Patak's Original Madras Curry Paste

pataks madras curry paste is lovely, it is a paste not a sauce so it will go a lot further and last a lot longer and dont worry you wont have to live on curry for a week after you open it as it can be stored in a fridge for many months or frozen for upto 12 months. I use this when making our saturday night tea, firstly i use the paste streight out of the jar to coat the chicken wings before going into the oven, these are lovely but realy do set my mouth on fire. Secondly i put 4 table spoons of curry paste into two pints of water and add the finely chopped potatoes, carrots and peas and leave to cook on a low heart untill the veg are ...  Read the complete review

Some people when making a curry at home will simply buy a jar of sauce and stir it in, well I like to go one step further and buy a paste this then allows me to get the strength and taste of my curry exactly how I like it. The paste most commonly used in my house is Pataks Madras curry paste because me and hubby both love the taste of madras but always find the Indians round our way make them far too hot, so with this paste I can make it a bit milder and more suitable to our pallets. This paste can be used to make a very strong curry if you like them that way but I stir in a small amount of salad cream and pure yogurt to cool mine a bit and also it ...  Read the complete review

I can't think of many British people who do not like curry. Our national dish of fish & chips has certainly lost its identity over the last decade - and I'm all for it! Yes, fish may contain a lot of Omega 3 and is good for you, but curries just taste nicer - and there is so much more variety! Korma, Balti, Vindaloo...no matter what your taste buds like, there is a curry for you. I am normally a Balti or a Korma man personally, but I decided to have a change on Saturday and opted for Patak's Madras Curry Paste. I love this brand of curry paste, so I had high expectations! The product comes in a small 283g glass jar with a purple lid and label - ...  Read the complete review

I would never have normally bought this but someone get me a jar when they had bought one by mistake (don't ask - I know some strange people!) I kept it in the cupboard for ages thinking it wasn't my kind of thing. I prefer to cook with fresh ingredients generally. But then one day we really fancied a curry and thought we should use this rather than get a take away - credit crunch and all that. I was massively impressed. I am an absolute convert. This curry paste is fantastic! The good thing about this paste, as opposed to the sauce you get in jars is that you can make it as strong as you like. You can add more milk or cream and less paste if you want ...  Read the complete review

Patak's make a huge range of Indian foods and accoutrements, notably the famous curry pastes and I've used them since I left home and started cooking for myself aged 16. Previous to that I've been brought up on a combination of Patak's and more traditional methods of currying. The colour in the jar is deep and rich, this as a madras is bound to be darker and richer than some of the less heated pastes, though not enormously. However, it's worth noting that if you have light skin, light clothing, solid wood tables or wooden spoons and white fingernails - they won't be for long. Take care at all stages of using this paste, the stains are evil. A French polish ...  Read the complete review