Personally I'm not a believer that you need spiced oil to make BIR at home, or anywhere else for that matter.
I went through a phase of using the recipe from sced on the rcr forum but after making it a few times I felt it wasn't the right direction for me.

I believe a combination of good mix powder, well cooked at the final stages, a good base recipe and probably the inclusion of some whole spices somewhere in the mix (I'm still undecided on that one) should be enough.

Having said that I might try reclaiming some oil from a base that has had extra oil added before blending.

Cheers,

Paul

Nice detailed Post CH and sorry you didn't get a good result. I think the same thing has happened to me whereby adding more (oily) base and reducing just made the curry oilier but without the body of the sauce forming. I mean I like an oily curry but there is a limit.

Since the whole Fleet 5 episode I've re-evaluated my position on making curries, changed my kit from wok and spatula to ally pan and chef spoon and I've had a few disasters and lost my curry mojo along the way
In particular my consistency has weakened.

Over the weekend I used the last of CA's simple base and started a simple vegetable curry with a few tablespoons of virgin coconut oil. The result was unexpectedly delicious and my wife and I were purring away as we ate it.

Nobody said this would be easy 

Paul

BTW I see the funny characters in your last post as well as Dalpuri.

George taking a pop at JerryM again.

Look at the level of support Jerry had for George just a while ago:

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7993.msg70435#msg70435

What a great post NJ,

Very interesting stuff and I'm glad to hear it tastes great for you.
Sadly my slow cooker is far too small for this! And I've already committed about 200 quid to my forthcoming "sous vide" meat cooking experiments, which I'll report back on when I get set up.

Cheers,

Paul

I'm happy with what I paid for with Julian's book. I think a lot of the secret is just getting the technique right and Julian explains things clearly in the book. I'm also looking forward to his vegetarian recipes book when it gets finished. His emphasis on the cooking of the onions in the base sauce is a new take that hasn't been emphasised before.

Like SD said I'm also happy to collect cookery books even if I only learn a little from each one.

Paul

Quote from: Razor on April 03, 2012, 07:23 PM
Amazing, just started to download the pdf and my pc crashed

I've got no idea how to get back to the download page.

Anybody got any ideas?

Hi Razor,

Can't you just open the email again and click on the link to the download page? It says you get 5 goes to download it.

Cheers

Paul

Quote from: mikbex on April 02, 2012, 08:04 PM
Hi
I found this superb site yesterday (1st April 2012), I loved the 3 hour base recipe after watching the video.  I went out and bought my ingredients this morning, came back and avidly set about preparing the base.  I tried watching the video but for some reason it wouldn't load today, so I have been unable to cook my curry base (not having taken any notes yesterday).  Could you just let me know the method please, what order, etc.
Mant thanks
mikbex

Try rebooting your PC or whatever you use. The written recipe is also on page 1 of this thread.

Cheers,

Paul

Quote from: ramsdedm02 on April 02, 2012, 08:25 PM
I'm using pc not ipad, kindle or anything like that.

PDF opens but the video links won't work (Page not found)

Gutted.

Hi,

I'm just using a Windows XP PC and the links seem to work from the pdf document.
Sorry I can't think what might be different to stop yours from working.

Paul

Me too, thanks Julian it makes for a good read.

Cheers,

Paul

Quote from: Whandsy on April 02, 2012, 05:46 PM

Quote from: PaulP on April 02, 2012, 05:41 PM
I've just bought my copy. Looking forward to a good read now.

Cheers,

Paul

How does it work then chaps, I've bought mine on iPhone, got a paid receipt off PayPal but no book
Does it come later??

Hi Whandsy,

Once I paid by paypal I got an email with a link to download. Then I just downloaded the pdf and saved it.

Cheers,

Paul