Topic: Mick's/Taz's Curry Base Gravy

[bbdom]

Well I've just tried this base gravy with a couple of variations.

I added three carrots - I love carrots but my wife hates them. By putting them in the base sauce and not telling her I feel I've got one over her

Secondly I used powdered spices but a bit less than stated (by accident - I misread the tablespoons as teaspoons) - I added a bit more later with no ill effects.

Lastly I used all 400g of a tin of chopped tomatos.

I made a Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi from this recipe : http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5429.0

According to the wife and stepson, its my best curry to date (in 10 years of curry cooking) - it looked and tasted authentic and all three plates were cleared

I agree about cooking half the sauce down to a paste - I cooked my veg in it while it was reducing and everything was perfect.

[Achille17]

How many grams 6 tennis ball sized English Onions stand for, please?

Thank you!

[Curry Barking Mad]

How many grams 6 tennis ball sized English Onions stand for, please?

Thank you!

I would go with 1200 grams,
Mick

[Edwin Catflap]

Hi

Just made my first batch of this and i guess I shouldn't be surprised but the smell is quite different. I ground the spec qty's of whole seeds so it had that citus smell from the coriander but it also had a strong turmeric smell. Is this what you guys also found?

Ed

[ELW]

How many kg of onion did you use Edwin, roughly?

[Edwin Catflap]

Hi ELW

1200grms as per Mick

Cheers

Ed

[ELW]

I found this also Edwin. 1.5Tbl of turmeric/cumin/coriander seed is a lot in 1.2 kg onion & 2ltr water.

You could try diluting it further & simmering the blended mixture for longer to try & mellow the turmeric.

I normally use 1Tbl cumin & coriander seed(whole) in 3kg onion, which softens & blends fairly easily with a handheld waring blender.
Then about 1.5 Tbl turmeric.
Turmeric has an awful flavour & smell on its own imo.
Have only made it once but I wasn't keen on the Taz base

ELW

[Edwin Catflap]

Having looked at CBM(Mick)'s e book he uses 1 tbsp of turmeric (and similar amounts of coriander and cumin) in his base in book 1 with only 750 grms of onions, BUT, there are several other ingredients to mask the smell/flavor as opposed to Taz's base which is just turmeric, coriander and cumin, so it may just be that??

Ed

[Jontoman30]

Just made the jalfrazi with the taz curry base amazing best curry I've ever made

[littlechilie]

Great news Jontoman30, it's always a good feeling when a good curry is spot on