- Patak's Korma Curry 3-Step Sauce Kit, Mild & Creamy Base with Pre-Measured Spice Paste & Whole Spices, Home Cooking Meal for Chicken, Paneer or Vegetables, 11 oz, 6-Pack

We were totally surprised with the end result which was full of flavor. We absolutely love Indian food so we were a bit reluctant to try this product. Quality ingredients were used and the end result was restaurant quality. Also, as an additional positive the dishes were easy to make.

The first time I ever had biryani was over 20 years ago at a restaurant in London, UK and loved it, immediately. I've tried several different prepared sauces for homemade biryani, but this is the best one I've ever cooked with. And a complete kit, at that. Mildly seasoned, but not "bland" by any means and I was amazed at how low the sodium content is, with so many prepared sauces out there just loaded with sodium. I did not have any chicken thighs handy, so I used cut-up boneless chicken breasts, searing them first and adding them after the suggested first steps. I will trying adding some more ingredients the next time around, but just as it was with chicken and chopped onion was quite nice, flavorful, and super-easy to prepare.

Summary: Great taste, great flexibility, terrible shipping issues. I've tried several Butter Chicken products. This one tastes the best. The 3 kit steps allows you to add extra things to enhance the meal further. Everything you need is provided and portioned instead of buying the enormous amount of different spices typically used in Indian cuisine. I marinate the diced chicken with half the Spice Paste packet and a little plain yogurt overnight. Afterwards, I lay the chicken out on a foil-lined oven tray and place under the oven broiler until lightly charred on the tops to replicate the tandoori process. Set chicken aside. (It'll finish cooking in sauce at the end.) From here I just follow the rest of the Package's instructions. Be sure to include the remaining half of the Spice Paste and add the drippings from the broiled chicken for extra flavor. Optional: You can go even further by doings things like: sautéing onions and garlic before the Dry Spice step, blending the sauces in a food processor and running through a fine mesh before adding the chicken, finishing the sauce with heavy whipping cream, etc. The beauty with this 3-step kit allows you to add your personal touch when and where you want. The Con: I've deducted a star because of the shipping issues with this product. The 2nd time I've ordered this, the box arrived smashed and missing 1 kit from the pack of 6. I was issued a refund from Amazon and ordered another pack of 6. Again, it arrived with the box smashed and this time one of the sauce packets had exploded inside of the shipping bag leaving a horrendous mess.

Very good!

Very disappointed that this kit is not as pictured, where instead of whole spices is some ground up stuff that definitely doesn't taste as good as the way it used to be. The whole spices made a huge difference in flavor, the new ground up stuff is bland. It's why I bought this on Amazon since I thought I was getting the whole spices, where locally I was only finding the kits with the ground up spices. I wish companies wouldn't try to fix what isn't broken.

It was ok. I won't buy again. I prefer the butter chicken sauce in the jar. Also, it was not good that I ordered this during a Minnesota winter. Yeah, it made a mess and burst. Ugh

Super great taste. Love these packets, easy to use and quick.

Fresh and is exactly what it should be. Amazon doean't allow return of food stuffs though.