i spoke to my resturant owner last night

[ghanna]

Hi, all
Some more information ,just received it through the fax machine.
1- It give a certain depth of flavor to curries .
2- Onion and Kachri  complement each other taste .
3- Some places use it in the marinade of the  Chicken tandoori.
4- Do not use tamarind extract ,lemon juice  or any other souring agent with it.
5- Don't use a huge amount of it ,only very small amount and you will notice the change in the taste it can give to the food , it is like a flavoring agent
Thanks
ghanna

[pete]

I searched the entire spice range at one of my Asian Supermarkets.
I could find no Kachri powder there.
I asked a chef and he said he might know the spice by smell, but not by name.
These supermarkets supply the restaurants so if they don't have it, then I doubt the restaurants use it.
I would have expected to see it in large catering packs even if you couldn't buy it small.
You should see the size of their jars of Pataks and Ghee!!

[ghanna]

Hi , Pete
It did exists , please see reply no :41 in this thread.
Barry gave  a web link.
This top restaurant chef in LONDON is using it to tenderize and flavor his food.
I am waiting for information about its availability her in the U.K.
I will report back as soon as i receive it .
Pete i  will not loose a lot , onion,garlic,ginger,tomato,,water,spices, and this powder or the  fresh fruit .
If i  didnot get the taste  i  will rule it out , at least i  tried.
I tried a lot of sauces, ingredients, techniques, methods, spice mixes before and really i want to try this powder.I always try any thing that they tell me . How will i know if i didnot try ?
May be they are winding me up like you said  but how will i know unless i try ?
It is becoming like an obssession
Wish me luck this time. Fingers crossed.
Thanks
ghanna

[london_lhr]

Hi all,
I spoke to quite a few of my asian friends today and nobody was
able to shed any light on this. Two of the people I spoke to work in my
currry ingrediedients supplyer ( Quality foods ) and nobody was able
to give me any information. They are both from India and nobody has
heard of it. It may have a different spelling but I am still working on it.
Will keep all informed.

Respectfully,
Barry.

[ghanna]

Hi, Barry
MY be it has a different spelling.
I will keep trying.
Thanks
ghanna

[ghanna]

Hi all
No news yet.
Thanks

[ghanna]

Hi, All
This is the first time for me to go through such  a difficult time to find an ingredient.
This kachri i don't know where to find it.
If any one knows ,please tell me.
Thanks
ghanna

[Yellow Fingers]

Hi ghanna

You could try phoning the Cinnamon Club restaurant and asking them where they get theirs from. This is a link to an article about it.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,6903,679989,00.html

[ghanna]

Hi, Yellowfingers
i will be going there soon .
Thanks
ghanna

[curryqueen]

Tried in my Asian store too and the response there was "what is it"?  I told them and they said that all they had were melon seeds and they could not see that these would give "that flavour".  Also that they had never heard of it.