I've been making this base for the last few hours (also pre-cooking 2.5lb of chicken) I do agree with another comment about not being impressed/sure whilst in the process, I've found it up and down, first thought not enough onion 600g was 1.75 super large onions, then I started too like the smells after adding the spices and 1st half of spice mix.

When cooling quite allot of oil to the surface, nice, then blended, it looks like Carrot soup and had in the back of my mind adding another kettle full of water is going to be really runny. Anyway added the Ajowan, extra water, puree, rest of spice mix, coriander and was doubting if I will see oil again, been simmering an hour (approx.) and the oil is coming up nicely all around the edges, nice and dark color. Taste at the moment to me is a bit like a slightly spicy Carrot & Coriander soup, smell is good, the oil around the edges tastes great, but I'll wait and see as every time I doubt this base so far it's come back to surprise me.

Quote from: George on October 01, 2008, 11:47 PM

Quote from: Bobby Bhuna on October 01, 2008, 11:13 PM
As usual, link went down again at 11, just as chef was making a giant pile of about 30 popodums (two at once in a big khahiri of oil), and interestingly enough as soon as cool things started getting added to the base. This place can't be closed, he's just cooked loads of popodums... What's going on?

I was watching in the few minutes before shut-down also. I'm surprised they would cook popadoms in advance, like for tomorrow evening. I'd expect the popadoms to go soft, but is advance preparation a possibility? The web site says they close at 11pm so what else can they be doing?

He also added large quantities of various powders to the new base sauce, including possibly half a cup of the white powder top right on the high level rack, whatever that is. Salt?

From what I've watched I do believe that is salt, maybe they were making food for themselves? the base is very interesting was hoping someone could have recorded some base making, well we'll never know what's in it for sure but it's interesting.

and another

http://rapidshare.com/files/150011156/Maliks2.mov.html

from around 5.30, think it's the first curries of the evening, shows him swapping pans, defiantly using the oil from the base to start, then the main ingredient, with what looks like pastes maybe garlic/ginger/tom and possibly another, then hand full of Onion (I guess, this is what I thought was the Ghee before) , spices from the top, then two ladles of base (generally) simmer then adding pinches of Methi/Coriander maybe and sometimes adding more base.

Quote from: Curry King on October 01, 2008, 03:04 PM

Quote from: chowie on October 01, 2008, 01:51 PM

Quote from: Curry King on October 01, 2008, 09:49 AM
Has anyone managed to capture any of this so we can upload it somewhere for repeat viewings?

I have quite a busy period from yesterday, its 15 minutes long and around 42Mb though, no base action though.

Any chance you can upload it somewhere, rapidshare or similar?

Cheers
cK

Trying rapidshare now, had no luck with Google video, think it's because although it's a quicktime .mov it actually has windows media properties.

Ok now for download here http://rapidshare.com/files/149977825/Maliks_Indian.html

Also agree with comments about the base, what I have seen there is no way you can come up with a recipe to make at home if such random stuff is added on the fly. But would also mean the bases would not be consistent and would taste different, unless it's down to the chefs tasting skills and he decides it needs some of this or some of that.

Quote from: Curry King on October 01, 2008, 09:49 AM
Has anyone managed to capture any of this so we can upload it somewhere for repeat viewings?

I have quite a busy period from yesterday, its 15 minutes long and around 42Mb though, no base action though.

I've just have seen speed problems yes, think to many of us are watching, it was ok yesterday.

Plus i now have means of recording this video, just ran a test  ;D

Edit; It's gone down 

as of 17.12 it's back up... 

hmmm, link is dead for me...

Quote from: chowie on September 29, 2008, 08:08 PM

Quote from: Jeera on September 29, 2008, 07:55 PM

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Nice Work,

18, the base
11, Gee I thought
19, everything seems to be randomly added to this, almost like a bin, maybe it's the next of of base.
12, was the paste it seems a very dark color?
It was too quick to see which spice numbers were used, will have to watch another
Whatever is in 20 seems to have taken a long time, looked like it was being prepared earlier.

Quote from: Jeera on September 29, 2008, 07:55 PM

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Nice Work,

18, the base
11, Gee I thought
19, everything seems to be randomly added to this, almost like a bin.
12, was the paste it seems a very dark color?
It was too quick to see which spice numbers were used, will have to watch another
Whatever is in 20 seems to have taken a long time, looked like it was being prepared earlier.