Anyone tried the curries / bases on the BIR section of cooking4one.co.uk ?

Ive not looked back since discovering it. Strange little site but the currys and c46 base are very authentic. Simple recopies too.

Just wondering if others have tried any.

Whilst at my local indian supermarket I noticed a whole isle of little boxes of various masala's from madras to tikka, and many more Ive never heard of. All were from India / Pakistan. The only customers browsing them were Asian. All the British people were in the spice isle (like I normally am). The instructions state to add water and meat and simmer.

Has anyone tried any of these indian boxed masalas? Any good?

After slaving away all night over a pan of base i decided to try methods that would be quicker or releave me from the pot.

I did one batch of SNS in my slow cooker leaving it for 12 hours in total (tinned toms in for last 2 hours after blending (with stick insitu).

I also did the same SNS in a pressure cooker for 30 mins.

Results.

The slow cooked one came out thicker.
The pressure cooker one was runnier after blending but the veg was far softer. I then boiled it with the lid off for 15 mins to thicken it.
Either way i found the end result not much different from the standard hob method.

If I was forced I'd choose the pressure cooker simply as it takes less time.