Topic: hallo!

[bhuna1]

I've been reading this site for a few weeks and making some of the curries which have been fantastic.  always loved indian food but like you lot, always struggled to make something similar to what I loved at my fave restaurant.  I've been going to the same indian restaurant for 24 years, my folks used to go before me, and i actually went last night and was not as impressed as i now can make better!!!  this is a good thing   been using this base http://cbm-mick.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/my-book-base-gravy.html and then made the bhuna (finally cracked it) recipe and it was stunning.  gonna post more as i get more into it.  i have the 'curry secret' book so will experiment with those recipes with Mick's base.

talking about curry is the first step to making a curry, even when not hungry so i'll give it up for now.  Peace and poppodoms x

[goncalo]

I've been reading this site for a few weeks and making some of the curries which have been fantastic.  always loved indian food but like you lot, always struggled to make something similar to what I loved at my fave restaurant.  I've been going to the same indian restaurant for 24 years, my folks used to go before me, and i actually went last night and was not as impressed as i now can make better!!!  this is a good thing   been using this base http://cbm-mick.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/my-book-base-gravy.html and then made the bhuna (finally cracked it) recipe and it was stunning.  gonna post more as i get more into it.  i have the 'curry secret' book so will experiment with those recipes with Mick's base.

talking about curry is the first step to making a curry, even when not hungry so i'll give it up for now.  Peace and poppodoms x

Fantastic! I've tried CBM's base too and I like it, but I must say, it's not among my favorite. The reason being it's slightly more towards the common bangladeshi base and less to do with the flavours I used to get in my favorite restaurants. Glad it works for you. I'm going to give KD1's (Curry Secret) base a try. I've been pondering for the past few days and I think this is it. Welcome to the community, BTW