Indian food is awesome... especially if they give you some spice mix pre-mixed you can easily make it.

Yes I've been lazy and not updating but will resume now xD

take it easy!
--evan

EvilTeletubby

Baltimore, USA22261 Posts

June 20 2016 00:23 GMT

On June 20 2016 03:24 evanthebouncy! wrote:
Indian food is awesome... especially if they give you some spice mix pre-mixed you can easily make it.

That's cheating.

Evan, I am disappoint.

evanthebouncy!

United States12816 Posts

June 20 2016 00:49 GMT

On June 20 2016 09:23 EvilTeletubby wrote:

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That's cheating.

Evan, I am disappoint.

Those spice are just way too much to have at home. The pre-mix is used by Indians themselves I wouldn't say it's completely cheating.
It's just extremely ineffecient to try to re-construct the right mix, a curry has about 20 things in it

nayumi

Australia6499 Posts

June 20 2016 01:08 GMT

Nice blog. Chicken curry is always my go-to food when I'm either hungry or broke *sob college life*

evanthebouncy!

United States12816 Posts

June 20 2016 02:52 GMT

asking my friend to comment on how his indian roomate cook

me:
also if u can ask him do indians make curry
from scratch
or do they buy the pre-mix
like a usual indian, not a full time cook

friend:
He buys premix i think

Kamisamanachi

4665 Posts

June 20 2016 04:52 GMT

On June 20 2016 11:52 evanthebouncy! wrote:
asking my friend to comment on how his indian roomate cook

me:
also if u can ask him do indians make curry
from scratch
or do they buy the pre-mix
like a usual indian, not a full time cook

friend:
He buys premix i think

Yes , this is true. Curry mix gets used many times if u want to make it quick as all the ingredients are not available at home quite a few times but many Indian homes also use saperate self made herbs and spices to make curry .it really uplifts the taste after using real homemade 'masala'.

Source: Indian here xD

You did a fine job..it looks good. Curry with jira rice is one of the best things for me

evanthebouncy!

United States12816 Posts

June 20 2016 05:13 GMT

omg tytytyty <3 <3

How might you do the home made masala? I only have cumin and chilli and tumeric ;(

Kamisamanachi

4665 Posts

June 20 2016 06:26 GMT

Nah..what u have is also a 'masala' ,so it's totally fine to use .additionally, u can use bay leaves 1 or 2 if u want ..it elavates the taste to some extent . Again, it depends on your taste ,but bay leaf mostly makes it more fragrant and tasty..u can also add a pinch of asafoetida at the start after u fry onion .

Garam 'masala' is basically a mixture of cardamom ,cumin seeds and other things which u are using as ready-made..some people make it at home using mixer xD.

evanthebouncy!

United States12816 Posts

June 20 2016 07:01 GMT

is masala jsut a word for "sauce" or something? it's like "mole" in spanish (mexico) kidn of?

Kamisamanachi

4665 Posts

June 20 2016 07:11 GMT

#10

'Masala' means mixture of things. we need to mix all those spices together so 'masala'..it is 99% used for mixture of spices xD

Piledriver

United States1697 Posts

June 20 2016 14:21 GMT

#11

We generally use the quick garam masala ( a mix of multiple spices like cumin, clove, poppy seed, fenugreek, cardamom etc.) for things like curries and quick gravies. We use freshly ground whole spices for special occassions or for more elaborate preparations like Biryani where the freshness of the spice is key for the final result.