augie wrote:
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> The Indian foods I have had over the years have rarely, if ever been
> sweet. Perhaps your recipe was more authentic than the restaurant-
> sweetened dishes you may have experienced? I never add sugar to Indian
> recipes, nor do any of the books or on line recipes I looked at have
> sweeteners.

Speaking of Indian food - my husband did some shopping while I was in
hospital recently.
He tried to look for "easy meals" and we ended up with a tall bottle of
Pataks brand
"Creamy Korma" ( i think ). I never buy "ready-meals", and now I know why
....

Now we are moving house, so I am trying to clear a few things out of the
pantry.
I cooked this the other night with chicken - it was just *horrible*.
The only people that would have liked it would be "Mr & Mrs Bland", and only
if they had never tasted real Indian food before. God, my cheapest homemade
curry with a whackfull of generic curry powder tastes better than this (