What is Curry Powder anyways?
We were watching food TV today since we had nothing better to do as we were stuck home in a winter blizzard. This is probably our favorite family channel. It always surprises me how they make it so interesting to watch. They also make it look so simple that it makes you want to try the entire dish at home. Also you get to know so many things about the food you eat through that channel. There are some things I have wished I didn’t know. Did you know that marshmallows have pig skin as one of its ingredients?
One thing that really bothers me and my wife is that whenever they show an Indian dish being cooked, they always add the same generic curry powder for every dish. I am not sure whether it's the same powder everytime, but they sure call it the same everytime. We use multitude of ingredients in Indian cooking and in most cooking shows everything boils down to just the generic curry powder.
I wish Indian cooking was as simple as just using the same generic curry powder for every dish. What is curry powder anyways?
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One of our friends, who is not of indian origin, gave us a big bottle of 'curry powder' to use. Thinking I would know what it is and I will put it to use. I opened it. The only ingredient that I could guess was 'turmeric'. It had a very mild flavor. Did not look like garam masala or any other spice!
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