An interesting alternative method which I may have a go at sometime but could you provide more info as to amounts of the spices etc and is it veg ghee or butter ghee that you use? Thank you.

Quote from: chewytikka on December 13, 2012, 01:01 PM
Thanks Chris

George might put this link on the first page
watch it here Madras Sauce

cheers Chewy

Blimey Chewy, what happened to the pan?

Interesting to see that you wash and soak the rice. 
As guided / suggested by Julian and Dave loyden, I never wash or soak, just pick over for little stoney bits. Never had a bad one.  . Use proper aged rice though..

Quote from: Phil [Chaa006] on December 10, 2012, 05:42 PM

Quote from: h4ppy-chris on December 10, 2012, 03:52 PM
bought a Lidl special, got to say there really good.

I bought one, but was really worried that only one of the two blades had a ground edge.  Took it back, intending to swap it, but found the others were the same.  What about yours, Chris ?

** Phil.

Did you try using it before taking it back? Mine has a ground edge on either end of the SINGLE blade. Not exactly Wusthof quality but hey - ?15 squids?

Quote from: Stephen Lindsay on December 09, 2012, 06:04 PM
I wonder if something got lost in translation? One man's base is another man's sauce and another man's gravy. This looks like a finished curry sauce and not a base in the CRO sense of the word.

+ 1 on that

Quote from: stevejet66 on December 10, 2012, 11:51 AM
http://curryclub.synthasite.com/      check it out, not bad, loads of books too. interesting read.

Some very familiar looking vids on there!!   

Quote from: h4ppy-chris on September 26, 2012, 01:03 PM
i don't know if this has been covered, but this is what i have started doing.
when making the base and get to the add water part I DON'T..
i just put it in the plastic tubes and freeze it, that way i get 50 curry's into one draw in the freezer.
when i want to make a curry i take one tube out and de-frost it, add the water bring to the boil and make sure it's the right consistency.

my tubes are 1Lt and i get 5 curry's from one tube once diluted.

What are the 'tubes' you refer to?

I have the book and, like Curry2 Go and others I think it is good, but not VERY good in as much as the editing leaves many unanswered questions especially around measures etc and with that particular book you will find yourself jumping around from section to section alot.  Much if not all of the info can be found on here.

My advice would be to pick one and stick to it for a few weeks . ie  C2Go, undercover or  .............. stick with Chewy, CA etc from here.  I found that I was jumping around all over the place and this in itself caused more confusion as they all do things a little differently.  I have made four different gravies now and to be honest I think they are all good and are all basically the same with just the odd tweak, omission or addition. They are what the name suggests, as base, and it is the proper cooking out of the onions that, for me anyway, is the key.

Quote from: h4ppy-chris on December 10, 2012, 04:16 PM
doh, at that price i chucked it.

hahahaha  never mind, they are pretty robust unless you start mixing plaster with it. 

Quote from: h4ppy-chris on December 10, 2012, 03:52 PM
bought a Lidl special, got to say there really good.

Keep the receipt. IF needed, Lidl are very good .  No quibble replAcement or money back. Just insist on receipt.