Do You Use Prepared Jar Sauces To Make Main Dishes?

I bought a jar of Butter Chicken sauce from Aldi because I was hungry for Indian food and had been craving it. The directions said to cube up chicken, season with salt & pepper and fry it in oil & then add sauce. When I tasted the sauce it was bland & sweet. So I added 3 tablespoons of curry paste, some more salt, a spoon full of ginger powder & a fried chopped up onion….it tasted like Butter Chicken after I did all of that but thinking next time I will just make it from scratch.

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MistyCee

I've been doctoring store bought sauces for years when I don't have time or am missing ingredients.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@MistyCee I’m starving for a Indian food from a good restaurant. My favorite Indian restaurant is no good any more because their original cook, a lady from India, retired and they hired Mexican men to take her place. They need someone who lived in India and knows exactly what the food is supposed to taste like.

MistyCee

@cherokeepatti My favorite local Indian place closed down during Covid and I'm searching for a new one as well.

For some reason, it seems like all the new places are Thai or Vietnamese around here, which is fine, but not the same.