Quote from: Curry King on February 22, 2008, 10:04 AM

Quote from: osirisrt on February 21, 2008, 10:34 PM
lol i understand the health implications. but yeah, i dont particularly think its lacking sweetness. its just a *particular* sweetness im after

I can relate to that, a place I used to visit a few years ago made a cracking curry and most variants had this certain sweetness to it and it wasn't sugar.  I thought at the time it was down to how they cooked the onions but never did manage to replicate it.  If you do find out let me know 

Will do !

lol i understand the health implications. but yeah, i dont particularly think its lacking sweetness. its just a *particular* sweetness im after

Thing is , i know i left those things out, and maybe ill try them all back in next time, but im pretty sure the flavour wasnt any of those. is a tough one really.

Im not too sure, im not sure if its a toffee ish kinda flavour But im willing to try anything to try and get the flavour right. im pretty sure it has some form of coconut in it, and im also sure its got some ground almond in it. The sauce itself is quite runny, so that could be a thin base sauce with anything from cream to coconut milk or evaporated milk or just milk. So tempting to just walk in and say, wtf ?? what goes in your ctm !!? Im considering my next test to omit the cream and go with just powdered coconut milk, (going with the runnyness), and maybe try a tablespoon of something mango then maybe try the jaggery thing altho i dont *think* its that kinda flavour.

hi, i have creamed coconut and have tried it in the previous couple of ctm's ive tried before i made ca's one yesterday. altho it does add a nice flavour to the curry, its still not like my local one

this is the only curry im being really fussy about because well, i guess ive been spoilt by my locals ctm for a few years now. what the extra 'flavour' is im not really sure. im thinking next i may add some mango chutney or something to my ctm, see if that gives it the 'flavour'.. hmmmmmmm.. lol

thanks!

ok ill tell you what i kept in. obviously the necessary ingredients, and the optional stuff i went for dessicated coconut, and evaporated milk, i also added the methi to the tandoori spiced mix (stage 1 i think it was). I left out the other stuff as i wasnt sure about it, and i left out condensed milk and dont think id put that back in again anyhow, as it gives me the impression of being too sweet. lol i know its not a particularly healthy dish, but im not sure about the condensed milk. Any ideas then ? maybe i should try it again with more of the other ingredients, but just looking through them im not getting a feeling of 'oh shit yeah!! thats what the missing ingredient could be!!'.. my locals ctm i think is quite unique and although has most of the usual ctm ingredients, i feel theres a thing or two that im totally missing out. nice one that i made yesterday though.

Made this one today. Turned out pretty nice, possibly the better of the ctm's ive tried in recent months. I kept half of the optional ingredients in, but left out some of the more unhealthier options Its almost near to my locals Ctm, but is still missing something, that i just cant put my finger on. Any ideas ? It quite a thin'ish sauce, i can taste the coconut and ground almonds to some degree, but theres something 'else' in there that adds to the sweetness, and i cant for the life of me work out what it is, short of goin into my local and threatening them for the recipe Any ideas ? Would something like mango syrup (from the tin), or some other 'used' sweet ingredient in curries be used ? im baffled.