Topic: Natco Base

[SnS]

Has anyone tried these recipes? Any good?

http://www.natco-online.com/acatalog/Holy_Grail.html

Who is 'M' I wonder?

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[Unclebuck]

Not seen that one looks interesting, might give it go..
whats the point of this "The Secret Onion Paste" where do you use it? doesn't seem to go into the base that i can see?? 

[Unclebuck]

Who is 'M' I wonder?

James Bond init? 

[parker21]

hi ub this has already been covered in the forum many moons ago, the onion paste takes forever and does not really do much so i gathered from what i remember. it is supposed to turn out like a bar of soap. where ever you have mention of curry and holy grail you can bet that is has already been talked about on this site ;D. it also gives all the recipes for the restaurant dishes as well and doesn't the onion gravy have red onions in.

hope this helps
regards
gary

[Bobby Bhuna]

Seen it on here about 6 months ago. Looks s***e for many reasons. I don't intend to try it.

[tonymexico]

I tried the natco recipes some time ago, what a pile of s**t. If natco are claiming that this is the authentic bir taste and smell then they must have the worst curry house in Britain nearby. The red onion is slightly sweeter than white but overides the balance of any of the dishes you make with the base and a more balanced taste can be achieved with the addition of sugar at the end of the cooking process(something many curry houses sneak in but keep quiet about). As pointed out by parker 21 the onion paste is a complete waste of time, you may as well put a bar of soap in as it would probably add more to the flavour than the rancid taste it imparts. All in all if anyone tries these recipes, be warned, you are just chucking away valuable ingredients.

[joshallen2k]

Agree with BB. Considering how close the cream of the cr0 crop are, there's just too many eyebrow-raisers in this to even bother giving this a try.

[Curry King]

6 Pages on it here:

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=383.0