Chicken Madras

[shoulderpet]

Not my favourite of the curries I have cooked but very nice all the same

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[pauly]

Nice looking curry SP, thanks for posting. Is it your own recipe ?

[shoulderpet]

Thanks, yes I had a look at several recipes to try and establish common ingredients and then made my own recipe

[Cory Ander]

Looks good, SP. What was it that you didn't like, so much, about it?

[shoulderpet]

I'm not sure, I can't quite put my finger on it, I'm wondering if I needed to add more sugar.

I put half a teaspoon in it, when I had my Ceylon last week that struck me as tasting kind of like a Madras just with coconut, my Ceylon had 2 tsp of sugar so maybe I should try upping the sugar in the Madras to 1 or even 1.5 TSP sugar, I have noticed with curries that when you add sugar it doesn't just sweeten then it changes the character of the curry.

[pauly]

I have noticed with curries that when you add sugar it doesn't just sweeten then it changes the character of the curry.

I totally agree, the balance between salt & sugar is critical to the final taste. I usually add 2 teaspoons of sugar to a Madras.

[shoulderpet]

Thanks, I will try adding 2 tsp sugar, do you think I should up the salt content? I used quarter teaspoon of salt, I'm thinking maybe half teaspoon would work better

[pauly]

It's all probably a question of personal taste, usually I add 3/4 to 1tsp of salt, perhaps more if there is a lot of vegetables like spinach or potatoes.

Just add a little at a time & keep tasting as you go.