Curry is a broad term describing dishes prepared in many different cuisines, highlighted by the use of distinctive spices. Curry generally refers to a meat or vegetable dish that is sauce based and seasoned with a blend of spices often including
turmeric, red pepper and cumin. The spice blends are infinite in number and this is where the fun with curry dishes begins. Curries can be mild, medium or hot and can contain any number of spices or ingredients. It is left only to the
imagination of the home chef to create new and exciting curry dishes once a few basic principals behind curry dishes are understood.
These spice mixes are known as masala, and represent the distinctive flavors that curries can have, and the reason why they are so beloved. The basic curry spice blend can be enhanced with a dozen other spices to create rich, flavorful curries. Further changing the flavors of curries beyond the heat level, if any, is the fact that curry spices can be dry roasted, blended, grounded, pounded, and altered to create new flavor combinations.
In addition to turmeric, red pepper, and cumin, and the spices that can be add to recipes to make unique curries, curry powder, which is common to curry recipes can be made from pulverizing more than a dozen different spices including cayenne,
cinnamon, cloves, mustard and fennel seeds.
ClassicCurryRecipes.com present dozens of favorite curry recipes from around the world. Highlighted are those curry dishes from Asia and India. Recipes include tips to insure success along with a description of the finished dish. Each recipe page includes cooking instructions and techniques for buying storing and creating the spices that create these wonderful exotic dishes.
|
