I havent been able to get in the kitchen or to the Indian store as of late due to unforeseen circumstances, but last night the craving became too much and I had to cook curry.
It was a complete pain trying to move around the kitchen on crutches, well the prep was, cooking was ok(ish) though.
Anyway not having all ingredients I needed/wanted I just kept it simple, basically heated oil with a star anise, fried of 2 cloves finely chopped garlic, removed star anise, added 1 ts mix powder for 30 seconds, 1 Tbs kashmiri chilli 30 seconds, 1 Tbs tom puree (mixed with 1 1/2 Tbs water) 1 minute, ladle of base and let it reduce, remaining base ,salt ,squirt lemon, 1/2 Tbs coriander stalks, squirt of vinegar and a bit of sugar to taste, left it cook away for 5 minutes. All done on high heat with little stirring.
Produced a very nice Madrasish simple curry.

Cheers Naga, 3 months with leg brace, complete rupture of quad tendons so cant bend leg at all for 6 weeks, then gradually get 30 degree bend every 2 weeks.
Hard work getting around the kitchen especially carrying things while using the crutches, but at least I managed to cook a curry, hopefully the physio tomorrow will say its ok to do this !
It was a great curry , very much needed 

Well, it's said that chilli is a great pain reliever, so I hope your physio gives you the nod to get around the kitchen and cook many more curries!

Cheers chewy, so much so that Im making another tonight (just in case physio says no!)

And I certainly have a freezer full of the hottest chillies in the world Naga 

Tut tut Gav, pure laziness, even though eating out is great, I do love cooking curries.

Get well soon Mate.

London.