Topic: CA's Curry Base (aka "gravy"/"sauce")

[PaulP]

Excellent feedback from BB. This has to be my next cooking experiment.

Trouble is I made a double batch (about 5 litres) of SNS 2008 base. When I've got enough empty pots to store the new base I'll cook this one and let you know.

Oh - I meant to ask BB did you use the spiced oil for the madras recipe or just go with fresh oil?

[Bobby Bhuna]

I meant to ask BB did you use the spiced oil for the madras recipe or just go with fresh oil?

I'm afraid I used fresh oil :/

I did a prawn Bhuna tonight using the same recipe. It was excellent.

[gazman1976]

ok i made Darths base tonight and tried the madras recipe, huge mistake as it was crap, i will be trying this base and madras next Sat, made SnS base last week and it was good so will try this one next

[Mikka1]

Cory Ander this base looks drinkable  ;D
I was also looking for a base Jerry suggested called 'mytake'

I'm planning on doing one of these this week.
Great pictures, thank you.

[JerryM]

Mika,

the mytake should have a space (my take) and u'll pick it up on the search.

CA's base is very good. the my take is quite different and probably at the other end of the spectrum. yet the curries from both are very acceptable.

[Cory Ander]

the my take is quite different and probably at the other end of the spectrum

I'm not sure that I agree with that Jerry? 

As I understand it, your "my take" curry base (here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=3462.0) is your evolution of the cr0 curry base, as is mine.  So both SHOULD be fairly similar and be at similar "ends of the spectrum" (whatever that means?)?

[Secret Santa]

I've now tried this base. First impressions of the base itself were very favourable, nice depth of flavour and sweet! Actually, given the ingredients, I can't believe just how sweet it turns out. It could be that your not using tinned toms has some merit in that respect CA.

For me it is a bit too tomatoey, edging perilously close to SnS's base in that respect. I think that would be the only thing I'd change in this base though, preferring a base that has no substantial overriding flavour and, therefore, allowing more tweaking at the curry cooking stage.

Made a CTM and well, meh!, difficult to praise or criticise in this because the base is masked by all the other trappings of a CTM. Tasted fine though.

Then made a Garlic Chicken chilli masala. Delightful it was! Still not as I remember BIR old stylee, but getting there, and very similar to using my current favourite base, that being Bruce edward's. Low spicing at the curry cooking stage is essential now I feel for the old style BIR taste.

I'd have to do a side by side now between CA's and Bruce Edward's to decide which I really prefer, but I think there's be hardly anything in it.

Good effort.

[Cory Ander]

For me it is a bit too tomatoey

Fair comment...it (as with any other ingredient) can be decreased (or increased) of course.

Good effort.

Thanks SS,

Did you use my curry masala?

[Secret Santa]

Did you use my curry masala?

For the curry no. I used BE's, but I intend to experiment with your masala in the future. I'm Interested as to why you include cardamom in it?

[Cory Ander]

For the curry no. I used BE's

But did you use my masala for the curry base?  No problem if you didn't, it will just be a little different if you used something else.  I'm just interested to know so that I can put people's comments (good or bad) into clear perspective

I'm Interested as to why you include cardamom in it?

As I pointed out, in my masala thread, my masala is based on the basic spices that I personally like in a curry.  I included cardamom simply because I like the taste of cardamom.  It works for me