If you want to make spiced oil as an experiment here is my tuppence worth:

1) Don't add any water, just use oil and curry veg and spices e.g. onions, peppers, garlic and spices. Don't add tomatoes.

2) If you use a large amount of chopped onions and keep it on a rolling gentle boil the oil won't go above about 105 degrees (due to water in onions/veg). I tried this myself with 2 litres of oil and after about 1 hour it was time to stop as the onions had lost most of their moisture. The spices did not burn as the oil temp was controlled by the veg water content evaporating.

3) I simply used a strainer to remove the onions/peppers etc. Some cooked spices (grits) sunk to the bottom of the pan but the spiced oil was coloured and clear.

I found the oil was fine for a week in the fridge and I used to freeze it and defrost before use for the oil I had stored.
The oil didn't go rancid but it was a reasonable quality oil. (rice bran)

I would suggest looking at the spice content of onion bhajis and maybe basing it on that.

The big problem is deciding what spices and how much to add. If we could get this right we would have a good spiced oil recipe.

Cheers,

Paul

Thanks for the link to the curry oil recipe UF. That looks surprisingly simple and a lot more cost effective than the chalice oil at

Quote from: natterjak on December 02, 2011, 07:23 AM

Quote from: Phil (Chaa006) on December 01, 2011, 07:43 PM

Oh dear.  I have to say, I was very surprised when they refused point blank to allow me to say "no substitutions" on my order, although they did say they would consider it for a future option.  But when I order Entremont Speciality Terroirs Du Comte  200g and they substitute Ferrari Pecorino Romano  200g  instead of Marcel Petite's Comte Waitrose  Typical weight: 218g, it does make you wonder whether they have an automaton in charge of the substitution process rather than an intelligent human being ...

** Phil.

I would've sent you dairylea triangles 

LOLOL  ;D

Quote from: Phil (Chaa006) on December 02, 2011, 01:12 PM

Quote from: natterjak on December 02, 2011, 07:23 AM
I would've sent you dairylea triangles 

Now if you'd said Primula, I might have judged you a man of taste !

I would have said, "The Laughing Cow!!"  ;D