Coming from a Punjabi house, cooking without the Garam masala is unimaginable. As a child, I remember my mother just graciously sprinkle this mix and suddenly the whole house would have the aroma that would immediately stimulate the salivary glands. But I had not understood the whole importance of this Secret Ingrediant of the north
Indian kitchen till I started cooking myself. " Just sprinkle some garam masala" my mum in law would say, as she would casually taste my bland vegetable curry, and wola, by the time it came to the table, it would have both aroma and flavour.
As a keen food observer, I had noticed that the same vegetable made in the same manner tastes diffferently when made in two different house holds only because of the difference in the Garam Masala added. Most houses have their own grandmothers recipes that is a blend of the right variety of a number of spices. The name comes from its meaning HOT SPICE funny enough because its not hot like a pepper. The same mix of spices when added as it is, that is by not grinding is called Khada masala. Many of the makers of the authentic Lucknowy biryani prefer adding the khada masala.
So as the proportions of added cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon , fenugreek seeds, black pepper corns varies, I am going to try to make a little variations of these spices to come to a conclusion of my own. I shall also try to see what is the difference between manually grounded and machine mixed spices.
so lets see how it goes.
Indian kitchen till I started cooking myself. " Just sprinkle some garam masala" my mum in law would say, as she would casually taste my bland vegetable curry, and wola, by the time it came to the table, it would have both aroma and flavour.
As a keen food observer, I had noticed that the same vegetable made in the same manner tastes diffferently when made in two different house holds only because of the difference in the Garam Masala added. Most houses have their own grandmothers recipes that is a blend of the right variety of a number of spices. The name comes from its meaning HOT SPICE funny enough because its not hot like a pepper. The same mix of spices when added as it is, that is by not grinding is called Khada masala. Many of the makers of the authentic Lucknowy biryani prefer adding the khada masala.
So as the proportions of added cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon , fenugreek seeds, black pepper corns varies, I am going to try to make a little variations of these spices to come to a conclusion of my own. I shall also try to see what is the difference between manually grounded and machine mixed spices.
so lets see how it goes.
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