Topic: Chicken Tikka masala and Madras

[chelters1]

Hi
Got someone in the family who likes hot curries and another who likes a Masala type.
Can a base sauce be made for both . Also i like to cook the Tikka on skewers and then add beside the rice and add sauce as required. Any suggestions would be great thanks.
Also whats the best base to make for most curries

[Stephen Lindsay]

A lot of questions here chelters1.

Yes you can us the same base to make a masala and a madras. The difference is in the level of spicing and addition of other ingredients or not. There is no "best" base to make curries but you'll find on here that they come in waves depending on the enthusiasm of members posting recipes. The Taz and KD bases were both getting a bit of airplay recently. Your idea of cooking tikka and then adding the base later sounds perfectly feasible and I like to cook that way sometimes.

[chelters1]

Thanks for the reply ,bit of a rookie at curries but recently getting better .Will look for a good base and take it from there.

[Stephen Lindsay]

You'll get a huge amount of help from folk on this site chelters1 - there's a lot of good people on here - enjoy!

[coogan]

Welcome to a great site,

If you want a base sauce recipe that's ideal for a madras or masala you should try mine that I have just posted in the curry base section. Its nice and easy and works all the time.

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=5849.msg57905#msg57905

bon jovi

[Unclefrank]

Dont forget this one http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=3772.0

Pictures further down page for madras and CTM.

Madras http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=3830.0
CTM http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=3999.0