Topic: Has anybody reclaimed takeaway curry oil for use in a base?

[Whandsy]

1st of all, sorry if this had been covered but I can't seem to find a relevant thread!

Regarding the topic title, I have a lovely jalfrezi from the local takeaway sat in the kitchen and naturally, across the top of the curry are little pockets of liquid gold. Has any body tried capturing this and adding it to a new batch of base gravy? I'm wondering whether this would transfer itself through the base resulting in a larger quantity of itself for further use in ongoing bases?
I'm sure it would make a delicious start to a tarka, (I think that's the word) but I'm thinking bigger scale
I know there's a lot of talk on here about spicy oil and I too, am a firm believer in this being the caveat to a sensational curry?

Anybody?

W

[curryhell]

W, are you suggesting trying to retrieve the small amount of oil from your jalfrezi and adding to you next base?  If so I don't think there will be nearly enough oil and it will be totally lost.  Or are you suggesting adding your jalfrezi to your next base  ?
As for the oil question, it hasn't been answered yet, one way or another.  I know JerryM has done quite a bit of work with oil so it may be worth reading his posts on the subject. There was also a lot of talk of it in the early days as well.  Maybe we'll get the answer once the e-book appears.

[Whandsy]

W, are you suggesting trying to retrieve the small amount of oil from your jalfrezi and adding to you next base?  If so I don't think there will be nearly enough oil and it will be totally lost.

Ch

I was thinking of storing a portion of oil from a takeaway night and adding it to a reduced size base, tonight's jallfrezi has been demolished already but it gave me the thought of reclaiming off a few curries to leave a substantial amount to tip into a base??

[Salvador Dhali]

With such a small amount of oil you'd probably be better off using it to cook your next curry. (I often reclaim oil from the curries I cook for this very purpose.)

Do bear in mind though that if your BIR is already using reclaimed oil (from cooking bhajis, etc), then by the time you get round to using it it's going to be third-hand and perhaps a little past its best.