Topic: Andy's onion garlic paste

[IanR]

I only did 1/3 of a batch and just kept it simmering and stirring until it dried out. Have to be careful though when it gets near to the end of the cooking time. Any longer and I think mine would have burned.

[King Prawn]

I did wonder!

I will be trying a smaller batch again this week and won't ramp up to the full size again until I have it right...

KP(V)

[andy2295]

Hi,

Both of them look correct in colour. There is a fine line between getting it right and getting it wrong.

Regards

Andy

[King Prawn]

I did a smaller batch last night and saved a little at various stages to see what comes out the best. In terms of smell it was one of the earlier samples.
I will try them over the coming days and see how they all compare.
I think that getting this bit right will help me a lot in getting closer to the taste that I like!

Thanks Andy!!! ;D

KP(V)

[IanR]

Hi Andy,
can you clarify 2 points for me.
1) When I made the paste I was unable to get any spanish onions so I used extra large mild onions. Would this make much difference?

2) When only making a 1/3 of a batch would you keep the oil content the same (150mL) or reduce that as well?

thanks for your help
Ian

[andy2295]

ian

Using large mild onions would be ok and yes reduce the oil down by half

regards

Andy

[natterjak]

Has anyone kept an offline version of Andy's magic paste recipe? It appears to be what this thread was talking about, but the only other references I can find all seem to be dead ends and broken links, eg...

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,1501.msg13236.html#msg13236
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,1457.msg12934.html#msg12934

Just wondering if it was anything significant?

[Peripatetic Phil]

Can't locate it, but still trying ...
** Phil.

[curryhell]

Has anyone kept an offline version of Andy's magic paste recipe? It appears to be what this thread was talking about, but the only other references I can find all seem to be dead ends and broken links, eg...
Just wondering if it was anything significant?

Here you are Chris.

Tried the Natco version when i first came across it.  No significant improvement given the effort required.

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,1606.msg14382.html#msg14382

[Peripatetic Phil]

Some very interesting (and potentially relevant) discussions here :

• http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1892.0
• http://www.secretcurryrecipes.com/curryforum/showthread.php?3670-The-Pre-Cooked-Paste-Returns
• http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,1606.0.html

Domi and Woks Up suggest that Andy was in fact a self-professed expert on all number of cuisines (Italian, Chinese, Mexican, BIR, ..., and on reading the material on Real (or Secret) Curry Recipes it would seem that Andy set up that site after his bluff was called on this one ...

** Phil.