Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Malaysian Curry Powder


Spice mixtures require a trained and knowledgeable hand to make a perfect combination.
This curry powder is perfectly balanced in flavor and

heat ratio is refined to balance the flavors of various spices.
This is a family recipe that has been passed down for several generations.

Very aromatic, with a mild scent of cardamom, cinnamon, chilies, fennel and various other spices.

When placed on the tip of the tongue the heat of the chilies in the mix spread out evenly into the entire mouth.
This mix is unadulterated with any rice powder, or arrowroot powder.
It consists of pure spices with no substitutes or thickening agent.

This mix makes an excellent chicken curry and can be used to make a beef or lamb curry powder by adding
 some paprika and a touch of cayenne powder.




Curry or curry powder is a mixture of a number of spices with turmeric being the foundation of any good blend.
Turmeric is from the ginger family and it has been used since ancient times to the present in the culinary delights of the East, in medicine and also for dyeing fabrics.
Turmeric has a yellow color.
The best quality of turmeric must have a beautiful, bright yellow.
 It must taste smooth and slightly sweet.
It must not have a bitter after taste nor have impurities or dilutes like arrowroot or rice flour.

Other ingredients that may contain in a curry blend may be fennel, chilies, cumin, coriander, cloves, cinnamon or cardamoms.
Consuming curry powder enable the person to consume a variety of spices that has many health benefits, thus fulfilling the old saying, variety is the spice of life.

In Ayurvedic medicine, spice is life.
Spices are used to cure and correct health problems.
Turmeric is helpful with any inflammation of the joints and also helps to prevent joint swelling.
Research has shown that spices help in thwarting Alzheimer’s disease.
MD Anderson Center in Texas thinks that curry may help to protect against cancer.
 It has been shown to turn off the genes that can trigger the onset and spread of breast cancer and stabilizing pancreatic cancer.
 Much more research is being done into the health benefits of spices and herbs.
 Cultures that have been using it as food and medicine for thousands of years prior do not need validation from the scientific community to know that it works and they cannot all be wrong and ignorant.









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