Topic: how do you go about preparing several curries at once?

[goncalo]

So it went better than expected. I made CTM and a medium-mild tikka jalfrezi and pilau rice using a different method to cook the rice which is probably going to be my favorite from now on. I managed to keep calm and though I nearly lost it when I realized that I hadn't added the tomatos to the taz base by the time I was blending it, I decided to still add the tomatoes at that stage and cook them for about 10mins and finish the blending then. The results were quite good.

Gagomes. Glad it went well. Bit confused though. Are you saying you made the base as well? If so you are really adding to the pressure unnecessarily. Best prep the base in advance and have it hot in a separate pan ready to use. Rice is, arguably, better when allowed to cool then reheated. Did you use Phil's microwave mrthod? method

With regards to pre-making the base, I know I should have done it earlier. Unfortunately I had a problem of logistics: I didn't have enough storage space in the fridge/freezer because I marinated about 5kg of tikka, so I had to leave til the next day, but I guess I'll just have to think of marinading 2-3 days in advance next time.

As for the rice, I did it differently. I will post a recipe later.