Topic: plain curry sauce. the exact taste

[ronnoc]

hi all. just new to this site. have not posted before but just been searching the posts. anyways wanted to point out that like most on here i purchased the curry secret book as well. anyways the 1st time i made it (curry sauce that is) i read it wrong. i ended up putting double the said amount of tomatoes in the base sauce. the taste is exactly that of plain curry you get from a BIR. maybe a little underspiced but i was delighted with it. then i ruined it by following further recipes. i hadn't realised i had done this until recently. i have since been trying other recipes and experimenting. you do get rarther reluctant to try new sauces as they fill up your freezer and are usually no better. but this is bang on the button for anyone looking for plain old standard curry. has anyone else came across this?
ronnoc

[Cory Ander]

Welcome to cr0 and thanks for your post Ronnoc 

[mike travis]

Hi Ronnoc,  welcome along. I also have the Curry Secret and had some good results but since joining this forum the book stays in the bookcase. I like to experiment and last night started cooking a curry, in went ginger/garlic followed by onions then spice mix chicken and base sauce. It looked and smelt the business, then I put in some blended tomatoes and it just killed it.Turned it very bland, so next time I will leave it out. Happy cooking...

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[haldi]

I ended up putting double the said amount of tomatoes in the base sauce.
The taste is exactly that of plain curry you get from a BIR. maybe a little underspiced but i was delighted with it.

Have you managed to repeat the success?
I get some fantastic results, but unable to repeat

Something else very odd
I thawed out (in the microwave) a curry base that I'd made a month ago
It smelt fantastic, but at the time of making I was disappointed
I had thawed out this base before and it had been nothing special
I wonder whether the base "matures"

[ronnoc]

hi i also have the curry secret on my book shelf and seldom comes off. i have found it o.k. as a start and one step closer. but not close enough to the taste that you get from the restaurant. but if anyone uses the curry secret to make their base sause then by adding the correct amount of tomatoes you get that exact smell and taste of plain curry from the take aways. i can't remember exactly how much i put in as i had got mixed up with the ingredients. it was then ruined when i added other ingredients. i.e. more tomatoes. but their was a point when it was bang on. this could easily be redone by adding just enough blended tomatoes ( blending a 400g tin into a jug) to get the correct colour, sell and taste of plain curry then stopping. too much tomatoes will ruin it. this is something i am going to repeat as soon as i use some of the sauces i have stocked up in my freezer. let me know if anyone else plans a new batch of curry secret base sauce.
ronnoc