i love pretending to be a cook and have tryed lots of different recipes
so what i suggest is u post all your fav recipe sites here for guidance ill kick it off with these 2

http://www.curryfrenzy.com/curry/html/curry-recipes.asp

http://www.italianfoodforever.com/iff/recipes.asp

you dont have to follow em to the letter experiment like i do just remeber fresh is always the best (herbs and stuff)