Topic: Razor's Curry Base

[Malc.]

I think tinned tomatoes can be a bit bitter.

Ray, it might be worth trying pasata inplace of tinned tomatoes as it is the seeds in the tinned tomatoes that cause the bitterness. Hope this helps.

[Razor]

Hiya Axe,

Yeah, I've thought of that, but when I put it on the shopping list, when her indoors went shoppin, her response was, "Passata, isn't that what our Steve drives"   I love her dearly but, she is without a doubt, very blonde........and if it wasn't for her accent, I would swear that she is from Essex ;D

On a serious note, Ive actually started blending my tinned toms, and sieving them, so in essence, I'm getting passata really.

Cheers for the advice though mukka, much appreciated.

Ray

[peterandjen]

Picking up on the part about the oil not releasing in your base, ive noticed that when simmering a base if the simmer is too ferocious?<spelling?, then the oil seems to keep mixing with the base rather than becoming free enough to rise to to surface.
A slower simmer gives the right results for me.

[Domi]

Hi Domi,

How did your curry night go?  Hope everyone enjoyed it.

Ray

It went down a storm, Ray ;D Didn't get any pics though 'cos I don't want folks talking about me Got a call this teatime for an order of Axe's IG bhajis, 2 chicken tikka madras and a portion of bourbon ribs for their kids lol : I offered them the recipes but the lazy sods want me to cook 'em. I don't think I'll be asking 'em round again for a while ;D

[Razor]

Hahaha,

Excellent.  My mates are exactly the same, happy to scoff it, won't cook it though

Ray

[Domi]

Has anyone else given this base a go? It's a cracker IMO ;D

[joshallen2k]

Has anyone else given this base a go? It's a cracker IMO

I haven't tried it, but now that I'm out of base, I may give it a go.

To be honest, the one thing that deterred me was that it didn't seem to use much oil, compared to the amount of veg. I've always found better results with bases with more oil content.

Ray - why did you settle on 200ml?

Domi - I think you use Admin's base, but how would you compare it to BE, SnS, or any of the more common ones?

[Razor]

Hi Josh,

Has anyone else given this base a go? It's a cracker IMO

I haven't tried it, but now that I'm out of base, I may give it a go.

To be honest, the one thing that deterred me was that it didn't seem to use much oil, compared to the amount of veg. I've always found better results with bases with more oil content.

Ray - why did you settle on 200ml?

Domi - I think you use Admin's base, but how would you compare it to BE, SnS, or any of the more common ones?

I start off by frying the onions, garlic and ginger in 50ml of oil of 10 mins or so, just to get them soft and sweet.  More oil at this stage would almost boil the veg rather than fry and I don't think I would get the sweetness that I'm looking for, IMO.

The rest of the oil is used to fry the spices and tinned tomatoes.  150ml is just about the right quantity for this as I'm trying to make paste with a similar consistency to that of jarred paste.  I have tried more and less and not quite achieved the correct consistency.

What I would point out Josh, is that when cooking the final dish, adding 100ml of base at a time, it really does release a fair bit of oil.  I like to spoon off about a tbs of this, and store it in the fridge for next time.

Just one more thing Josh, in the original recipe, I ask you to fry off the onion, garlic and ginger but if your look at the pictorial, you will notice that the coriander stalks are also frying off.  No worries, it doesn't make no difference either way, just as long as it's in there.

Would be great if you can give it a go ;D

I have made SnS's, CA's, The Kushi base, and in my opinion, my base has the edge over all three, but, then I would say that wouldn't I ;D

Can I also suggest knocking up a small batch of my spice blend? as it does compliment my base http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4706.0

Ray ;D

[Cory Ander]

I have made SnS's, CA's, The Kushi base, and in my opinion, my base has the edge over all three, but, then I would say that wouldn't I ;D

Only if you're a little immodest Ray 

[Razor]

Hi CA, good to hear from you again ,

I have made SnS's, CA's, The Kushi base, and in my opinion, my base has the edge over all three, but, then I would say that wouldn't I ;D

Only if you're a little immodest Ray 

Actually, I do still use your base also, and it is still one of my favourates.  I say mine edges your only because it does give up a good quantity of oil in the final dish, enabling me to reclaim it, and use on my next curry.  Apart from that, I do think that yours is one of the best that I've tried.  SnS's base is too tomatoey for my liking, and the Kushi base, is good, but every dish has that recognisable "whole spice" flavour to it.

I still use your technique in my curry making as I don't believe it can be bettered, and it suits my base and spice blend perfectly, so I'm still grateful for that

Ray