Topic: 3 Hour Curry Base

[Onions]

I would say not, as OO has a flavour of its own- which is why it gets used as a garnish and veg oil e.g. doesn't. Small quantiities perhaps (like in pasta) but not hundreds of mill.

PS: A question which clarifies can never be a stupid one

[chewytikka]

Hi Peeno
I wouldn

[peeno]

Thank you!

Sorry if my questions may seem stupid, but I am a newcomer to the curry, and we, in Italy, put olive oil everywhere! ahahahhaaha

Unfortunately we were brainwashed with the Mediterranean diet, also writing false things, but this is not the place to talk about it, I know.
Thanks again!

See you soon

[london]

Chewy,

Can I use frozen garlic and frozen ginger in your base if so how much of each.

Cheers,
London.

[chewytikka]

Hi London
The frozen G&G is 100% natural and a good standby.

I would use 2 blocks of each for this base, should work fine.

cheers Chewy

[Korma Chameleon]

Never did find a base better than yours Chewy. I did change a few things, but not much really. I fry the tomato and spice mix before adding, and I don't bother with the sieve. Other than that, I follow this pretty much identical.

As I have a base I'm happy and familiar with, I'm starting to change things up just a little. On this occasion I added a bit of coconut block and reserved some of the water to boil up some cardamoms, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves and bay leaves. Added the stock water into the pot. If it doesn't come out so well, I'll be able to pick out what didn't work and revert. I'll keep you updated.

[curryhell]

Never did find a base better than yours Chewy. I did change a few things, but not much really. I fry the tomato and spice mix before adding, and I don't bother with the sieve. Other than that, I follow this pretty much identical.

As I have a base I'm happy and familiar with, I'm starting to change things up just a little. On this occasion I added a bit of coconut block and reserved some of the water to boil up some cardamoms, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves and bay leaves. Added the stock water into the pot. If it doesn't come out so well, I'll be able to pick out what didn't work and revert. I'll keep you updated.

And that's what this site is all about.  It provides all the necessary building blocks for BIR home chefs to tweak things until we get to where we want to go. 

[Korma Chameleon]

It's difficult to say if the minor changes I applied to Chewy's basic approach added much. I'd really need a side by side comparison. What I can say though is the slightly adapted base produces a great curry. So as it's not much extra effort to boil up some whole spices, and as it probably does add an extra layer of flavour complexity, I'm going to stick with it.

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