Topic: Has anybody tried this curry base & Korma?

[mattjwood]

Stumbled upon this when browsing Youtube. Its a video of a curry base being made, and then a Chicken Korma using the Curry base.

The Base:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyvCHD8X1HQ&feature=related

The Korma:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GH8UbfAQIM

What do you experts think?

[joshallen2k]

I wonder what the source of this was? Looks like someone's home kitchen. No surprises in the Curry Base, although I haven't seen one yet that adds oil in the latter stages. The Korma looks interesting, no use of almonds or cashews, which I'm personally not too fond of in Kormas. Time could be saved by using pre-cooked chicken. In fact, if you eliminated the raw chicken stage and added pre-cooked meat after the base, then its practically verbatim some of the Korma recipes on this site.

-- Josh

[Tamala]

Thanks for the interesting video matt.

The base seems essentially the same as many of the base recipes here, except for the late addition of oil, as josh points out.  Im sure it will make a pretty decent base.  However, if I were making a base, specifically for a korma, Id be inclined to omit the chilli powder, maybe cut back on some of other spices, and probably omit the tomatoes (or at least reduce the quantity significantly).

The korma seems too tomatoey (ie red coloured) to be a typical bir korma.  Bir kormas are typically much less red and much more yellow.  Other than that, the recipe seems about right (simple) but Id be inclined to use coconut powder (and/or almond meal) rather than desiccated coconut.  Desiccated coconut produces a "gritty" texture not typical of a typical BIR korma.  Coconut powder produces a smoother, and I think more coconutty, sauce.  Maybe also take a look at this korma recipe http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=312.0

Hope this helps 

[chinois]

This looks very similar to a BIR method.
I'm not surprised at the tomatoes or chilli in the base, as long as you cant obviously taste them it'll add a bit of depth generally. I use both in my korma and it works fine.

[commis]

Hi

This a promo video for there curry kits.

regards