Topic: First curry attempt complete......

[stinkydave]

Well I will put that down as a partial success...... I made JB's base and then followed Chewytikka's madras recipe, but scaled up the proportions slightly.
The end result was hotter than satans hoop. I think that I may have added too much powder........
Better luck next time I think......

[chewytikka]

The end result was hotter than satans hoop. I think that I may have added too much powder........

 ;D ;D ;D Funny Man, stinky

[london]

Stick with single portions for now, followed to the letter Chewy's madras is a really good curry, did you use Kashmiri chilli powder or another as Kashmiri is mildier that others.

London.

[stinkydave]

I used kashmiri chilli powder. I think the problem was the scaling up and the fact I used chilli infused oil too. I love a really really hot curry, but this came out very rich and tasted weird.

[london]

If it came out too rich it maybe too much tomato puree, it needs to be diluted with water. 1 part tomato puree to 2 or 3 parts water.

London.

[stinkydave]

Mebbe,

I did dilute the puree, but only 50/50. Will do exact measures next time.

[Madrasandy]

Scaling up recipes doesnt always work, when doubling a recipe the spices need to be x1.5 and not x2. I never double curries, only ever do single portions, but this works for other aspects of cookery.

Wouldnt have thought kashmiri chilli would make it "hotter than satans hoop" especially as you like hot curries, how much did you add and what chilli oil did you use?

[chewytikka]

Stinky, Its tried, tested and copied by many.
Just follow the recipe and technique, its simple, but like all things it needs practice.

Post back when you

[stinkydave]

It looked like this bad boy. I used spiced chilli oil from Aldi and now I've looked I only had hot curry powder in which I used for the mix. I will lob the powder mix out that I made and start again with more attention to detail. I'm sure it's not the recipe Chewy, it was my artistic license with the scaling up. I may also have kicked the arse out of the chilli powder...
 Nevermind, a lesson was learned here. I've got enough base in the freezer for another 18 goes......

[stinkydave]

Right,

Just had round 2. It was so much tastier but still rather hot. I made up Chewies mix powder but I only had hot curry powder in the house, I couldn't get medium in the supermarket. Even with changing the ratio in the powder mix down from 2 to 1 teaspoon of curry powder in it it had quite a kick hotter than madras. This is clearly what is messing it up for for me. Either that or I bought moody kashmiri chilli powder from a charlatan on ebay.
Gonna order madras powder from the interweb for round 3, but besides that issue, it was bloody tasty.
Cheers chewie.
Nom nom.