Topic: from base to finished dish

[jamieb728]

Had some time to kill needed some new base so thought id stick it up.

Ca's base but double the quantity thats posted fed up of running out missus not to happy about the freezer space though ;D


Half way there



Finished base



Here is my UB's chicken pathia



And this was CA's chicken madras only i forgot the tandoori masala so didn't get the dark colour of my usual madras

[976bar]

It looks very good Jamie!!

I wouldn't bother with the tandorri masala in a Madras. It should not be dark in colour but an amber colour which you have achieved. In fact maybe just a pinch of Orange food colouring to enhance that a bit too.

I would also recommend 2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice in the final stage of cooking which all GOOD Madras's should have plus a good handful of freshly chopped Coriander!!

Apart from that it looks yummy

[jamieb728]

Hi bar

did have the lemon juice in it and a bit of fresh coriander tasted ok but not 1 of my best the pathia was good though ;D

[976bar]

Looking at the picture, it looks a little watery, can I suggest you cook the base sauce down a bit more to evaporate the water from the initial input of 100 mls. Let it sweat off a bit more before adding more base, this will give the sauce more depth in flavour.

After 200mls of sauce and sweating down then add your chicken and cook for around 8-10 minutes if using raw chicken.

If using pre-cooked chicken then reduce your sauce to about 3/4 of what you desire before adding the pre-cooked chicken to just warm up.

You'll be impressed with the results

[peterandjen]

Ferkin hell i could just eat that, nice one jamie.

[Razor]

Hi Jamie,

Good effort mate, looks really good.  I know what you mean about the colour and the Tandoori masala.  I DO add it and it does change the colour slightly, as well as the taste, and for the better IMO.  If you make CA's Tandoori masala, there is food colouring in it, so that will sort the colour out.

Well done on two good dishes though

Ray

[Bobby Bhuna]

That looks bang on!

[matt3333]

Nice looking dish the sauce looks spot on , not a thick stodge which can so often happen.
M

[solarsplace]

Just looking at those pictures is making me crave a curry - and its only 9:30am.

Looks very nice!

Wondering... I always do a double portion of CA's base too, but mine always comes out a much deeper color? - maybe I'm miss-measuring the spice quantities?

[Secret Santa]

I would also recommend 2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice in the final stage of cooking which all GOOD Madras's should have

Laugh!