I attended a one day Indian Cookery course last week, and I have to say that less is more.......
I think we over spice our food to try and find that BIR, maybe we should all cut back on what we throw into our recipes and try to blend a little better.... I'm no expert so any contributions would be appreciated....
However, salt, lemon juice and oil can make such a change to what we prepare. We made a few simple dishes, there were four of us on the course and we all made the same. Simply by using an 1/8th teaspoon of a certain spice, and any small amount over that or under that made a significant change to the base marinade as we all tried each others.......... and the results all came out differently......