I'm with you on that one Simplysandy, I saw the recipe calling for 500ml of oil in the base recipe and thought "Well that's not gonna happen".
I'm not saying using less oil is going to have the same flavour or mouth feel as a B.I.R but for those of us that need to watch our weight, or like to eat less oils and fats, I think using so much oil doesn't change the flavour enough to warrant not being able to have a delicious curry a few times a month.
I've tried Ghee in the past and again, the flavour was different but not so much I thought, I'm not going to use oil ever again.
I might change my mind after trying a few different recipes but for now I'd rather use less oil and have a reasonably healthy meal than one swimming in grease but that's just my personal opinion.
Having said that, I'd rather have deep fried fish and chips from a great chippy once every 2 months than oven chips and oven baked fish 3 times a week, maybe that's how some people feel about their curry's.
I'll reserve judgement on that until I've been cooking curry's for a few more months.
