Quote from: michael.t on March 09, 2012, 05:48 PM
Brought some dried methi the other day and the man told me to soak them first
Does anyone do this ?

Interesting... I've not come across that before. The likes of dried chillies and mushrooms, yes. Methi or any other dried herb, no. I mean, it gets a good soaking during cooking anyway... 

The only reason I can think of for soaking dried methi would be to minimise the chance of burning when adding to hot oil/ghee in the early stages, but I get round this simply by adding it a little later in the process, either just before or just after the dilute tomato paste goes in.

Quote from: mr.mojorisin on March 09, 2012, 05:55 PM
i soak them in a small glass of water for half an hour
it's meant to take some of the bitterness out of them

cheers

Ah! Thanks for that, Mr Mojorisin....

Thats right I forgot  he did say it takes away the bitterness well done and thanks .Always learning, remembering is the hardest thing !