Topic: Instant base

[Hugoboss]

Time for the purists to look away. 5 minute instant base which I use to sell between 80 and 100 curries per week with no complaints - just lots of praise. Many of you will already be familiar with Shaheen. I combine their Onion Massalla paste with an Aldi soup ( I am in SW France but you can probably get something similar in the UK). Here goes :

Base and soup :



Base in pan :



Add soup and 1 litre of water then blend with electric hand wizzer. 2 minutes later :



Makes 6 x 2 person portions :


Works out at around 15 cents per portion with no tears or mess. trust me, I have been making/researching Indian food for over 45 years and this works. Soup is 30% carrots, 15% onions, 15% tomatoes, 10% leeks with added peppers and peas.

I will post some pics of finished curries later

[Peripatetic Phil]

Sounds good to me

[Hugoboss]

Sorry about the rubbish photos/lighting - not my strong point !!

Finished curry in pan :



Serving :



With Pilau Rice :



And a few Nans :

[Peripatetic Phil]

Good Lord

[Hugoboss]

Customers do also Phil. They freeze and eat perfectly after defrosting. Happy Chris recipe - never fails 

[Peripatetic Phil]

Well, I am not normally a fan of naan, far preferring chapati (and that preference goes back more years than I care to remember

[Garp]

Finished dish looks very nice, Hugo, and the naans superb.

May I ask if you are originally from France? The only reason I ask is that I have had curries in quite a few French cities; some good (Montpellier and Bordeaux), some not so good (Lyon). I did find them all a bit different from BIR though - not inferior in any way, just different. This is natural of course as they will be catering to slightly different palates perhaps.

Just wondered about your background and if your customers are French and the food is BIR-style and how the two entwine.

[Hugoboss]

Hi Garp,

No, I am British, from Manchester and spent many happy weeks along the glorious curry mile in Rusholme in my youth. All our customers are British ex pats missing that taste of BIR they left behind many moons ago. BIR is non existant in France really and the French have never really adopted Indian food - plenty of Chinese restaurants here though.

[Garp]

 

[jmansion]

Has anyone in the UK found a good substitute for that carrot-heavy soup?

Negative recommendations also handy.

Thanks.