Spicerific
Mar. 20th, 2004 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annuinThere's something slightly intimidating about the sheer volume of spices used in Indian cooking.
Number of spices used for today's dinner (chicken, red lentils and green beans in one pot): 12. Spices used are: salt, pepper, cardamom pods, ground cumin, cumin seeds, cayenne pepper, garam masala (which is technically a spice mixture), cinnamon sticks, turmeric, ground coriander, bay leaves, whole cloves. And I'm still missing one, asafetida, mostly because I haven't gone to the indo-pak grocery store in the next village, and they don't sell it at the regular supermarket.
And this is a recipe from the 'quick and easy indian cooking' book ;) I wonder how many are used in the more elaborate dishes... 224? :D
I also need a spice rack that can accommodate something like 50 different kinds, because I'm running out of space for all the various ones I've got, and cramming them into a cupboard also isn't exactly a handy method for quick retrieval.
Wow. A post about spices and food. I'm sure you're all rivetted.
Depending on whether I still have the energy, I might make a pumpkin pie after dinner, and a new batch of carrot & cumin soup. Cooking is good boredom alleviation, and tasty.
Number of spices used for today's dinner (chicken, red lentils and green beans in one pot): 12. Spices used are: salt, pepper, cardamom pods, ground cumin, cumin seeds, cayenne pepper, garam masala (which is technically a spice mixture), cinnamon sticks, turmeric, ground coriander, bay leaves, whole cloves. And I'm still missing one, asafetida, mostly because I haven't gone to the indo-pak grocery store in the next village, and they don't sell it at the regular supermarket.
And this is a recipe from the 'quick and easy indian cooking' book ;) I wonder how many are used in the more elaborate dishes... 224? :D
I also need a spice rack that can accommodate something like 50 different kinds, because I'm running out of space for all the various ones I've got, and cramming them into a cupboard also isn't exactly a handy method for quick retrieval.
Wow. A post about spices and food. I'm sure you're all rivetted.
Depending on whether I still have the energy, I might make a pumpkin pie after dinner, and a new batch of carrot & cumin soup. Cooking is good boredom alleviation, and tasty.
