Topic: Curry Sauce - Tried the Rajver in Biddenden Recipe

[Mark J]

Indeed the smell is awesome!

[woodpecker21]

i substituted the Garam Masala for 1 big tablespoon of the Basaar Mix Powder kindly sent to me by Raygraham and did not bother putting in the chilli's, i also added the garlic and ginger puree in at the beginning and fried until brown

hi guys/girls
 has anyone followed to the letter this recipe it doesnot actually need the garlic/ginger. but i suppose it would give that added taste. i know that the use of garam masala has been discussed and that it has also been "dismissed" as a contender for the bir curry taste but i actually think that the chef uses the individual spices as his restaurant masala( i mixed the spices together used in the recipe instead of the normal 5-6 small pots by the end of mixing totally it looked like curry masala and smelt quite nice) i may mix some up and use it so keep watching will post the results. gonna cook a curry tonight so may use it then
i also recommend that you use the green chillies as it gives it another level a bit like the use of fresh coriander the smell is fab as the sauce is cooking hmmm.......

good luck stew with the madras i await your posting

regards gary

[Yousef]

I have made the madras twice now, simplicity is the key here: -

Heat Oil
Take off heat
Add i teaspoon Restaurant Spice Mix
Add 1 tablespoon tomato puree that has been mixed with a little water
Add pinch salt
Add back to heat and stir fry 30 seconds
Add half ladle curry sauce (evaporate down 1min)
Add 2 ladles curry sauce heat and stir 2 mins
Add precooked chicken, prawn etc (cook 2 mins)
Squirt lemon juice
Add chopped coriander leaves and stalks

Very tasty and spicy and because you added the Basaar Mix to the base sauce no chili powder required during cooking, this keeps additional spicing to a minimum which we all agree is key in a good curry copy.

Enjoy
Stew

[Mark J]

No garlic/ginger?

[Yousef]

No garlic or ginger at the start, seems to work.
I put garlic/ginger in the base sauce.

Try it.

Stew