Spice Pastes
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008Red Curry Paste
Should make enough paste for 4 four person meals.
Prep time : 5 minutes
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Ingredients
10-12 dried red chilies. Cayenne chilies are perfect.
5 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped.
1 tablespoon fresh lemongrass, very thinly sliced.
3 tablespoons grated ginger.
Zest of 1 kaffir lime.
6-8 coriander roots, washed well and coarsely chopped.
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Rogan Josh Curry Paste
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Rogan Josh Curry Paste
Makes enough paste to serve 4 people once meat and veggies are added
Prep time : 2 minutes
Cooking time : 30 minutes
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Ingredients
1 1/2 cups water.
425g can diced tomatoes.
2 teaspoon fresh ground ginger.
2 cloves garlic, crushed.
1 cinnamon stick.
5 cardamom pods, bruised.
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh coriander.
Method
Combine [...]
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Cooking Tips – Garam Masala
Friday, June 27th, 2008Cooking Tips – Garam Masala
Garam Masala is an Indian and Pakistani spice mix. There is no “recipe” as such, you could speak to 10 neighbours in a city in India, and all 10 will have their own special blend that is a secret of their own family.
We like this blend below. It really should be [...]
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