Topic: A Good Curry Base

[pete]

Hello Terry/Ifindforu,

Please could you clarify something for me:

When you refer to adding 1 tsp of "adjowan" seeds, do you mean "lovage" seeds or "celery" seeds?

I presumed you meant "ajwain" (?), which I've seen translated as either lovage seeds or celery seeds (depending on the recipe book).  It seems that, in more traditional Indian curry books, it rather means celery seeds?  Please could you clarify?

Thanks

Lovage seeds are the same (just another name)
NOT celery seeds
Ajwain seeds are for sale in Asian supermarkets too
They have a very similar flavour to thyme (which some BIR chefs use instead)
Carefull with them, or you will turn your indian meal, into an italian one!
If you look at the Bruce Edwards curry gravy (in downloads), that has it too
Ajwain is also in the "secrets" recipes

Check out
http://www.simplyspice.co.uk/ajwain-lovage-seed-p-428.html

[extrahotchillie]

Hi Buzz
A couple of pictures of the base I made hope it helps you.

Cheers

Chas

[DARTHPHALL]

Thats good to see as it is exactly the same colour as my own 100% clone base gravy which gives us some consistency amongst the chaos,as with my own gravy is it capable of making any curry as long as you opt to leave out the extra hot chillie powder in the first stage.

[extrahotchillie]

I only added 1 tsp of chilli powder as per the recipe, for me thats enough, you can always add more but you sure as hell can't remove it once its in there.

[buzz]

Hi Chas,

Thanks for the advice. I did read your report but thought the soup was earlier in the making of the base!

My base looks alot darker than yours!

Hopefully i've downloaded a piccy of mine, see what you think 

Buzz

[extrahotchillie]

Hi Buzz
I agree with you mine tasted like soup in the first stage, but if you look at the ingredients its practically a soup, onions,peppers and potato's.

You picture looks fine, but it needs to be resized, it does look darker than mine but that could just be the lighting.

[extrahotchillie]

This is a picture of curry base as made by Buzz.

[CurryCanuck]

I have tried Terrys' recipe five times to date , including both the original recipe as well as a number of variations . I still find this base  far too bland and lacking flavor . I think that base flavor is a key element as a building block in BIR cooking . I also feel that coconut as a primary ingredient in a base is overwhelming . I still consider Darths' , Petes' , and Bruce Edwards' bases as the best because they provide a full-bodied flavor that does not require a lot of overspicing .

[ifindforu]

Well buz all I can say is it looks like mine lol did you use double concentrated tomato paste thats what I use

[ifindforu]

fat Lez that looks excelent TERRY PS just experiment with it like you are doing