Topic: The Best Garam Masala I have ever come across!

[loveitspicy]

martinvic - great link to a good article - in all hot Asian countries the spices are on the ground drying in the sun - the same sort of effect would be to take the raw spices and put them in a cool oven like has been mentioned - however the spices that are purchased and considered raw are dried already they are not green and raw if you know what i mean - i personally like the spices just ground - to keep what oils etc they have left after being sun dried before packing and shipping around the world.
I see spices drying on whole areas of concrete - turmeric, chili etc etc everyday when there is no rainy season.
Its a point for an individual as is having to use curry leaves etc a lot of chefs have jumped on the band wagon re roasting spices......

best, Rich

[Salvador Dhali]

Talking of dry roasting the spices, which I always do (but in a fry pan), I found this article interesting.

http://www.azeliaskitchen.net/blog/dont-dry-roast-spices/

Martin

An excellent article, Martin.

It fascinates me to discover how things begin. (It's still a mystery to me, for instance, how, after tasting the foul bitterness of raw olives from the tree, someone thought "Brilliant. These will make fantastic oil when crushed".)

It hadn't occurred to me that dry roasting spices was born not necessarily for reasons of taste, but out of practicality to counter the damp of monsoon periods. (And I wasn't aware of the differences between Indian and European coriander seed, either.)

It's only 09:46, but already I've learnt something...

[Unclefrank]

martinvic what a find a very informative site there.

[martinvic]

If you haven't read them, the comments below the article are pretty interesting too.

Some good links to other interesting articles on there too.

Martin

[timeless]

Made a batch of this today didn't bother with the roasting the smell is something else.

[loveitspicy]

The question is " Why Roast?"


best, Rich

[DalPuri]

I posted this a while back 

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7815.0


Frank.

[martinvic]

Sincere apologies Frank, looks like I (and others) must have missed your post.



I honestly came across and bookmarked it in Jan, when I was looking for GM recipes, but forgot to post a link here then.:

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=7731.msg68118#msg68118

Martin