[Sca-cooks] OOP - curries

[Patrick Levesque]

>A tola is the weight of one silver rupee or 11.7 grams or 180 troy grains.
>The ten tola gold bar which is common throughout Asia and the Middle East is
>the smuggler's favorite.  If 1 prasthra = 29 tolas, then the prastha is just
>under 1 pound troy.  Considering some of the disparities, I suspect we may
>be discussing wet and dry measures having the same name and that we may be
>comparing apples and oranges.
>

Thanks again for the help!

Do you have a reference to recommend using Indian measures?  I'd definitely
be interested in looking them up as well!

Petru