Topic: LIDL curry bargains

[Razor]

Domi,

I was talking to Razor about this just yesterday in fact as he's doing his own take on a base but worried about the colour (apologies Razor if it was a secret!)

Tis fine, no secret orrrrrr maybe custard coloured base IS the secret :

Ray

[Domi]

Any news on the recipes, Bez....curry day tomorrow here ;D

[Razor]

Hiya Dom,

Well, I promised myself no more curries this week as I think I'd overdone it.  So guess what I had for mi tea last night?....fekin Chicken Tikka Jal Frezi

I reverted back to my own base http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4596.0 and I used some reclaimed oil that I had in the fridge.  It was probably my best effort this year.  Everything was on the money.  I pre-fried my peppers, onion and green chillies in a bit of the reclaimed oil for about 1 minute, then added a couple of chef spoons of base, and just reduced it off.

It was fantastic, it really was.  Now I don't know if it was down to the oil or not, but the flavour was deep, savoury, something that I don't get as obvious when using fresh oil?

My experimental base, you know, the custard colour one, was ok but it stunk to high heaven, and the day after, mi arse sounded like a load ov bagpipes :  The initial smell of it was very old school, but after a couple of days in the fridge, it just smelt awful.

Back to the old drawing board with that one I think.

Ill send you the pics of the madras that I made with it, see what you think.

[Razor]

hahaha

The initial smell of it was very old school

That remark referred to the base, not mi arse ;D ;D ;D

Ray ;D

[Secret Santa]

Ray I was PMSL when I read that. I immediately started to reply but then noticed you'd got there first...d'oh!   ;D

[Secret Santa]

It was fantastic, it really was.  Now I don't know if it was down to the oil or not, but the flavour was deep, savoury, something that I don't get as obvious when using fresh oil?

Ray if it was oil reclaimed from previous curries then yes it's definitely down to the oil, if from the base though well probably not so much.

[Razor]

SS,

As soon as I pressed post, I realised, and thought I better get in quick lol,

Yeah, the oil was from a previous curry, and it was divine.  I know that it's something you do, as you mentioned it to me recently. 

The way forward for me:  use way too much oil, spoon off what I don't require, use on next curry

[Domi]

Blummen'eck! I wish I'd read this thread before I answered your PM Ray lol ;D I've just had another look at your other base recipe and I'll give it a go tomorrow...it's not a million miles from Admins base (if I squint lol) and I imagine it could give similar results. As you know I rate admin's base very highly for use in madras/vindaloos etc I'll be trying the base out the same day (not had a curry for a while and I'm buggered if I can wait another day or two for the base to mature lol) and I'll be trying it with the Bruce Edward's madras I'll let you know how I get on

[Secret Santa]

As you know I rate admin's base very highly for use in madras/vindaloos etc...

I tried this base out for the second time pretty much on your recommendation Domi, a couple of bases ago. And well it didn't do much for me, although at least this time it didn't turn out bitter!

Shows you how much our tastes differ. Have you tried Bruce Edwards most recent base as that's my favourite and it would be interesting to see if you like it too?

[Domi]

Which recipe did you try it with SS? It's the mutts for me for madras and vindaloo but it doesn't work as well for other recipes IMO but as I've said more than a few times, it's from a Bradford curry house and it's bang on for what I'm used to but I'm from West Yorks anyways so it could well be a regional thng, I dunno.

As for BE's base, I'm rather ashamed to say I've not tried it though I really don't know how I've not done so TBH....trouble is we sometimes have alot on @ home (our little lad has Noonan's syndrome) so I miss out months sometimes and when I get back things have moved on and I end up on different recipes lol so I end up playing catch-up on bases and often revert to tried and tested favourites. At the mo I've got 5 bases I really want to try (Dips - which I made and never got to use, Razors, Kushi and IG and now the BE base lol). I haven't got the freezer space to try them all out

I'm going to make Ray's base tomorrow and I'll do the BE next weekend I'll try to get some decent pics but I'm no David Bailey (I look more like David Bellamy TBH) I'll let you know how it goes though...