As a newcomer to this great site and not wanting to draw fire ... friendly or otherwise may I chip in with my 2 pence worth please ...

a) It would be a great help to people like myself if all measurements for all ingredients up to say 4 Tblsp were given in level Tsp or level Tblsp or increments thereof ie 0.25 Tsp or 0.5 Tblsp. I tried last Friday to interpret both heaped Tsp and heaped Tblsp whilst preparing for a curry and to be honest I wasn't sure if it meant as much as I could fit on the spoon ( with chili powder I can manage to balance almost 3 level as a heaped ) or just slightly more than 'rounded' ... 2 Tblsp ( level of course )would have been better for me than 1 Heaped Tblsp since the heaped option assumes some experience which I simply don't have at this stage. I wouldn't know where to start with a chef's spoon ... the bloke that sold it to me said he was a chef !. 

b) Not wishing to add fuel to the fire that is the 'monkey see , monkey do' debate I would say just this .. when I was learning to play golf I took lots of lessons so that I could at least hit the ball straight and long. At the time I had no understanding of the theory and no wish to get bogged down in it either ... I merely wanted to be able to consistently hit the ball straight so that I would not lose interest. Cooking curries is exactly the same .. by following some of the great recipes on here I've been able to produce curries the likes of which I've only seen previously in the foil tray we're all familiar with from the local T/A. I'm sure as my interest grows and I gain more confidence and understanding I'll try adapting some of these recipes to suit my individual taste but for now I'm extremely happy with my 'monkey sees , monkey does' approach.

Thanks to all who contribute here .. even the few negative types ... it would be a funny old place if we were all the same !!

   

Welcome Chillipopper !!   

Thanks for this Gary ,

I've just cooked it now ( at 08.30 ... keen as mustard ! ) and it's very tasty and similar to BIR although not as dry still and I squeezed out loads of water ... what I would do next time is separate all the leaves because I chucked my squeezed balls ( fnaar fnarr ) in and whilst trying to break them down with the spoon the garlic and onion were catching a little more than I would risk usually ... apart from the salt content (needed as you say ) it's a very healthy dish and about the only way I would consider eating a bowl full of spinach ! I'm going to try 0.25 Tsp of All Purpose Seasoning at the end next time too ( only because I bought a bag and don't know what else to put it in ). It did look exactly the same as your picture by the way !.    

Wecome Beachbum !!   

G'day and welcome Mick !!