Have we reached our limits ?

[emin-j]

Just been looking back over previous threads going back to 2008 and there seemed much more excitement in the 'Quest' for BIR perfection than has been over the last few month's.
Personally I think I am 'Cruising' now being able to match all but one of the T/A's we use but although my Madras Curries are more flavoursome than theirs their Curries tend to be lighter in texture and a more pleasing to the eye 'Orangey' colour comrared to my 'Orangey/Brown' colour, I think I could be over Spicing though plus having Paprika in the Spice Mix.
Made a batch of Base yesterday (Rajver) plus my usual three portions of Madras and today my Mother in Law who lives two doors away said She heard the neighbours next door and the ones some fifty yards away who were in their Garden making the most of a lovely evening say " What a bloody stink of Curry !!  " " Must be the Indian over the back " Our closest Indian which is 100yds further on got the blame  ;D

I will continue with my BIR style Curries but I would like to concentrate more on the 'from scratch' Curries which I used to struggle with especially the cooking down of the Onions but other than blending as in the 'Tasty Curry from Scratch' recipe  I have finally found out how to chop Onions so fine that they cook down in minutes and this alone has rekindled my interest in 'from scratch' Curries ( thanks to the Chef at the Myristica Restaurant in Bristol where I had a second cooking lesson recently)
I will be keeping a close eye on the Forum as usual in case of any breakthroughs though 

[George]

Made a batch of Base yesterday (Rajver) plus my usual three portions of Madras and today my Mother in Law who lives two doors away said She heard the neighbours next door and the ones some fifty yards away who were in their Garden making the most of a lovely evening say " What a bloody stink of Curry !!  " " Must be the Indian over the back " Our closest Indian which is 100yds further on got the blame  ;D

You must be doing something right. That's one of the funniest things I've read on here for a long time, since about 2008.

[parker21]

hi emin-j thanks for making the effort to make at least 1 of the bases which i have posted over the years and what else could you possibly want to hear from your  distant neighbours.... what they should have said is can we have some, guess they won't be invited to your next currry party lol.

cheers and regards

which rajver base was it ? 1st one or the revisited 1 with the whole spices.
well thats 3 peeps that have had success using the rajver bases, jerry, you and 1 of my mates from work who has been using it for the last 7 years.

gary ;D

[emin-j]

Hi gary, it was the 'revisited' Base I made but left the whole Spices in and blitzed it then poured it all through a strainer,i've been using Dipuraja's Spice mix but I think it's the Paprika that's turning the Curries more of a Brown colour but I would prefer more of an Orange.