Hing is super easy. You just put it in hot oil and it cooks within seconds. You can smell when it’s done. Then just add the other stuff and proceed.
I only mentioned garaam masala cuz i didn’t wanna write out every spice lol.
Indian cooking, generally speaking, is easy. You don’t have to measure anything and the food basically cooks itself.
Edit: I’m gonna edit this comment because I don’t want it to seem like I’m making a broad sweeping declaration about Indian food.
Indian food is very varied and diverse. I just found it kinda funny that people were claiming it is this difficult arduous thing and spices are these complex alien items you have to be super careful about.
Not really. Just find a good simple recipe online and follow it. It’s like the Italian food of Asia. It’s very hard to mess up.
Maybe you have different tastebuds, but too much Asafoetida/Hing just wrecks any chance of a dish being palatable
I think you're doing that thing where you're used to something so you claim it's easy lol. literally every other cuisine uses less stuff
Indian cooking, generally speaking, is easy. You don’t have to measure anything and the food basically cooks itself.
This is...pretty much every other cuisine except with fewer ingredients, and ingredients that are much harder to mess up.
I've put too much cumin in my food and it tasted really bad
I've never put too much thyme or garlic or green onions in my food though
Indian grocery stores literally make millions selling premade spice blends and fruit pastes because so many of the dishes have SO MANY fucking ingredients that it's impossible to keep track of them all
It’s like the Italian food of Asia
Italy is a country, India is a continental-scale landmass
For Hing you just need a pinch. I’ve messed up spices too so I get where you’re coming from.
There is a lot in Indian cooking that is genuinely tough. But I think the basics are super easy to learn and can be used in a huge variety of foods.
The basics vary too, I guess. Everyone knows South Indian food is different from North Indian. But the way Punjabis prepare daal, for example, is different from how people in UP/Bihar do.
I just think Indian food is so interesting. I wish there was a way to properly explore all the different varieties and local versions and home recipes and everything.
Oil -> hing, cumin, ginger, garlic, onion -> tomato -> veggies, potato -> turmeric, salt, garaam masala -> cook -> cilantro.
Usually. Different for daals (stop before the veggies step and add the rest to the daal), add water before cooking for curries etc.
It’s simple as shit.
yea you better know what you're doing
I mean you just listed out 10 extra things, also garam masala is itself a blend of a bunch of spices, but sure
Hing is super easy. You just put it in hot oil and it cooks within seconds. You can smell when it’s done. Then just add the other stuff and proceed.
I only mentioned garaam masala cuz i didn’t wanna write out every spice lol.
Indian cooking, generally speaking, is easy. You don’t have to measure anything and the food basically cooks itself.
Edit: I’m gonna edit this comment because I don’t want it to seem like I’m making a broad sweeping declaration about Indian food.
Indian food is very varied and diverse. I just found it kinda funny that people were claiming it is this difficult arduous thing and spices are these complex alien items you have to be super careful about.
Not really. Just find a good simple recipe online and follow it. It’s like the Italian food of Asia. It’s very hard to mess up.
Maybe you have different tastebuds, but too much Asafoetida/Hing just wrecks any chance of a dish being palatable
I think you're doing that thing where you're used to something so you claim it's easy lol. literally every other cuisine uses less stuff
This is...pretty much every other cuisine except with fewer ingredients, and ingredients that are much harder to mess up.
I've put too much cumin in my food and it tasted really bad
I've never put too much thyme or garlic or green onions in my food though
Indian grocery stores literally make millions selling premade spice blends and fruit pastes because so many of the dishes have SO MANY fucking ingredients that it's impossible to keep track of them all
Italy is a country, India is a continental-scale landmass
For Hing you just need a pinch. I’ve messed up spices too so I get where you’re coming from.
There is a lot in Indian cooking that is genuinely tough. But I think the basics are super easy to learn and can be used in a huge variety of foods.
The basics vary too, I guess. Everyone knows South Indian food is different from North Indian. But the way Punjabis prepare daal, for example, is different from how people in UP/Bihar do.
I just think Indian food is so interesting. I wish there was a way to properly explore all the different varieties and local versions and home recipes and everything.
Anyways, thanks for talking about it.