Asafoetida

[shivvy]

Does anyone have any recipes using asafoetida?
Thanks.

[hippyhoppy]

lol - I read the title and thougt it was a fear of Adsa!! lol

[jack daniels]

lol at hippyhoppy.......... still pmsl!

here you go sweetie, you only actually need a tiny amount of it otherwise it'll cause the food to taste bitter. You add it in the oil after you've put the crackle ingredients in (mustard seeds, jeeru etc....) Asafoetida is helpful in digesting your food. I make a potato and aubergine curry with a pinch of it in there and I make a soup/sauce to go with rice which is similar to the sambar recipe in the link below.

http://www.bigoven.com/asafoetida_recipes

you can add a pinch of it in any of the recipes in this link too

http://www.indianfoodsco.com/Recipes/dry_veget able_dishes.htm

hth

[shivvy]

Thanks jack. Do you know if it can be used in a sag aloo recipe? If so, do you have one?

[jack daniels]

There's some lovely recipes on this site & here's one for saag aloo

http://www.mamtaskitchen.com/recipe_display.ph p?id=10138

have a look through - there are plenty more 'saag' ones too

http://www.mamtaskitchen.com/index.php

[shivvy]

Thanks a million Jack - just what I was after.

[shivvy]

Jack - I made the sag aloo last night and it was great!! Thanks for the info and links. I'm off to try something else now!

[jack daniels]

got them taste buds begging for more hey? lol