Do we take it all went well with the base sauce?  ;D Sounds like you may have burned the spices. I don't usually add spices direct to hot oil. I normally stir fry some onions first then add spices. We have all been there my friend   . Hope it helps..  ;D

Hi Sharkbait,  Seasons Greetings and welcome to cr0. Look forward to hearing from you soon. Happy cooking.  ;D

Hi Andy,  ;)welcome to cr0. Seasons greetings my friend. Knowledge is in abundance here so have a good browse and let us know how you get on. Look forward to your input..regards..mike.  ;D

Hi Ast,  welcome to the family. Seasons greetings. Look forward to hearing how you get on.  ;D

Superb chap,  nice pictures, I see what you mean about the time  .

Nice one smokenspices,   Sounds like you are well in there my friend. Great post of your observations so far. Looking forward, (as I am sure will the whole forum) to your outing in January.  ;D

Cooked for the family tonight (4 of us) using jimmyja base sauce. Nothing spectacular, just a basic chicken curry. Mild for wife/daughter, hotter for me and the boy. Started by frying some onion puree with a little garlic puree, and then just followed KD`s chicken curry recipe. The only difference between the two sets of dishes, was the amount of chili powder. Also, I added a tsp of tomato puree to the onion/garlic mix in the hotter curry. The result was a darker curry, with a totally different taste to the mild one. I would say that confirms your point CA.  ;D

Hi brianstrick,  a very warm welcome to the team. I am sure someone was looking for a spinach saag recipe on here not long ago. Are your cookbooks more "Authentic" recipe based? Anything you can recommend? Look forward to hearing from you soon..  ;D

Hi Ian,  nice one chap, it`s down on my to do list.  ;D

Nice one chap. This is the way I believe all posts of recipes should be. An amazing picture of the finished dish, and a link to the recipes. Neat and tidy, all in one place.... regards.. mike.

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