By Dave DeWitt Recipes: Minced Meat Curry Black Lamb Curry Goan Pork Curry Tamarind Chicken in White Curry Sauce Shrimp and Crab Curry Mango Curry Although there is no definitive proof, I suspect that curries originated in southern India because the Malabar Coast of Kerala became the first spice-growing region of India. Black pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, and cardamom first …
A World of Curries: Making Curry Powders and Pastes
By Dave DeWitt Recipes: Bafat (Hurry Curry) Classic North Indian Curry Powder Ceylon Dark Curry Powder Cape Curry Powder Trinidadian Curry Paste The Debate Over Commercial Curry Preparations Many purists abhor commercial curry powders. “They are anathema to Indian cooking,” wrote Dharamjit Singh, author of Indian Cookery, “prepared for imaginary palates, having neither the delicacy nor the perfume of flowers …
A World of Curries: Curry Controversies and Myths, with Basic Recipes
By Dave DeWitt Recipes: Ghee Coconut Milk and Cream Coconut Milk Substitutions Canned Coconut Milk “Curry is India’s greatest contribution to mankind,” claims Norman Douglas, a British novelist and travel writer. I assume that Douglas’s tongue was firmly planted in his cheek when he wrote this assessment, but his comment hints at a wide range of opinion about the …
Red and Green for the Holidays
by Nancy Gerlach, FieryFoodsCentral.com Food Editor Emeritus Recipes: Mole Poblano de la Noche Buena Tamales y Mas Tamales Southwestern Roasted Turkey with Green Chile Piñon Dressing Posole Winter Squash and Apple Chowder with Red Chile–Dusted Croutons Mistletoe and holly are endangered species around here–everywhere we look in the Southwest, the traditional red and green decorations of the holiday season are …
The Habaneros of Yucatán
Habanero Growing Systems Article and Photos by Dr. Tomas Gonzalez Estrada Edited by Dave DeWitt Editor’s Note: Dr. Gonzalez is a researcher and habanero breeder at the Scientific Research Center of Yucatán (CICY) in the city of Merida. The center, in addition to habanero research, investigates and improves the cultivation of other crops as well, including coconuts, coffee, bananas, and …