Please do point to one or two of his recipes which you rate and I may give them a try.
Try ANY of his recipes from his "Balti Specials" in his "Balti Curry Cookbook" (as if!)
What's more, he wrote these books decades ago (before any of us even HEARD of a "curry base" or "spice mix", etc) so stop being so bl**dy ignorant! :
Calm down. It's only a book, an author and a debate.
What do yo mean by "as if"? Actually, I've never been too keen on Balti dishes, even when I've visited Birmingham. Are there any Pat Chapman recipes for a BIR Madras or a Dhansak, worth trying, by any chance?
Why do you say I'm being ignorant?