Teach Me the Basics of Indian Cooking

Then do it, osso! Very Happy

I'm certain your health shops will have most of the things you need. (All those artists in your neck of the woods, I'm sure the health shops would be very well stocked. Very Happy

) Many supermarkets here have the spices, etc, called for, so I'm sure yours would, too.

BTW ghee = clarified butter. You see what I mean? A good vegetable oil is much kinder to one!

Forget the asafoetida! You can make a perfectly good dahl without it. It isn't essential.

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Ain't no health shops near me...

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Mung beans may be a trick to find around here, too. I'll look when I go to the supermarket today. I wonder if split peas would be a suitable substitute?

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Or brown lentils, more readily available here than the red ones?

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(...just a quick little plug for the good ladies at Naughty Curry...)

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Oooooo!

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Yes, ooooohhhh!

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patiodog wrote:

(...just a quick little plug for the good ladies at Naughty Curry...)

Interesting site, patiodog!

Some good recipes, too. I will visit again!

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Swimpy, I am no good at cooking. But, if you like, I can teach you how to prepare tea (Indian Tea). Very Happy

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Go for it, spidergal. Is Indian tea different from other teas?

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When it has masala (spices), its called masala tea.

Then there is Jaggerry Tea, Honey tea where instead of sugar you add Jaggerry or honey.

We also make milk tea where no water is added in milk. Tea powder is added and boiled in milk itself.

FYI, Indian Tea is NEVER black unles you dont have milk.

Tea Dips will never work here. Tea needs to be boiled to a hardcore 8-10 minutes until it gets dark orange-brown.

But dont boil it too much. Tanin will make your skin dark. :wink:

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And BTW,

Abt Mung Dahl confusion, you can very well replace it with ANY lentils of your choice. It will not matter with types of dahls or lentils you use, the curry recipe & taste are more-or-less the same.

You can also use mixed lentils if you like.

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vinsan wrote:

And BTW,

Abt Mung Dahl confusion, you can very well replace it with ANY lentils of your choice. It will not matter with types of dahls or lentils you use, the curry recipe & taste are more-or-less the same.

You can also use mixed lentils if you like.

I disagree, vinsan. A red split lentil (masoor) dahl (to me, anyway) tastes quite different to a brown lentil version. Same as a mung dahl tastes different to say, a channa dahl. But, yes, of course you can make a tasty dahl with any of these. My favourite is the most basic no frills mung dahl, for the texture & flavour.

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Yeah, I was wrong abt the taste being same

But wht I actually meant was, using any letnil of your choice.

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vinsan wrote:

When it has masala (spices), its called masala tea.

Then there is Jaggerry Tea, Honey tea where instead of sugar you add Jaggerry or honey.

We also make milk tea where no water is added in milk. Tea powder is added and boiled in milk itself.

FYI, Indian Tea is NEVER black unles you dont have milk.

Tea Dips will never work here. Tea needs to be boiled to a hardcore 8-10 minutes until it gets dark orange-brown.

But dont boil it too much. Tanin will make your skin dark. :wink:

Vinsan, I have to tell you, I had masala tea in Mumbai and I thought it was AWFUL. No more spicy tea for me.

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I had the tea with my friend Shadi in this place:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/113_1306.jpg

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Lovely folks.
I bought some shrimp today with the hopes of making some curry. We'll see.

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Maybe tomorrow night.

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Well, I finally made my shrimp curry tonight. How long are you supposed to sweat after you eat this stuff Shocked

It was good, though. Just really hot. I kinda followed a tandoori chicken recipe but substituted shrimp. I had intended on cooking it on the grill, but it was a little too liquidy and my fire wasn't really hot enough. I finished it under the broiler. I used some garam masala that I got in the grocery store. I know that's frowned on, but I wanted to have a starting point before I tried mixing my own.

So I liked it. Hubby liked it. I think I'll do it again. Maybe with chicken next time.

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Hmmmm shrimp curry with chicken????

Don't come the raw prawn!

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