I cant believe i put 3 litres in when it should have been 3 pints.....what an idiot.

Still it made a reasonable base.
Will try again with 3 pints  :-[

Welcome Kenmeg,

Hope you enjoy the forum and we look forward to your feedback on the recipes.
When i was in OZ, i visited Bunderburg which i can honeslty has the worst curry house in the world, think oily dish water with chicken and turmeric....yuk, still the rum is good.

Stew

I got round to finally trying this base last night, it looks the part and has a very subtle undertone of Indian/curry flavour, i think this is going to be an excellent building block for a final curry.
I was initially concerned about the 3 litres of water to 8 onion ratio as it produces a very runny base, i cooked the final base for an hour to thicken it up.

I can not get Rajah Madras Powder so substituted with Hot Curry Powder, i also left out Coconut Block, Tamarind & All Purpose Seasoning.
Will be trying a curry tonight.

The biggest thing i learned from this process is the making of a paste and then frying it to release the proper flavour, from now on i will be making a paste everytime i cook a curry and frying it off in the initial oil to fully release the flavour....

Stew

Well said Scrufts,

I agree with you, the upmarket ones are for nights out and the price reflects that, the grubby looking back to basics curry houses are sometimes the best.

Stew

I have seen the chefs using a big bowl of what i think is lemon juice next to pan which they flick onto the dish whilst it is cooking, this goes up in the 2 foot flames you see when watching them cook.

stew

Guys,

I am checking out some scripts that may deliver this, however intergrating it directly to the posts may be difficuly, i will keep you posted.

Stew

Good idea, i will look into this and see what we can come up with.

Stew

Welcome aboard Panpot, enjoy the site

Stew

MathematicalPhysicist,

Thanks for posting this and i suppose until i have tried it i can't comment but surely a curry that consists of only Turmeric and Cumin will have no taste at all?   

Maybe i am wrong but no restaurant spice mix in the base or final curry does not add upto me.

Stew
 

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