Toast or dry roast the whole coriander seeds, cool and store in a jar, use a pepper mill to dispense.
Coriander leaves (cilantro in other countries), are known to be good for the kidneys in the Indian system of medicine, use them at serving time.
You can grow them in a pot or small part of your kitchen garden, add basil and curry leaves while you are at it.
Coriander leaves (cilantro in other countries), are known to be good for the kidneys in the Indian system of medicine, use them at serving time.
You can grow them in a pot or small part of your kitchen garden, add basil and curry leaves while you are at it.
I like my steak tartare medium rear.
Carpaccio is delicious... you ought to try "sushi" carpaccio. With yuzu... it's out of this World.
Pare! Down here banana ketchup is available in just about every "asian" supermarket.. and even some anglo ones. Even the Mexicans will carry it. You don't have to search for a Filipino supermarket... Just for fusion... I add a touch of sriracha to it, it makes the lumpia so much better.
But, just as it may be, we don't have to drive to LA County to get our Mamon.... we got a very large Filipino super a few miles from home.
Carpaccio is delicious... you ought to try "sushi" carpaccio. With yuzu... it's out of this World.
Pare! Down here banana ketchup is available in just about every "asian" supermarket.. and even some anglo ones. Even the Mexicans will carry it. You don't have to search for a Filipino supermarket... Just for fusion... I add a touch of sriracha to it, it makes the lumpia so much better.
But, just as it may be, we don't have to drive to LA County to get our Mamon.... we got a very large Filipino super a few miles from home.
Yes, ground or minced, I tend to fully cook.
The Carpaccio I make is always a bastardization without compromise.
I am all over the map with the flavours, most of which are a big departure from the original.
I use both lime and grapefruit so I think they would be somewhat similar to yuzu.
The Carpaccio I make is always a bastardization without compromise.
I am all over the map with the flavours, most of which are a big departure from the original.
I use both lime and grapefruit so I think they would be somewhat similar to yuzu.
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Try this, you can use it in lieu of wasabi.
https://www.amazon.com/Yuzu-Kosho-J...96-a497-af6f26ae058a&pd_rd_i=B0012X1MJ2&psc=1
Try this, you can use it in lieu of wasabi.
https://www.amazon.com/Yuzu-Kosho-J...96-a497-af6f26ae058a&pd_rd_i=B0012X1MJ2&psc=1
1. UFC banana ketchup imported from USA, 320 grams (10 oz.), nearly $5.
2. Amazon is saying no stock for a brand called Juran, 12 oz. / 340 gram bottles.
I will ask my local exotic food guy, I need to send paani puri and sweet n sour chutney powders to Hyderabad...a trip to his shop is due in any case.
They are dry powder, very convenient, taste is nearly adequate, within limits of acceptance, 25 cents each!
And a lot less work than the real chutney, I start with boiling tamarind, jaggery, black salt, ginger, cumin, reducing it, and straining the pulp, that is chutney.
Chutney is added to a coriander mint paste based water.
Takes several hours.
That water is left to steep in the fridge for at least a day, then used.
2. Amazon is saying no stock for a brand called Juran, 12 oz. / 340 gram bottles.
I will ask my local exotic food guy, I need to send paani puri and sweet n sour chutney powders to Hyderabad...a trip to his shop is due in any case.
They are dry powder, very convenient, taste is nearly adequate, within limits of acceptance, 25 cents each!
And a lot less work than the real chutney, I start with boiling tamarind, jaggery, black salt, ginger, cumin, reducing it, and straining the pulp, that is chutney.
Chutney is added to a coriander mint paste based water.
Takes several hours.
That water is left to steep in the fridge for at least a day, then used.
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Is you black salt the same as our black lava? ie: salt and charcoal? If so, I really like what you can do with it.
Kala Namak, the Indian black salt has quite a pungent sulphuric (eggy) stinky smell🥚🥚🥚
Black / pink salt is described here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kala_namak
The rock salt from the Himalayas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_salt
I use the black salt in addition to regular salt, it can be too strong....one popular laxative here consists mostly of sienna pods and black salt.
The usual serving is a pinch or two per head.
It is added as a flavor enhancer to roasted peanuts here, and some spicy packed snacks as well.
It is described as being cooked in pots from rock or sea salt with some additives which give it the characteristic color and flavor.
Short remedy for gassy or burpy feeling is to add a quarter teaspoon of either kala namak + roast cumin powder, or chaat masala to a glass of club soda.
There are also available masala soda syrups and flavors, and a soft drink called "Rim Zim" (supply is erratic), which has the similar flavours.
Fennel seeds powder is also added at times as a digestive enhancing agent.
The rock salt from the Himalayas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_salt
I use the black salt in addition to regular salt, it can be too strong....one popular laxative here consists mostly of sienna pods and black salt.
The usual serving is a pinch or two per head.
It is added as a flavor enhancer to roasted peanuts here, and some spicy packed snacks as well.
It is described as being cooked in pots from rock or sea salt with some additives which give it the characteristic color and flavor.
Short remedy for gassy or burpy feeling is to add a quarter teaspoon of either kala namak + roast cumin powder, or chaat masala to a glass of club soda.
There are also available masala soda syrups and flavors, and a soft drink called "Rim Zim" (supply is erratic), which has the similar flavours.
Fennel seeds powder is also added at times as a digestive enhancing agent.
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Okay the one we have here is from Hawaii and is nothing more than salt stained with activated carbon. I don’t think I have seen real black salt before.
You might get Himalayan pink salt at an Indian store, chaat masala is also interesting, I sprinkle it on chopped fruit like bananas and papaya.
Or ask the owner for Kaala namak, it is about 75 cents a kilo here as blocks.
Get powder, a small 100 grams or so.
Chunks can break mixer blades...do not attempt that....or dry turmeric for that matter
Or ask the owner for Kaala namak, it is about 75 cents a kilo here as blocks.
Get powder, a small 100 grams or so.
Chunks can break mixer blades...do not attempt that....or dry turmeric for that matter
I keep one of my 'pepper' mills filled with coriander and white pepper, about two to one.
You could ask in your circle, it seems many Indians live in your area, it is a fairly common item.
Sometimes used to enhance the flavor of buttermilk also.
Sometimes used to enhance the flavor of buttermilk also.
We're waiting for the cold weather, the kilo I bought will come in useful for de-icing the driveway🙂
A kilo of salt for the driveway! Around here it comes in small 50 pound bags, as most folks don’t like the hundred pound bags.
I usually buy a pallet for my shop. Although my forklift can handle two tons, the salt comes on a one ton palate.
Of course we remove the snow first and only salt where there is ice.
The problem is that there is a bus stop next to my building and the folks who wait there stomp down the snow and help make ice 24 hours a day.
I usually buy a pallet for my shop. Although my forklift can handle two tons, the salt comes on a one ton palate.
Of course we remove the snow first and only salt where there is ice.
The problem is that there is a bus stop next to my building and the folks who wait there stomp down the snow and help make ice 24 hours a day.
It is ubiquitous here. They make lamps outta the stuff for goodness sake. Any store selling table salt also has Himalayan salt
I have coffee grinders used only as spice mils but these are electric not hand grind.
Around here it comes in 1 tonne piles they leave behind in shopping mall parking lots on Friday night as they don't wish to return to the shop and unload. I just go fill a bunch of 20L buckets and have enough for more than a year.