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If you don't have the freezer space for a decent batch of base you can do it a meal at a time by cooking an onion in a bit of water and blending. You then fry off the onion until caramelised then add the spices, meat then the onion cooking water bit by bit to to make a sauce to your desired thickness.

Check out Al's kitchen https://www.youtube.com/@AlsKitchen for some really good takeaway recipes, there's also Latif's inspired https://www.youtube.com/@LatifsInspired for some homestyle and takeaway recipes. I make everything now, having started a food business and dealing with the EHO you get to see some of the hovels they have to visit and have no trust in them to put food before profit. For Chinese, check out Chin & Choo https://www.youtube.com/@ZiangsFoodWorkshop

They still have them, pistachio and cashews in my local Lidl