Well I will put that down as a partial success...... I made JB's base and then followed Chewytikka's madras recipe, but scaled up the proportions slightly.
The end result was hotter than satans hoop. I think that I may have added too much powder........
Better luck next time I think......

Hi folks,

I stumbled across this site looking for how to make mint dip on Thursday and had jumped into making JB's curry base by Friday night. I'm hoping that I can at least partially achieve that much sought after taste at home by mining the wealth of experience that you guys have deposited on here.
Failing that, I'm gonna drive down the road to Masdrasandy's house to try and steal his curry.