Came across this 'barking mad' lady on YouTube a while ago and although not BIR, I've tried a couple of her recipes and they are nice. If you look under her Indian section, there's quite a few recipes there and nicely set out for people who are just starting to cook. I'm going to try the egg and potato curry for lunch today.

http://titlisbusykitchen.com/

Hi all,

I've been on here for about a year and finally after reading hundreds of posts (some good, some bad, some not necessary imho), I have decided to take the plunge. I've decided to follow Dipuraja's route (with a few tangents) as after a lot of reading I think its a good one to start with for a beginner like myself. I intend to post regularly in this thread with my curry journey. (If it should be moved to another board then please move it).

Bought all the required spices (and even a curry pan) mainly from the Chinese cash and carry I use as they always seem the cheapest and supplemented them along with the pan from MA brothers in Newcastle. Great shop in my opinion with helpful staff.

So following Dipurajas Base gravy (as posted by CA)

Dipuraja's Base Recipe

I borrowed a 7 litre pan from work and doubled the amounts and set to work.
The only difference was that I added a red pepper as well as the green one and the tinned tomatoes were chopped ones.

I cooked it about 15mins longer on both stages as I really should have cut the carrots smaller as they were still a bit firm.
I left the lid on whilst cooking but after blending it was about the consistency of Lentil soup so I added a pint of water figuring if it goes a bit runny, it'll reduce when cooking the curry's.

It reminds me in taste of carrot and corriander soup and I just put a small bunch of fresh in at the beginning including the stalks so I hope I haven't put to much in.

Tomorrow night I'm going to have a go at Chicken Ceylon following Dip's Madras recipe and adding coconut powder near the end  (which reading quickly is the difference between CA's Madras and Ceylon)

Here's the before and after photos of the finished base.

(Note to Self)

Need a better blender. Just about burnt out old faithful blending it down.   ;D ;D

Been here a few times over the last few years with a group of people when we're working close by and its really good (that goes for everyone of us). Its a takeaway one side with an adjoining cafe next door. Had the Madras twice last week and really enjoyed. A curry and a nan (or 2 chapatis) is about ?6 so pretty good city centre value. A few days later we went to the Kashmir in Bradford and we all agreed it was no where near. Roll on January when we'll hopefully be back.