Bleaney
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I looked up making curries from scratch on You Tube whilst on 4 months of Covid Lock Down / Furlough. I was fed up with those crappy curry pastes from a jar. I've never found a good one yet despite trying several brands.It did not taste as it smelled
It wasn't BAD, just for something that smelled spectacular the flavour was something of a let down
Nice aftertaste though. Think I fucked up the grating the meat of a coconut and roasting in until golden brown before adding water and making coconut paste
I might just add coconut paste to my kitchen supplies before doing again
I was astonished by the amount of time and work it takes to make 'proper' Asian curries from scratch.
I think one of them was like 12 hours, including prep and cooking time to make the base masala etc, and then the same amount of time again to make the specific curry itself.
I would have liked to have given it a go, but that amount of effort and work is just not feasible or worth it imo.
Fortunately there's some very good quality, proper authentic curry houses near me, and I'll happily pay them the equivalent of 2 hours of my wages for 2 take out curries, considering the curries are nearly always very good and the amount of time it saves.
I ended up having a few bashes at making Chinese special Fried Rice dishes instead, which was a lot easier and less time consuming, and the results were pretty good.