thanks so much for your kind input, @stortebeker! Coconut milk and turmeric are both common features of curry, especially yellow-style curry. I sometimes fry up my ingredients using coconut oil as well, but I feel that butter lends a better aroma to the pot hehe..that said, his style might very well be completely original and individual hehehe have you tried it? was it yummilicious? :)
From your curry choices, I'm guessing you're the type who enjoys very thick gravies ;)) Mann all this talk about curry makes me start to crave some again!!
Oh, I know! I just LOVE cooking with butter...! Coconut oil is is nice too, but it makes your food taste like coconut, which is not always what you want. That curry I mentioned sure is yummilicious, and so I shouldn't even care if it's authentic or uniquely individual. But reading such a great post by an obvious curry expert, I just had to ask. And yes, I love thick sauces of all kinds. I don't know if you've seen my goulash post, where I explained the difference between pörkölt and paprikás. As you guessed, I will always prefer the pörkölt. Take a look if you're interested. (The pics are not as pretty as yours.)
https://steemit.com/food/@stortebeker/goulash-the-most-famous-hungarian-dish-that-doesn-t-actually-exist
hehe I've heard that if you use refined coconut oil, it won't impart a coconut-y flavour to your dishes..I've tried that and it works half the time haha..it depends on the strength of the ingredients you cook together with the coconut oil too lol.. I checked out your post..I never thought about the difference between goulashes till i read it :)