ah-ha. generally two seperate bases. make more sense to me now. thanks to all for clearing that up for me. yeah i thought most of the base would have evaporated but i suppose the only way i'll find out is to get that blender blending and get cooking. have to visit asian grocers to obtain methi as i notice a lot of recpies use it on here. i have just checked the menu from the restaurant i got curry from and they charge extra for your methi to be chopped ;D i will be popping up in the forums shortly. c ya