Made chewys base but time was of the essence and not sure if i cooked onions for long enough, CH did you leave your onions whole and if so how long did they take to cook?

cheers curryhell, will have a look, have you tried chewytikka 3hour base?

Hi all, I have made both KD bases and i found KD2 to be very good, i found it better than Darths 100%, Tazs,Bruce Edwards and proberbly Curry2go(but didnt gently cook onions in oil and little water first), I  would have to cook Curry2go to spec to find out for sure, Now I am ready to make a new batch of base and am not sure which to try, stick to what i know? curry 2 go to spec? KD2 with variations? or a completely new base ie Rajver

could you re-up video please it appears not to be working, cheers

 Cheers Salvador, im actually tempted to defrost some base and experiment with a couple of different styles using all the same ingredients, maybe fry spices first on one and just add them to the base and reduce down on the other, see what different flavour you get. Just need to get shut of wife and kids lol.

Have you tried , when your curry is a little off,bland,over cooked etc, adding teaspoon of sugar, it really improves the flavour, seems to balance them out if you know what i mean, actually does when youve made a good curry actually but with less sugar

Nice idea Salvador, but only have a small amount left so dont think it will be worth trying. I shall warm the sauce and see how it tastes and try to fathom what went wrong the previous hungover night, it prob tastes so much better now ive recovered anyway!!!!!!!!

Well i made it last night, i ended up with an acceptable curry, my wife enjoyed but i wasn't overly keen. But you have to take in to account the fact i was seriously hungover, to the point of still feeling sick at 7.00pm.
I think i over 'singed' the turmeric in the first stage as i was completely knackered at this point after making the rice and marinating and grilling the chicken tikka, so with feeling so ill i dont think my cooking skills were up to scratch. I will definately have another go at this recipe as i want to learn how to fry the spices properly as i think it is key to achieving the 'taste' we crave.
The curry cetainly had enough heat even though i normally use at least tablespoon of chilli and dirgi mirch which i havent been frying but just adding to the sauce and hard boiling , similar to Dipuraja style of cooking.
I shall report back when ive retried the recipe next weekend.
Also worth pointing out that im not sure if my base was upto scratch, bruce edwards one, which is normally very good but i dont think this batch was up to the mark.
PS I have some sauce left, no chicken, so i will have a taste later tonight to see how the flavours have mingled together and if it any better hungover free

Excellent just about to make it now, thanks for reply

In the first part of the ingrediants where does the 1 ladle of base get used?

Just made the Bruce base and final curry today, my first time in making a curry from scratch in over a year, since the birth of my daughter hasnt given me the time needed.I have to say, as did friends and family, this produced an excellent result!. It may well be the best curry ive ever made, thoroughly enjoyed by all. It had the restaurant taste, smell and consistency/texture. I made the curry in advance and left it in the oven on about 140C and when it was ready to be served i added some lemon juice and the coriander, it was well worth all the hard work throughout the day. My friend even pinched some of the base and the bruce recipe that i printed and is making a curry for his girlfriend tonight, and said he will definately be makin his own base. Thankyou so much Mr Edwards i salute you.

  I was wondering what other final curry's i can make using this base, as i have some left for tonight, i feel that certain bases only work with certain final curry's so dont know which one to try? I like them hot

Any ideas would be most appreciated