I have to say that I tried the above and delicious it was. I too love Staff Curry although I'm not to keen on the watery oily ones some like. On an after hours eat in a while ago at a friends restaurant , a friend made one of the best curries I've ever had. Half shell on prawn curry which was fantastic. Prawns had half the shell removed length ways and the flavour was immense.
I love the Bengali Chicken Roast Chewy posted a few years ago where you pre-fry the chicken in a spiced flour.
https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7846.0The only problem being is that you can't stop picking at it once fried and you have to be careful that you have enough left for the curry :

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