After what other commenters said, I’ve added a corn starch slurry to my curry and made it thick like gravy. How’s that now?

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1. But, why? You don’t use roux?

2. It looks better, mine is usually a bit darker in color but everyone has their preference on depth of flavor. I understand where some commenters were coming from with the cornstarch slurry but the problem is that provides no added flavor and is simply a thickening agent, and your curry was watery to begin with so I’m sure the flavor wasn’t there. How did it taste?

   When I put too much water in the curry I just add more curry blocks, it’s flavoring and thickening all in one.

3. Have you ever looked at Just One Cookbooks’ curry page? That’s what I always use, plus I love trying all the different extra ingredients, my family always didn’t the shaved apple and honey, so it’s my favorite!

4. That’s certainly looking better than last time in terms of its consistency. See how it’s coating the meat and potatoes? That’s more the direction you’ll want. I know you said you’re following the box instructions but those aren’t concrete rules that must be adhered to; they’re more general guidelines to follow. You can tweak the recipe and experiment with different volumes to find what works best for you.

   For example, when I make curry using the roux blocks, I like to give it a richer flavor by browning onions and garlic first, tossing in very small-diced potatoes, and cooking all that down into the curry sauce until the vegetables completely dissolve. By that time enough of the water has cooked out that it’s quite thick. Then I add in additional potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, and meat to cook in the more dense curry until done, while adding in other flavor boosters I enjoy like Worcestershire sauce and chili flakes. At the very end, drop a little pat of butter in to add some extra richness and gloss.

5. Why not just strain it and reduce it down. Maybe just throw in some of the potatoes to break down to naturally thicken with the reducing. Thats how you’ll get flavor and thicken it.

6. I always add a little instant mashed potatoes to my curry to thicken it up a bit (:

7. In order to make it thicker when using curry powder, mix Meriken powder dissolved in water.Some people like curry to be thicker.

8. Looks beautiful