SC - Bhuna Prawn and Puri

[David Dendy]

>
><< Also where would I get the dry-roasted spices from?  Maybe dry roast
> >them myself or are they obtainable like that I wonder? >>
>
>Most India type recipes (and other cuisines as well) specify that you roast
>the spices before grinding or adding them. This is usually accomplished by
>simply putting them in a small pan on the stove burner or, less often, by
>putting them in the oven. Roasted spices, per se, are not often offered on
a
>retail level, so far as my experience has been.
>
>Ras
The purpose of dry-roasting spice just before use is to bring out the
essential oils with the heat. Therefore buying previously dry-roasted spices
would be self-defeating, as once the essential oils are brought out they do
not linger long, and so the flavour would have fled.

Francesco

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