Forum help - Recipe req

[McEwan]

hail great chefs of the forum
I used to have a recipe for a curry base that I got from a site called pan-warrior ( site now gone) it was a spin-off from that other forum with football and 365 in its name.
The recipe was called something like Scouser tommy's Indian Curry Base.
Does anyone here have it, or know where to find it online?
from memory it was around 3.5lts of curry gravy made from something like 11 onions and 6 carrots etc....it made a fantastic base to be used in whatever different curry recipe you wanted, I used it a few times and loved it, but due to a dead HDD it is long gone

 

cheers

 

[Jamer]

I am into my Curries but must say I have not heard of that one but I will have a look around for you.

[Rother]

A long while ago, I posted a link to a 'curry book' that had the base sauce included.

 

I made some from the book and found I didn't need to add anything - it was delicious as it was.

 

I will try find it again for you

[McEwan]

cheers guys

[Rother]

I have put the book here.

 

You won't be disappointed

 

 

http://www.fileswap.com/dl/Nu9x6OSxK1/

[McEwan]

thanks Rother, doesn't seem to want to let me d/load it :(

[Rother]

Hmmm

 

I pressed the  'slow download' button and got it straight away

[McEwan]

did the same and it says 'invalid download link'

[Rother]

I wonder if a cookie only allows me to d/l.

 

I'll put it somewhere else and get back

[McEwan]

thanks rother tried a different PC and it worked

[Rother]

Good.

[jason7579]

I know it's a bit late, I've not tried this yet but will do at some point..

 

The first thing to make up is a batch of base curry sauce, this is another Indian restaurant secret, at the start of the day they will make up a huge vat of this sauce and every curry they offer is based on this sauce. The sauce isn’t specific to CTM, for example to do a Madras curry you would fry some ginger and garlic, add a tin of plum tomatoes (no juice), fry for a few minutes more, add about ¾ pint of the base sauce, add 2 tbsp of ground almonds, a few tsp chilli powder and viola.

 

Anyway I digress, for the base curry sauce you will need the following:

 

• 2 TBSP butter ghee (not vegetable although you can use that if you can’t get butter ghee)

• 1Kg Mild onions (Spanish red whatever)

• 75g Garlic

• 75g fresh ginger

• 1 tin tomatoes (liquidised)

• 2 TSP turmeric

• 2 TSP paprika

• 1 TSP coriander

• 1 TSP cumin

• 1 TSP tomato puree

• 2 UK pints (1.14 Litres) water

 

Yep that’s a lot of onions.

 

1. Chop the onions up roughly and place in a large saucepan,

2. liquidise the ginger and garlic in a little water and add that to the pan,

3. add the remainder of the water and bring to the boil, then leave to simmer for 45 minutes. The onions must be extremely soft.

4. This onion soup must now be thoroughly liquidised until its consistency is extremely smooth; it is this base that gives the Indian restaurant curry its texture and consistency.

5. Mix all 4 of the spices together in a bowl with a little water to make a paste.

6. Now put the ghee in a wok or karahi on a medium heat,

7. add the spice paste and fry for 20 seconds stirring all the time, no longer or they will burn.

8. Add the tomatoes, tomato puree and salt and cook for a further 5 minutes,

9. now add the onion, garlic and ginger mixture and bring back to the boil, simmer now for 20 minutes.

 

This is the base curry sauce and can now be frozen in batches for future use. About half a pint to a pint is good to make 4 portions depending on how much sauce you like.

[McEwan]

Cheers Jason