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Originally Posted by hambone
I saw a couple old threads about curry on here, but my wife and I tried to make some last night and while it wasn't bad, it sure smelled a lot better than it tasted. It just didn't have 'it'
Anyone have any suggestions on what sort of spice to add to curry? We really only had the curry powder and coconut milk (it was supposed to be a thai curry), plus the veggies and chicken.
Afterwards we added a little cinnamon sugar which helped a bit, but its still missing something....
Help!
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the best spices to add to curry would be authentic indian masala, some curry leaves, a few mustard seeds, a few jeera seeds and tomato paste mixed with a little bit of sugar and water,don't forget the garlic(crushed).
when the oil is hot in your pot, put in your garlic and the mustard and jeera seeds so the heat brings out the flavour of the seeds.( not too many, you don't want the seeds overpowering your curry. just a picnh or so of each.) add your onions and 2 teaspoons of crushed garlic. let that cook for about 2 mins. add 2 tblsp masala and one stalk of chunky cut up curry leaves. add some water to make a little gravy so it doesnt burn at the bottom. add your meat or chicken and your salt to your taste. let that cook for about 10-15 mins. take about 5 tspn tomato paste in a cup with 5 tspn sugar. add water to the top. mix until it makes a gravy like substance. pour into pot and let that simmer for about 5 mins. peel your potatoes, cut them up into big chunks or however you like them. put in pot and wait until potatoes are soft. make sure you put your pot on low and let it simmer until then. enjoy with some rice.
hope you guys can get some of the stuff i mentioned. good luck and let me know how it goes.