Hi Fatgit,
Sorry for not replying sooner but Thursday night is curry night at the Uni and I don't finish till 8pm, so don't get home until now.
Tonight was special for me, Phil turned up at the Uni with a couple of friends. Tonight we had, Garlic Chili Chicken Masala, Chicken Tikka Masala, Aubergine & Potato curry, Vegetarian Keema Stuffed Peppers, Onion Bhajis, Sri Lankan Tuna & Potato Bhajis, (provided by our Sri Lankan chef and I'll come back to these later on in a different subject), rice, cucumber raita, mint yogurt sauce, coriander chutney, mango chutney, caramalised onions with chili, poppadoms and Naan breads....
The question I want to ask Fatgit, is why, when you are catering for 30 people you are going to make just one curry to suit all?
I would make 2 curries at least. One needs to be medium hot, the other a mild curry and if you are catering on this scale then it will take more than 15 hours to prepare believe me.... as Michael T knows

Depending on how much help you will have? Is there anyone who can help you prepare this lot or are going this alone?
A Madras of some sort would suit the medium hot dish or even a garlic chili chicken masala with less chili's would go down well.
If you know the person who you are cooking for well, just ask them about allergies. If you prepare 2 curries, then the mild one could contain nuts, i.e. a Korma/CTM/Nepal/Plain curry?
If you can let me have more details, I can help you plan over the weekend so you can start shopping Monday, Marinading & Making Base Sauce Tuesday, Making the curry sauces Wednesday, Pre-cooking the meat on Thursday while the sauces are warming up, then adding the meat, plus the rice and anything else you have in mind......
Believe me, it takes quite a bit of time to produce bulk catering when you are not used to cooking on this scale.
We now have it down to about 2-3 hours at the Uni as long as the meat/chicken is marinaded in advance and the base is made the day before along with any raita's/chuntneys etc....
Let me know what you need and I will help
