I have made Madras (Cory Ander's recipe), Korma and Pathia (using my own recipes) with the Ashoka base and they all turned out excellent, as good as anything I can get locally. Not sure if they are 95% or 100% or whatever but they are damn good (IMHO)!!

Gonna do Lamb Tikka Masala this evening - can't wait - yum!!!

good call Big, have made bhurtas too (diff spelling but same thing lol), they are yummy also.

These are unleavened discs of bread (you can use a chapatti recipe also) which, when deep fried in very hot oil, blister and puff up.  I find them very tasty and make them when I can't be bothered doing nans.

This is a simple recipe for 8 pooris

Ingredients:

• 8 oz flour
• 1/2 cup water, room temperature or luke warm

• 1 tablespoon oil
• salt to taste

Method:

• mix ingredients to form a soft dough
• knead for ten minutes
• wrap in an oiled bag and sit for 30 minutes
• divide dough into four and then each quarter into two
• roll each piece into a ball
• roll out to thin flat discs using a rolling pin
• place one at a time into very hot oil
• deep fry for 3 seconds ensuring the pooris are submerged in the oil
• remove and drain on kitchen roll
• repeat for other seven pooris

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Quote from: joshallen2k on January 04, 2009, 12:48 AM
I wonder "how BIR" the Ashoka is. Has anyone tried it?

Looks a little too 'Brewer's Fayre' to be the high street BIR I'm looking to recreate.

The Ashoka is nothing like Brewer's Fayre, I have always had excellent curries from the Dundee one, both a la carte and takeaway, my main criticism would be that it tends to be a bit pricey compared to other curry houses locally.

Just to clairfy on Santa's point I didn't imply the base was better than any other, merely that I made it and it tasted yummy.

OK this is a very simple post. I have just made the Ashoka base (scaled down by a third), the garlic / ginger paste, and the onion paste.

It is absolutely delicious and looks identical to the photos posted. I agree it is salty but I am OK with that.

Have produced yummy Korma (no added spices), Pathia and Madras.

Thanks for this topic and again can I say the curry base is superb!!

alo alo, aloo aloo 

We have an Ashoka Shak which does lovely food sitting in or takeway. We use it often.

this topic suggests maybe there are suppliers of pre made curry sauces?

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=3217.0

this doesn't work either could you paste the full URL from the address bar please?