Quote from: ifindforu on December 15, 2011, 12:34 PM

Quote from: Masala Mark on December 14, 2011, 11:35 PM
Hi Terry,

Sorry for the delay but I found out I can't import unless it is commercially packaged even for amounts of 1kg  or less which leaves me high and dry here in Australia unfortunately.

Interesting that there is no turmeric in it, most of the mix powders seem to have loads of it in it. At the restaurant here where I work, not that we use mixed powder, but in our masalas that go into the gravies, very little turmeric is actually used.

Regards,
Mark
the eastern star curry powder has more than enough turmaric

QuoteQuote from: ifindforu on Today at 10:28:36 PM

    Quote from: hotstuff09 on Today at 10:17:49 PM

        Am I dreaming or on some earlier thread somewhere, It was said that this spice mix had no haldi (turmeric) in it.
        Sorry Terry, no offence, but I am just a tad confused

        HS

    NO LES CANT REMEMBER SAYING NO HALDI AS HALDI IS IN THE CURRY POWDER BUT AFTER SPEAKING WITH MY BOSS
    HE TOLD ME THE SPICE MIX HE MAKES AND ITS AS IVE PUT DOWN ITS JUST CLEARING UP EARLIER POSTS,  BUT THIS IS IT. DO NOT REDUCE THE GARAM MASALA BUT ONE COULD INCREASE IT , IF YOU FEEL YOU WANT TO REDUCE THE OTHER THEN FEEL FREE TO DO SO
    AS EXPERIMENTING WOULD BRING FRESH THOUGHTS TAKE CARE LES

Nadolig Llawen Terry  ;D

Pob Hwyl , Frank 

Cheers Mick,
I do like something i can hold in me hands
was tempted with the pdf but to date, have NEVER paid for software

Frank.

Hi Mick, regarding your book.
    You say "Measuring 8 x 8 inch so it will lay open on your kitchen worktop when you use it."

Does this mean it has a ring binder, and perhaps laminated?
Also, how many pages?
Cheers, Frank 

http://www.sospici.co.uk/index.html

another forum eh? :

Interesting to see that the coconut block turns into a brown paste in the microwave to make kerisik. ;D

Why you need a scale: the salt story


 

Here?s the visual: a recipe calls for a tablespoon of salt. Currently in my house I have three kinds of salt: Diamond Kosher, Maldon Salt Crystals and some very fine grain Japanese sea salt (I?m not being esoteric, I have a Japanese grocery store across the street and their sea salt is cheap.)  I measured out one level tablespoon of salt and then weighed them:

19 g sea salt

12.5 g salt crystals

9 g kosher salt

It's a little more than twice the volume of salt if I used sea salt instead of kosher salt. Wonder why that chicken recipe you made came out so salty?

taken from here:
http://aromacucina.typepad.com/aroma_cucina/2009/12/why-you-need-a-scale-the-salt-story.html

@ george, "surely" was meant in jest, i just forgot to add the ? and 
its a good possibility though as both products dont specify anything other than curry powder. worth a punt if i ever see it anywhere or even an email to the company

on the subject of small wonders, here are 2 empty pots which ive saved for over 20 years for the ingredients and recipes on the back.  at the time they made the best  curry i had ever cooked.


Chicken Masala ingredients: coriander seeds, cumin seeds, mustard, turmeric, red pepper, salt, bay leaves, garlic, onions, ginger, fenugreek, citric acid, cloves, cinnamon, wheat flour, veg oil.

Meat Masala ingredients: coriander, cumin, fenugreek, mustard, bay leaves, chillies, salt, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, garlic, onion, flour, edible oil.


Cheers, Frank. 

After some investigative googling i eventually found this                                             

i was searching for some info on eastern star and found the company website British Pepper and Spice.

http://www.britishpepper.co.uk/products_foodservices.php

http://www.britishpepper.co.uk/products_retail.php

Theres a few interesting products amonst some of their ranges and what intrigues me is the fact that theyre ALL based and made in the same factory
Surely this small tub of millstone curry powder is going to be the same as the 10kg eastern star.

  Merry Christmas to all  ;D and...........                                                   

                                                               
                                                                                                                                   Frank.