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Me too, i.e. I hate the word 'garabi' but I love the flavour of the base sauce I make, after only 20 or 30 minutes cooking time. And I include all the ingredients which you say you leave out. None of the vegetables take longer than 20 or 30 minutes to cook so why simmer it for much longer?
Indian chefs cant say gravy so it comes out as Garabi
George can you even blend onions after 20 minutes?
I am a firm believer that the base ahs to be cooked for as long as it tastes for the natural sweetness to develop. This normally takes at least 1-2 hours for me.
Quote from: bamble1976 on April 14, 2015, 10:29 PMI am a firm believer that the base ahs to be cooked for as long as it tastes for the natural sweetness to develop. This normally takes at least 1-2 hours for me.Exactly. It takes as long as it takes and will vary with type of onion. Personally I find that three hours, on average, does the job.Depends on what other junk you've lobbed in with the onions as well though. Any acidifying component added early will kill the sweetening process...toms are a prime example which is why many bases add them later on.
Is it possible to over cook your Base? After 3 weeks of making a Base almost every day I can answer my own question: Not really!I've discovered that there is not a bad base, just a different base