long shot: Homepride dhansak curry sauce substitute (fenugreek?)

[Andrew_McP]

About ten years ago, maybe more, Homepride ended their 'fancy' range of tinned curry sauces. The dhansak was my favourite curry sauce by a long, long way, and I was first introduced to it by a friend at uni in the 80's. I've never found anything similar in all the supermarket sauces I've tried.

Over the years I eventually identified the dominant flavour as fenugreek, but that hasn't helped me make or find a decent substitute.

These forums attract a wide range of ages and experience. Who knows, one of you might have a clue what I'm talking about.

FWIW I believe it was marketed as a sauce for chicken, which definitely seemed to work best.

Darn, I've made myself hungry now. A curse on my neighbour for waking me and causing my mind to wander while I'm waiting for things to go quiet again! :->

 

[Andrew_McP]

Thanks. The trouble with this kind of thing is that it's very hard to describe flavours in detail, and I lack to vocabulary to explain why this uniquely satisfying sauce was so darned good! I've tried lots of variations, and hundreds of curries, but most -- to my palate anyway! -- are very hard to single out as distinctive when considered against their rivals.

I guess it's just back to doggedly trying anything involving fenugreek in decent amounts. That's definitely the key flavour.