I woudn't say tasty Layne, there's still something not quite right with regard the taste. Basically its pretty bland, it just seems to be missing something. The chilli hits me in the the back of the throat about a minute later its gone down. What Im after is the hotness hitting me straight away but without tasting of too much chilli.

I was hoping for a recipe from the take away Ive been delivering from, unfortunately all they told me was a basic curry sauce which we all do anyway. When I probed further as to attain how they produce that specific taste to their curries, they didn't want to know and thought I could easily inform other take-aways in the local area. There is some competition so I suppose being a business they cant take any chances, not that I would tell anyway apart from posting on here of course, which they wouldn't know about. Which brings me to the conclusion that each restaurant/takeaway has what they call their own little secret ingredient which makes their dishes what they think is the best and they won't reveal everything to us.

Thanks YF at least I know now what people are on about.

Good luck with your wowing Pat.

Whats this tarka I keep reading about. I cant seem to figure out how and why some people do it.

This is the way I done this base sauce using own recipe

Im starting to get a bit consistancy going now. The smell was there, the colours ok but theres still that something missing with the taste.

Hi lemon, come in and hang your coat up

Too oily for me, I had to take some out

Is it just me but lately when I have been cooking a few curries, I feel like my chest is tightening up, could be through inhaling all the spices. Has anyone else ever felt like this after cooking with spices for long periods.