[Sca-cooks] Re: gram flour

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

There's a nifty book I have called "The Indian Grocery Store Demystified" 
by Linda Bladholm, which lists most everything you might find in an Indian 
grocery, by categories. ISBN is 1580631436--I think I bought it off the 
shelf in Borders last summer.

Margaret FitzWilliam (who really ought to be doing her Java homework 
instead)

>
> When shopping at an Indian grocery, I usually go first to the whole bean 
> aisle, and see what they are calling the bean whose flour I want to use, then 
> go to the flour section and find the appropriate flour. Regional differences 
> in Indian spellings and translation into your local English dialect sometimes 
> mean that the same product will have a different label than what you expect. 
> Master A lives in New York. I live about 70 miles away in New Jersey. But I'm 
> willing to bet things are labeled differently. I've made a handy-dandy 
> reference chart for myself with some of the more common Indian names for 
> spices, beans, and vegetables. A good Indian cookbook is a good starting 
> place to find the names, but be prepared for some variation. The staff at the 
> grocery may or may not be able to help.
>
> Berelinde
> lover of Indian food
>