Topic: Kushi "Authentic Balti Curry" Cookbook Base

[Curry Barking Mad]

is the small brown seeds in middle black cumin, or normal cumin?

They is black cumin (Kala Jeera)
Mick

[JerryM]

AchMal,

a real photo that - if i had a good printer it would be up on the kitchen wall.

could u confirm the rest of the spices.

[JerryM]

Razor,

i use 300ml of base for each portion for all bases.

the recipe produced 3450ml of base and i added a further 600ml water the next day to thin it. i ended up with slightly more oil in the base (225ml) as i could not reclaim all the 500ml i added to the onion pot.

i use the same method and timings for pretty much all dishes - typ 5 mins.

on dishes i will try the basic balti next. my overall priorities to crack are sylheti, bahar and vindaloo.

[JerryM]

CA, Secret Santa,

the bay is something i feel i need to explore.

i am surprised that 2 off local Asian stores don't stock the Asian variety. i will need to ask at the Asian supermarket i use in Bolton.

[Curry Barking Mad]

AchMal,

a real photo that - if i had a good printer it would be up on the kitchen wall.

could u confirm the rest of the spices.

Hi Jerry,

Asian bay,
Cloves,
Cassia bark,
Black cumin,
Fennel seeds,
Green cardamom,

Cheers,
Mick

[Secret Santa]

and yet you would expect more sauce so you can mop up with a naan with it being a Balt!

It's the other way about Razor. Curries eaten in the Indian South where breads are more common are made dryish so that you don't have the problem of the sauce going everywhere. It's only us sauce mad Brits who think the bread is for mopping up, it's not, it's meant to be used to pick the dry curry up with.

[Razor]

Hi SS,

Forgive my ignorance :  You never stop learning with this site do ya? ;D

Ray

[JerryM]

AchMal,

many thanks. i don't gel with the cloves but the rest is just up my street. many thanks will try it out. the casia i think in this base changed my mind too (i had been -ve).

[JerryM]

Razor,

i think i was rusty on Saturday night. made 4 off last night like a dream - plain sauce, balti, sylheti, kashmiri.

i really liked the balti - will post in the associated post. have really enjoyed myself - many thanks

[JerryM]

just for info i got 10 off curries out of the base and really enjoyed them.

i do intend to make this base again (using my std method though of all in pot at start)

many thanks to Razor.