Hello,
I'm new to this site - which i think is brilliant by the way - and have tried Darth's Clone Base (i halved everything to make a smaller batch).
I have in the past tried the Natco base (http://www.natcoonline.com/acatalog/Holy_Grail.html)
and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Darth does stress that the amount of oil used is important in achieving the right taste and i used double the amount on the ingredient list but nowhere near the amount he recommends for "that BRI taste".
Suffice to say, i dont think i used enough oil !! - it looked like vegatable soup, didnt have the golden colour like in Darth's pics. It didnt taste like a curry gravy either, more like spicy vegatable soup!
I then went on to the next stage of make his chicken madras and after i'd added fried onions/garlic, all the curry powders/spices, passata, added the chicken (i used Bruce Edward's method of pre-cooking the chicken - v.nice!), it turned out ok and i enjoyed eating it but it didnt have "the taste".
I wonder how much of this is down to not using the right amount of oil? (although the NAtco recipe doesnt use that much oil and I was still well impressed) Or maybe its something else? I know the Natco base uses a lot more ginger/garlic in its base and uses red onions. I must state again how impressed i was with the Natco base.
Anyways, Im looking forward to trying out more recipes in the future and for anyones' advice on the above.
Thanks
El.
I'm new to this site - which i think is brilliant by the way - and have tried Darth's Clone Base (i halved everything to make a smaller batch).
I have in the past tried the Natco base (http://www.natcoonline.com/acatalog/Holy_Grail.html)
and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Darth does stress that the amount of oil used is important in achieving the right taste and i used double the amount on the ingredient list but nowhere near the amount he recommends for "that BRI taste".
Suffice to say, i dont think i used enough oil !! - it looked like vegatable soup, didnt have the golden colour like in Darth's pics. It didnt taste like a curry gravy either, more like spicy vegatable soup!
I then went on to the next stage of make his chicken madras and after i'd added fried onions/garlic, all the curry powders/spices, passata, added the chicken (i used Bruce Edward's method of pre-cooking the chicken - v.nice!), it turned out ok and i enjoyed eating it but it didnt have "the taste".
I wonder how much of this is down to not using the right amount of oil? (although the NAtco recipe doesnt use that much oil and I was still well impressed) Or maybe its something else? I know the Natco base uses a lot more ginger/garlic in its base and uses red onions. I must state again how impressed i was with the Natco base.
Anyways, Im looking forward to trying out more recipes in the future and for anyones' advice on the above.
Thanks
El.