http://www.eastendfoods.co.uk/nishaan.htm

Yes, thanks CoR...."Fried Red Onion Curry Base"...interesting.

Someone (somewhere) was also saying that curry base is also available in wholesale sized barrels for restraurants to use?  I've never seen this though...has anyone?

The booker cash and carry i go to theres whole isle display full of pastes, powders, ready made madras sauce's etc ive never bought any mind.. im might get one next time im up there just to see whats its like... my guess is not too good.

this one below is 2.5Kg Mix makes up to 12.75 Litres of Curry Sauce!



http://www.booker.co.uk/catalog/searchcategory.aspx?categoryName=Default%20Catalog&keywords=curry&view=GroupedByShelf&sortField=Promotion&SortDirection=Ascending&pageIndex=1

Quote from: Bobby Bhuna on February 21, 2009, 05:59 PM

Quote from: CurryOnRegardless on February 21, 2009, 03:12 PM
http://www.eastendfoods.co.uk/nishaan.htm it's in most supermarkets

No it's not

Oooh yes it is ;D ;D

Well its in my local Morrisons anyway, they have a whole shelf full of the stuff and I'm pretty sure I've seen it in Tescos as well. As I'm completely out of base at the moment I bought a jar, purely in the interest of research you understand, and will do a madras with it later and let you know how it turns out.

BTW the ingredients list is as follows:-

Onion, Tomato, Vegetable Oil, Salt, Ginger, Garlic, Citric Acid.

that's it, no spices, no "flavouring", no MSG!
CoR

OK. Did a simple lamb madras last night, usual way only substituted my base with the stuff from the jar diluted 50/50 with water and upped the spice mix (BE) to compensate for the absence of spices in the base, the results were actually quite good.
That's not to say we can all just call it a day coz I don't think it is better than a "proper" base but it's quite an acceptable stand by to have handy and miles better than any of the curry pastes, especially the Patak ones which I find particularly nasty.
Thing is though for the ?1.30 it cost I could have made 3 litres of base, I'll be lucky to get two decent portions out of this, oh well that's the price of being a lazy bugger I suppose.
CoR

http://www.eastendfoods.co.uk/nishaan.htm
Fried Red Onion Curry Base"...

I have tried it, useful as a cheats base - but is very similar to Panpan's Ashoka Bunjara (Onion Paste). I bought it from my local Morrisons but they have stopped stocking it now.