Quote from: ScottyM on March 04, 2016, 08:03 PM
Quote from: Sverige on March 04, 2016, 05:59 PM
Thanks Scotty.
Chicken Ceylon tonight
Mmmm nice. I like the Ceylon, has the south indian feel. And i love me some south indian
What base do you use?
It's my own base, cooked as part of a bulk recipe (if you can call 10 portions bulk).
I use an electric pressure cooker and make 2.75 litres of base, starting with 2kg of onions and keeping it relatively thick - close to the consistency of a finished curry. Then I cook a bhagar with enough spices, etc for 10 curries and unite bhagar with base, plus any other ingredients (coconut and sugar for Ceylon) then portion it into takeaway containers and add precooked meat. I prefer to cook ahead this way to stock my freezer so I can defrost and knock up a quick and easy meal whenever I want, without cooking each time.
So anyway, I just vary the spicing and other ancillary ingredients to make it one curry or another. For the Ceylon I use 250g coconut block and 200g coconut milk powder (Maggi) plus 85g sugar & not too much tomato. Overall I shoot for 3.5kg of sauce for a generous 350g per portion to which I add 150g meat.
For madras I'd omit the sugar and coconut, add more tomato paste and mix powder and lemon and tamarind, or sometimes Worcester sauce (nod to Chewytikka).