Topic: Curry base without onions

[mdex]

Morning,

I saw Phil (Chaa006) post but wondering if anyone has a complete recipe for a base sauce without onions?

The missus is causing problems by not liking them!

Thanks in advance.

[Ramirez]

Not sure what post you are referring to, but I've not come across a base without onion. Is it the taste she dislikes, because you cannot really taste onion in the bases?

[Peripatetic Phil]

Morning,

I saw Phil (Chaa006) post but wondering if anyone has a complete recipe for a base sauce without onions?

The missus is causing problems by not liking them!

Thanks in advance.

I can easily fill in any missing details if it would help, but in principle all I did was substitute leeks cooked in stock for raw onions in the KD1 base and shorten the cooking time accordingly.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Opening the 'fridge door and seeing a leek reminded me of this post, and I wondered : has anyone ever tried making a base using either carrageen or agar-agar as the thickening agent ?

** Phil.

[Stephen Lindsay]

My best mate from teenage years, and fellow curry eater dislikes onions. When we were younger and more naive he used to order a chicken madras without onions from our local takeaway. They used to say "no problem" and then serve him the same curry as everyone else and he never knew the difference. Amazingly this place still exists 30 years later with the same guy cooking and the same girl serving at the counter.

[Peripatetic Phil]

When we were younger and more naive he used to order a chicken madras without onions from our local takeaway. They used to say "no problem" and then serve him the same curry as everyone else

Reminds me of old, apocryphal, joke :

Man goes into American coffee house and says "Can I get a coffee without cream ?"  "Sorry", says the waitress, "we don't have any cream.  You can have one without milk, though, if you like ... ?".

[mdex]

Morning,

I saw Phil (Chaa006) post but wondering if anyone has a complete recipe for a base sauce without onions?

The missus is causing problems by not liking them!

Thanks in advance.

I can easily fill in any missing details if it would help, but in principle all I did was substitute leeks cooked in stock for raw onions in the KD1 base and shorten the cooking time accordingly.

Cheers Phil, will give it a go.

[emin-j]

Morning,

I saw Phil (Chaa006) post but wondering if anyone has a complete recipe for a base sauce without onions?

The missus is causing problems by not liking them!

Thanks in advance.

mdex,do a forum search for ' soup base ' there are a couple of posts about using tinned soup as a 'instant' base sauce,I have tried it and it works surprisingly well 

[curryhell]

What a terrible dilema   As suggested there are ways round it.  Another alternative, would be to use  "Pakistani Curry Gravy" from Pat Chapman's Indian Restaurant Cookbook (will this attract some abusive /disparaging remarks i wonder ;D), which is simply a combination of milk, oil and purreed tinned tomatoes using whatever spicing method you normally use.  Would be happy to send full details if required.

[Cory Ander]

Another alternative, would be to use  "Pakistani Curry Gravy" from Pat Chapman's Indian Restaurant Cookbook

Hehe, I have to say that I have great admiration for Pat Chapman, his books, the informative and pioneering nature of his books, his contributions to bringing BIR curry cooking into the home, his achievements, etc, etc......but....

...this was one of the very first "curry bases" I made (1984....I think this was his first book?) and, I have to say, I had extremely "limited" (BIR) results with it.

I'd be very interested to hear how others find/have found it though.  I might try it again, just for nostalgia's sake.......

I reckon his books and recipes improved thereafter.  But a pioneering, informative and enjoyable book, nevertheless (I still have it).  It certainly steered me in the direction of BIR cooking....(the "Pakastani Curry Gravy" was from "Ivan Watson", anyone heard of him?)

Interesting, though, the only "curry base" I've seen without onions in it....well spotted CH!