November 15, 2011
I’ve recently made 2 posts on spices and now would like to mention one of my favourite ways of spicing lentils; tarka. Tarka, tadka or chaunk and also known by other names if you look on wiki here, is a very good way of spicing food, not just legumes. I first noticed it years ago […]
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November 8, 2011
Want to be controversial in the foodie world here, tell them not to dry roast spices before making a masala mix. If I hear or read one more chef, cookery writer stating, “you should dry roast spices for masala because it enhances them, giving a better flavour..” I might just scream…quietly inside. It was a year […]
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