Topic: help! curry gravy. chicken tikka masala

[funkybastard]

ok after much much much searching on this forum i can't seem to find a tikka masala recipie that recommends the base gravy. i've never made a curry gravy, and when i make korma i usually marinade the chicken in Patakas Tikka Paste.
i then put garlic puree, oil, cumin seeds, cinamon stick in with some pataks korma paste.
fry this. add the chicken and seal it. add some water, add some ground almond to thicken it out.
then some coconut, then cream, then the most important condensed milk!.

this is really easy to make. mostly because i dont have to make "curry gravy"

is there anyway to knock up a tikka masala quickly in the same way or do i need to make the gravy?

ideally im looking for someone to post me the curry gravy ingredients and instructions. and the Masala sauce ingredients and instructions! i know how to make the chicken tikka so i dont need that!.
im hopeless and can't find any reciepies that dont have some random ingredient thats not explained like "Spice mix" ..

THANK YOU!!!!!
bry

[Mark J]

Hi mate,

Any of the bases on this site can be used with CTM

Here's my recipe (which I sell on ebay): http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=94.0. I must admit if I made CTM today I wouldnt use tomato soup but hey  ;D

I think ray had had success with the balti kitchen recipe aso which I think is posted somewhere on this site.

I suggest you pick a specific recipe and post for advice on it in that thread

cheers
mark

[funkybastard]

thats excellent thanks!
made the base last nite. didn't hav enough onions tho! but made it anyway. ill maybe go down and get some and make it again. my base sauce doesn't look like the pictures ive seen tho. the ones ive seen have had a top of oil. theres no oil present in mine that i can see!
also if you wouldn't use tomato soup, what would you use?

thanks!
bry

[Mark J]

More base and pasata, the key ingredient IMHO is creamed coconut, give it a go with the soup though, the feedback I get from people buying my recipe on ebay is pretty good so I guess this recipe must be good  ;D.

[funkybastard]

yikes. made it last nite

there was an overpowering flavour that i couldn't quite put my finger on. but definately not make it again with the tomato soup.
the soup almost made it tarty. it had that tomato soup tinge to it. possibly tastes like takeaway indian CTM over in england, but definately not one from trusty Northern ireland  ;D
ill maybe call into my local and ask what their base curry is made up of.. and then call back again in disguise and ask what their masala sauce is made up of also what is that ingredient you mentioned pasata?

[Mark J]

Hi Mate, sorry about the tomato soup, Ill post the current recipe I use when I get a mo!

[Curry King]

Hello FB,

It really is worth the effort to make a base sauce up and when it's done it will last you a while.? Try a simple base sauce like this which shouldn't take you too long:

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=63.0

Here is the CTM recipe I currently use:
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=539.0

I've tried using the Pataks stuff myself and although it makes an edible curry it's not a patch on making your own from scratch.

As for the spice mix you refer to this is it from the Bruce Edwards articles which are here under the ebook section I think:

Depending on how much you want to make you can use any spoon size:

Coriander 8 Parts
Turmeric 7 Parts
Cumin 5 Parts
Curry Powder 4 parts
Paprika 4 Parts (optional)

These are all off the shelf packet powders, I personally use Rajah but I don't think it makes a massive difference what brand you use.

Hope this helps
cK

[funkybastard]

hi hi, been busy making up a base curry. went into my local when i was back home. found out they use carrotts and green peppers and onions. so found a base curry that used all those and got to work. looked pretty much the same as it usually does in the end.

now

the CTM.

creamed coconut sachets are all i can get. how similar are these to the coconut blocks you are on about?

bry

[Curry King]

went into my local when i was back home. found out they use carrotts and green peppers and onions.

Did you find out anything else from your local, thats more than you would get out of some of them?

creamed coconut sachets are all i can get. how similar are these to the coconut blocks you are on about?

I'm not sure i've never used sachets, im pretty sure I my local small sized Sainsburys sells coconunt block.

[funkybastard]

hehe no nothing yeT! my mates sister however goes out with him! so i may be able to find out that way. oorrrr i know he goes shopping on a saturday haha i could follow him round

i rang them yesterday and asked if there was any coconut or almonds in the masala sauce. a lot he said.
so i may ring back and say ive some sort of alergy and need to know what goes into it. or offer him something in return for me being allowed to watch it being made! some movies maybe. or money i guess.