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Traditional Indian Restaurant Recipes => Traditional Indian Recipes => Topic started by: tempest63 on March 14, 2016, 06:12 AM
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Cooked this up for the kids yesterday. Went down a treat and funnily enough number two daughter bought me the book that it originated from, Saveur soups and stews.
PAKISTANI SLOW-COOKED LAMB STEW (DUMBAY KI NIHARI)
A rich, spicy stew topped with bright cilantro leaves, a squeeze of citrus, and thin-sliced hot chiles, nihari is the ultimate comfort food for home cook and Lahore native Zainab Shah, whose mother makes this dish for her and her family. The dish
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I have never tried Nihari from scratch, Tempest, although I have eaten and enjoyed it very much in Lahore 1 and elsewhere, and also cooked it at home from pre-packed Nihari mix. I am interested in trying your recipe, but puzzled by some of the terminology : "cilantro", "canola oil" and "Kosher salt". The first two are clearly Americanisms, but the third really puzzles me -- what is Kosher salt, and why is it used/required in this dish ?
** Phil.
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what is Kosher salt, and why is it used/required in this dish ?
Oy vey! It's explanation you want my boy? ::)
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Oy vey! It's explanation you want my boy? ::)
Explanation, schmexplanation -- are you buying or selling, already ?
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Here we go I have this salt in the pantry I used it in the recipe below,I'm not convinced it's any different to normal sea salt
http://www.chowhound.com/recipes/easy-slow-cooker-bbq-beef-brisket-30796
As for the nihari this type of recipe is the type of curry I like to cook the flavour will be tremendous no doubt
CAB.
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what is Kosher salt, and why is it used/required in this dish ?
** Phil.
Sorry Phil, I've not been here much just recently. I always understood Kosher salt to be like Maldon sea salt, and that is what I use when a recipe calls for Kosher salt.
This link may be of help
http://www.thekitchn.com/kosher-salt-where-it-comes-from-why-its-called-kosher-ingredient-intelligence-219665
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Many thanks, Tempest -- I am a great fan of Maldon salt (one side of my family comes from Maldon, and the other side retired there) so I always have some in the house; I will give it a go.
** Phil.