/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Before cooking, I like to say a prayer to Ganesha

>>19216215
I chopped up my vegetables (there's probably around a third of a cup of each vegetable here)

This yogurt is a bit thicker than I like for raita, so I added a bit of water to it before mixing it up. I gave it a good stir with a fork to get it nice and smooth.

>>19216212
Oops, I forgot to mention those leaves between the kashmiri chilli powder and the yogurt. Those are curry leaves.

>>19216212
Good morning sir

Here's the yogurt with the kashmiri chilli powder, black salt, chaat masala, regular salt, and a little sugar mixed in. I like to taste it at this stage before mixing in the carrots, coriander, onion, and tomato to make sure I have a good blend of spices.

>>19216227
I meant to take a picture showing the amount of each spice on top of the yogurt before mixing but I forgot to do so. Sorry sirs.

Here it is all mixed together.

We are not done yet though!

proceed, my hindu homie

The next step is to temper the curry leaves, mustard seeds, and a red chilli pepper,

Tempering is a technique where you cook in oil or ghee to bring out the flavors.

Here is a picture I took of adding the leaves, pepper, and mustard seeds to the hot ghee. The ghee was a bit too hot so there was some splatter. I quickly took the pan off the stove, stirred, and everything turned out fine. If you burn you spices when tempering, throw them out and start over.

Next add the tadka (that's your tempered spice and oil mix) to the yogurt and mix it in. If you prepare the rest of the dish in advance, add the tadka right before serving.

Mix it all up, and dish out some raita! Usually raita would be a side dish, but I just ate it as my meal.

(don't eat the curry leaves or the red chilli, pick them out)

That's it? A fucking yoghurt with spices?

>>19216212
Hmm, looks reasonable
Please, continue hinduanon

>>19216291
So this here is basically a salad dressing?

>>19216302
Yes

>>19216322
Thank you anon, but that’s the dish

>>19216325
It’s a side dish although some Americans use raita as salad dressing

>>19216291
you ate the fucking salad dressing lmamoe

>>19216426
Can you at least reset my Microsoft password?

>>19216460
It's not a salad dressing you goof

>>19216462
no

>>19216291
fuck i'm laughing hard
you must have some sort of eating disorder

>>19216212

Pajeet is a good addition to this board.

>>19216259
Nice

>>19216215
thanks Ganesha

>>19216302
it tastes really good on rice from what I can remember

That's it. That's the dish.

What's your masala chai recipe?

>>19216973
Chai but with masala.

>>19216215
Om vakratunda maha kaya surya koti samaprabha
Nirvignam kuru me deva sarva karyeshu sarvada

>>19216973
OP here, I don't drink tea so I don't have a recipe for it. My mom drinks tea daily, but I think she just brews tea and adds milk and sugar to it. She might not even add sugar to it these days, but I'm not going to text her to ask.

>>19217040
Why you fuck me I fuck you bloody bastard mother bloody fuck bitch

>>19216586
India superpower 2030! They’ve put anon’s sides in orbit, next step is a moon landing!

>>19216259
Good evening, sir. I have a question about curry leaves: are dried curry leaves usable, or do they have to be fresh?

>>19218712
Fresh are ideal, but use dried if you can't get them.

>>19216302
>>19216212
Did you at least make some rice to go with it?

>>19216212
>most familiar to Americans in the form of cucumber raita
Yeah. Whenever I went out for Indian food growing up we'd always order raita with whatever we got. That was mostly because my mom didn't into spicy foods very well, and adding a little raita here and there would cool it down. So that's how I always thought it was supposed to be used.

>>19219178
>So that's how I always thought it was supposed to be used.
It's often used as a cooling condiment to balance out heat, especially with rice based dishes like pulao or biryani. India is a huge country so there are a ton of regional variations on foods and different ways they're eaten. There is absolutely nothing wrong with eating raita like you and your mom do.

>>19216221
Is actual curry even used in Indian food? The term gets tossed around quite a bit in reference to the cuisine, but I don't think I've ever seen it in any recipe I've tried.

>>19216212
What kind of chef's knife is that?

Did you poo in the loo first, Ranjit?

>>19219603
Curry powder is generally a western term for a spice blend that's supposed to give food an Indian taste. I don't think I've ever seen a recipe that called for it. We never used it in my house growing up and I don't use it now. I do use spice blends like garam masala and chaat masala.

Curry leaves are regularly used in recipes. They don't taste anything like a what you'd think of as curry powder. They have a vaguely lemony flavor that I have a hard time describing.

>>19219663
Henckels. It's OK. I really need to sharpen it though.

>>19219679
I always use a toilet :-)