Hi haldi
That abdul guy gets everywhere ! Interesting that it came from him though.
On a more serious note i got much better results on night two, when i used my own prefered spice mix, and stuck to my own techniques and methods. The JB madras recipe seemed to be the problem on night one. The base is very very good. The lemony zest mostly disappears into the background in the final dish, and works better than simply adding a tsp of lemon juice. Which is what i used to do.
Haldi, i would urge you to give this base a second chance.
I would strongly disagree that this base be matched to his method only. I used a common cr0 method we all use, and results were well above average.
I feel abdul has provided us with a great base. But failed to complete the picture with a good madras recipe. I am sure cr0 members can use there skill to improve on abduls madras recipe, by playing around with what they know already. Good luck !