Did you mean curry as opposed to chilli? Well to date I am currently adding 3/4 teaspoon to a standard portion but it depends on the dish. Any dish that has lot of chilli in it will be hot so adding alot of Mr. Naga will test your taste buds!

Forget the Kashmiri, have you tried the naga paste yet? I think i'm addicted!

I have to say that I too find them awful. We did once enjoy a sweet potato and red pepper dish from ASDA  from their deli, but other than that, well you get the picture. I have never enjoyed a curry dish from a supermarket jar or otherwise, I find them offensive at best.  Pity really.

Looks delicious Bob, well done.

I've never seen a link to the following recipes so thought I would post this. I Never knew that Spices of India had a huge selection of traditional style recipes, the ones I had seen always required an advertised product like Mr Huda's so and so paste. So was quite surprised when I bumped into these.

http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/acatalog/Recipes.html

Hi Goncalo, this might help you. 

http://nomoremicrowaves.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/wtf-is-kashmiri-chili-powder/

Stephen is it a flat hob, if so, just pull the pan halfway of the ring until it cools to the required temperature. 

I swear blind my ceramic hob gets hotter than the gas I used to use.

Have you tried the stock pots though SS? They are a different ball game all together, compared to the stock cubes. I'd recommend them to anyone.

In my mind, making a stock to add to a base recipe is doubling your work load. Why not simply add the chicken whole preferably or carcass to your base when cooking it down after blending? Surely this is the desired effect that is trying to be achieved. On the plus side, you'll have fantastic tasting cooked chicken to enjoy too!

Quote from: RubyDoo on March 14, 2013, 03:28 PM
I agree but still do not see the point of adding to a home made stock which if done right should be bursting with flavour already.  if it needs a stock cube then you may as well save the effort and just use the cube.

I agree with that too, but from what I read of DD's OP was that his stock is not seasoned and does not contain a boquet garnie, so the stock cube would actually balance the finished stock in this case.

Just a thought.