Well i must say my base was thick too, i did cook on a fairly high heat, last nights picture of my madras shows little oil, As from north to south on taste im 300 miles from glasgow, weve got the same taste here as in scotland, BB1's base prove's it. secondly i phoned my friend barry in burnham,south buck's and asked him what the taste of the curries were like down there, his answer the same as the west midland's, George, im afraid you need to go and do some real cooking rather than cook a concoction and say it taste's nice! then ask for a full size version of the glasgow base, why not just cook what's been given to you? And come back with some positive result's, another useless contribution to the site, no offence.
but there you have it.