Topic: Cory Ander or Chewy Tikkas base. The Test!!

[madmatt]

Well Folks, as promised here is my side by side comparison of the 2 most highly acclaimed bases on CR0.
You can see the details of my making Chewy Tikkas 3 hr base on its own thread, and here is my making Cory Anders base.
I feel I should have thinned both down a tad(Before I get told!!)but both ended up the same consistency.

CA's Base.
1) The raw ingredients in the pot
2) CA's Spice Mix
3) After the simmer
4) After Blending

[madmatt]

And here are pictures of CT's(Chewytikkas) and CA's(CoryAnders) Base side by side.

You will see that CA's base is a much lighter colour.

[madmatt]

Now for this to be a proper test I had to also make a curry.Needless to say the wife stuck her oar in again, so a Korma it was.

I stuck to CA's Korma recipe, as shown in the photos below.

My conclusion, is that both bases taste in my opinion identicle, but Cory Anders was faster to prepare(Although was less quantity, so may be about the same with same amount of ingredients)

They are both fantastic bases, but for my own tastes, I would add a touch(maybe 0.5 tsp) of chilli powder to it, as even a korma has a little chilli spice in it.

I feel a proper conclusion can only really be made with a 'proper' curry, that I hope to prepare in the not to distant future.(Suggestions maybe???!!)

Hope you enjoy my reading experiment as much as I enjoyed making it.Many Thanks to CA & CT for providing the recipes.More to follow!!

Madmatt.

p.s. Bet you are all loving the apron!!!!

[Ramirez]

Good work Matt and the apron is genius.  ;D I want one!  ;D

Would have been interesting if Chewy had a Korma recipe (don't think he has posted one), then comparing that (with Chewy's base) to CA's. Both of them look lovely though.

Both CA and Chewy have Jalfrezi recipes - that might be a good comparison for you to move onto next.

[moonster]

Madmatt absolutely spot on, great effort and great pics.

This is one of the reasons why CRO has come on leaps and bounds over the past few months. With members like yourself doing the experiments and posting your findings, It really does help everyone who reads this forum.

Well done

Alan ;D

[emin-j]

Madmatt absolutely spot on, great effort and great pics.

This is one of the reasons why CRO has come on leaps and bounds over the past few months. With members like yourself doing the experiments and posting your findings, It really does help everyone who reads this forum.

Well done

Alan ;D


Nice work Matt, some new Blood is just what crO needed to put the spark back into the site   

[madmatt]

Thanks guy's.

Hmm Ramirez, I do like a good Jalfrezi!! Will look into it.

Glad you all appreciate my efforts.

Regards

Matt

[loveitspicy]

great job - well done! good clear pics and great looking pilau rice  as well

[coogan]

Great stuff! Matt a non-biased fair comparison of the two bases. So following the test do you think that the use of whole onions and the longer cooking time in the CT base produced a better 'sweeter' tasting sauce then the CA base or not. And what sauce out of preference would you make next time and for what reasons. Sorry to harp on about this and the questions but I really want to get to the bottom of this - Just about to make a new batch up myself.

Bon jovi

[Tomdip]

nice work Matt and some good looking curries too!