Hi

So far I've only made single portions of curry, but I feel I'm ready to unleash my food on the family.

My question is: when I'm increasing ingredients in order to make, say, 4 portions, do I also increase the spice mix?? let's say, for example, I've been adding 1 tbls of spice mix to my single portions, do I increase that to 4 tbls for 4 portions of curry, or would that be too much?

Many thanks in advance 

Hi Nai,

I manage to cook for 2 at once in my 13 inch wok using 500ml of base but we are not huge eaters and I would struggle to eat an entire normal sized takeaway.

The general advice if you're cooking for more people is to cook in batches. You can normally knock up a curry in about 10 minutes once you have the ingredients to hand so just cook the same 1 or 2 sized portions one after the other and then you can transfer to a pan or oven to keep warm.

Hope this makes sense.

Paul.

You have to be careful with upscaling recipes, adding 6x the amount of chilli used in a single curry could have repercussions lol

batching and microwave reheat is working well for us. it helps with maintaining consistency of both technique and recipe too, along with sorting individual preferences. we've not detected any deterioration in taste (in fact possibly the contrary)

I bought 3 Karhai from my Indian supermarket, they are big enough to do a dish for 6 people.
When I cook an Indian meal I usually have all 3 pans going, One with a base sauce, one with a meat dish and one with a vegetarian dish. I have my Rice cooker going with a rice dish and the oven warm with already cooked Pakora's and Paratha & Chappati

Karhai are very inexpensive, Never wash it, just wipe it clean with Kitchen Roll.

Spices, I would never double up to tablespoons with spices for a dish for 6 people.
The very old Indian Chef who taught me used to say before a lesson *The art of spicing is valued above any other virtue in an Indian cook.*

Every dish is spiced but they never taste the same.

Also remember, Spices have been used for years as Medicines! add to much and you end up with ! 
a good site to look at is
http://www.greenprophet.com/2010/02/24/17884/middle-eastern-home-remedies/

Enjoy