Superb post, nice one Jimmy!

It goes by many names, base sauce, base gravy, curry gravy or just base 

Lol  ;D

When I freeze rice in general it seems fine and I think Darths rice recipe involves freezing it anyway

This section https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=2.0 should be devoted to them, there's tons of examples in there

Hi SM, 1lb of rice is quite a few portions, have you tried halving this recipe? I guess you could freeze the end results anyway if need be

Quote from: ifindforu on February 10, 2006, 10:12 PM
Ihope you dont mind me adding,but it does matter what curry powder you use asI have worked in the indian take aways I can tell you ,you cant buy the powder in small packets,only in large tins TERRY of? www.ifindforu.com

Hi terry, whats the brand of the tins and whats the mix called?

The ebook looks like our old favourite, secrets of the indian rest. chefs revealed

I love green cardamom, if you split the pods and just use the seeds you dont have to worry about taking them out.

My favourite - Shahi Jeera (Royal Cumin or Black Cumin), very aromatic in pilau rice

My local BIR uses pataks balti paste

Ive got the book myself and have tried some of the recipes, again with varying degress of success (generally in the good to excellent range though)

Did you use the base sauce method of pre cooking the chicken? Thats the techique Ive had the most success with

Hi, welcome aboard, what sort of curries have you been cooking up till now?