Love it....nice write up emin-j.

Although, I haven't managed to worm my way into a kitchen here in Perth, a lot of restaurants do have "open" kitchens where you can see everything.

As an experiment a few weeks back, a mate and myself cooked up, 2 curries, and then ordered the same two curries form a very popular and highly regarded curry house, so we could compare them. We took them back home and .....well......there just wasn't any comparison. The takeaways curries were "wishy-washy" (to quote Madhur Jaffrey). There was no "body" there whatsoever.

That's the first takeaway I have ordered since discovering this site, and as far as I can see, it'll be the last.

Good luck mate, I'm sure you'll nail it, and you will get an enormous sense of self satisfaction (or smugness) when people congratulate you on the quality of the scran!! ;D

1. Chicken Jalfrezi

2. Can't decide. One day I'll prefer a Jalfrezi, another day, Chewy's Madras, then again, CA's Vindaloo is always spot on, as is his Ceylon. Oh and the Garlic Chilli chicken tops the bill too. Mushroom bhajee last night was divine....I guess the answer is most of the things I have learned from this amazing site is better than the average Aussie curry house.......sorry for not being definite.

Great pictures again CH.

It's definitely one of my favourites, and I never used to enjoy a "hot" curry. I find it addictive, and even though it's burning my mouth, I can't stop eating it.........I must be toughening up a bit.

Thanks mate.

Thanks Chewy

Much appreciated. Can I just ask you whether your chefspoon measures are 4 tbsp each or 2?

Plenty of people have their own rice cookers that they are going to bring along too. I think we'll be a strain on the Aussie national grid on that day when we switch them all on. 

Hi fellas

A mate of mine has bought me a 50 litre stock pot off ebay just to do this one off meal.

I haven't received it yet, but it has been posted so it should be here soon.

We could have about 50 adults plus kids (100 or so kids) I know, I know I'm daft for agreeing to this, beer makes you agree to daft things   BUT I think it'll be a good day, we're taking over the local park and there'll be an "Ashes" cricket test match too, that everyone will be involved in.

By my reckonings, we will need about 35 litres of base which will give enough to cook 116 curries at 300ml or so each. We will have at least 10 "chefs" : and plenty of kitchen hands, so the food should/could be rustled up within an hour or so, 2 hours tops.........god what HAVE i let myself in for??? 

People have agreed to pay $5 per head to cover the costs, so we just have to set a date. We are watching the weather over the next few weeks, and this event will definitely go ahead. If you're in Perth, you are welcome to join us. An extra chef or two would be most welcome, along with a few onion peelers.

People have been warned that they will be photographed and put on t'internet

Quote from: haldi on June 19, 2012, 06:54 PM
Hi Mick
Why don't you try Curry Barking Mad's little india recipe?
That's a full sized base and there's video, to show how to do it
That way you won't have to scale up a recipe

I could do mate, but as I said I am particularly fond of CA's and Chewy's bases. Plus I read reviews, and I think it was CA himself who wasn't too happy with this base. i think he said something along the lines that it tasted bitter, and he had never really had much success in the past with tinned tomatoes in bases.

I wouldn't want to chance "cocking" things up with an expectant crowd.

Anyhow, I had a good read again and CA said that larger or smaller quantities of his base can be made by increasing/decreasing things in proportion.........that sounds good enough to me.

Now all we need is some decent weather. Winter has well and truely struck here in Perth. But this event will go ahead in a few weeks time. I may even be able to get out and about with my camera this time, if I have several helpers. 

Following up on Haldi's big base thread, I was wondering whether anyone had tried to multiply a normal base. I have stated several times, I am a huge fan of CA's and Chewy's base gravies, and we often have people around at weekends to try out our new found knowledge.

A friend suggested that we cook up a BIG batch of gravy and feed a load of mates at the park opposite our house, by setting up a few BBQ's/camping stoves etc., and let people have a go at making a curry themselves. i think it'd be a fun day.

The thing I am concerned with is, say if I wanted to make 5 or 10 times the amount of Chewy's base, would I times everything by 5 or 10? I once had a Boxing Day party where I made Pat Chapmans "Pakistani Curry gravy" and I made 8 times the normal amount, so i added 8 x the normal amount of chilli.....well it was so hot it really was inedible. It was a huge embarrassment and an awful waste of food.

So, should I try it?