| "body"> | | | | consists of one cup of oil, two pounds of onions to one |
| Just a quick bio on my background to how I learned | | | | pound of meat. Seems a lot of onions at first but you |
| these secrets in the first place. I had my first Indian | | | | wont even see them when the curry is finished, |
| curry at the tender age of thirteen. Those days (1969) | | | | because a lot of them dissolve to make the sauce. |
| you got a lump of bone surrounded by goat meat | | | | The secret to a good curry is: in the onion base, this |
| covered in a watery curry sauce. The idea was to | | | | takes the longest to prepare hence a lot of fast foods |
| grab a piece of chapatti and pick at the meat then dip | | | | use a thickener such as: milk or flour. I don't like this |
| it in the juice. I wasn't over keen I can tell you and my | | | | idea to me it isn't the real McCoy and the taste is no |
| first reaction was to grab the water jug and pour the | | | | where near the same as an onion base. Not only that |
| lot down my throat because it was literally on fire. | | | | if you don't cook the powders and seeds properly |
| I don't have to tell curry lovers that the powders used | | | | they act as a laxative in the morning. |
| to make curry are addictive and low and behold a | | | | Here's what I use: |
| couple of days later I wanted another taste, and of | | | | Salt 1 heaped teaspoon |
| course I burnt my mouth again. A few years went by | | | | Red chili powder 1 heaped teaspoon |
| and a curry was on the menu most nights especially | | | | Ground coriander powder (Indian name Dhaniya) 2 |
| after having a few drinks, it just seemed the right thing | | | | heaped teaspoons |
| to do to finish the night off. Then at twenty three I | | | | Cumin powder (Indian name Jeera) 2 heaped |
| bought my first house and the kitchen was mine to do | | | | teaspoons |
| what ever I wanted, without my mother interfering and | | | | Turmeric powder (Indian name Haldi) 1 heaped |
| wafting the mostly burnt smell out of the door. | | | | teaspoon |
| I was like a mad scientist, as soon as I got home from | | | | Garam masala powder 2 heaped teaspoons |
| driving the buses I was in the kitchen experimenting | | | | Black pepper powder 1 level teaspoon |
| with different ingredients. The taste was horrible, | | | | Fennel seeds 1 level teaspoon |
| nothing like the curry I was used to. | | | | Fenugreek seeds 1 level teaspoon |
| So luckily one of my rock'n'roll buddies was a chef | | | | 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil or your choice |
| working in an Indian Restaurant, he helped me out by | | | | 1 Tin of tomatoes |
| giving me the recipe he used, and just told me to get | | | | 5 medium sized onions |
| the base right then ad the powders and other | | | | 1 garlic |
| ingredients to taste. So my experiments went on and | | | | 1 ginger root |
| on for another few years till I eventually got it more or | | | | Small bunch of green coriander |
| less right. | | | | 5 or 6 Green chilies |
| Well that was it then, everyone used to come to my | | | | The good news is: you don't have to write anything |
| house for curry they thought it was great. But more | | | | down here because making an authentic curry takes a |
| than likely it was because the food was free and | | | | lot of preparation so I've built a site just for this |
| most of them couldn't tell the difference from a good | | | | purpose. There's four pages of a free step by step |
| curry taste or bad. But it took me another few years | | | | guide all in photo illustrations. I had to get the wife to |
| to perfect the art and get the chapattis to a | | | | pose holding the ingredients on a plate while I took the |
| reasonable standard without breaking my teeth. Most | | | | shot.. So the next time you fancy making a curry use |
| importantly you have to get your curry base right. This | | | | this guide to help you. |