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=4706.0Ray ;D