Topic: Bruce Edwards anyone?

[RubyDoo]

Site seems pretty quiet at the moment ( good and bad thing? ). So had a search about after today's curry fest. Got a tad tempted to try a simple and straight forward Bruce Edwards base and curry straight from the original recipe. Now I am no expert but I think I have come on leaps and bounds in no small measure due to some of the peeps on here but I found the simplicity of BE's recipe more interesting when comparing it with what I generally do now. Going to do it next week but has anybody actually tried this recently? If so I would appreciate your thoughts in advance.

I am going to stick my neck out here and have a well betted bhuna on the fact that this is going to be one tasty 'mother'. Prompted a tad here from the basic ingredients from CT's RJ that I recently did in pan no 1 which brought me down to earth a bit with regard to bu**ering around too much with additional ingredients and measures.

Time will tell. Will report back late. Off now to reheat today's efforts.

[curryhell]

Look forward to the report and any learnings that come out of the experiment RD

[Naga]

Look forward to the report and any learnings that come out of the experiment RD

Me too. I've often flicked through the BE material with good intent, but due to the excellent assistance and advice from the members here I haven't been sufficiently motivated to read it in-depth.

[goncalo]

I've setled for B.E's spice mix recently seeing as I can't seem to find a holy grail in this area, so I would love to hear your thoughts on B.E's base too, good luck  buddy.

[Stephen Lindsay]

BE - I use his spice mix with Taz base constantly - his base is good too.

[Secret Santa]

When I was using BE's base regularly (the newest version) I did a comparison with it and CA's base and I found not much in it but, by a whisker, preferred the BE base. I think the BE base and the mix powder are a great starting point for anyone new to the game.

[Peripatetic Phil]

A thought about bases.  Bearing in mind last night's experience with Anjum Anand's "Rustic Rogan Josh", the total volume of the base and sauce sachets was tiny in comparison to the normal amount of base I use.  Are we going overboard in our base preparation, and using more than we need ?  I cooked 300 gm of lamb in a tiny amount of combined base/sauce for 1H30, and because I cooked gently with the lid on the wok, there was exactly the right amount of sauce remaining at the end even after decanting the excess oil.  Worth thinking about ? I shall try the same this evening but using home-made ingredients and see if again I can use a fraction of my normal amount of base.

** Phil.