Rogan Josh (Roghan Josh)
A medium dish made out of ginger, garlic, cumin, cinnamon and turmeric. Often made through slow cooking. There are two interpretations of the meaning of rogan josh. One is rogan meaning ‘oil’ and ‘josh’ meaning hot or passionate. The other is rogan meaning ‘colour’ and josh again meaning ‘hot or passionate.’ The second of these…
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Cumin is a flowering plant whose seeds are used in many different types of cooking around the world. Cumin is used in many curries, including rogan josh, as well as being used as one of the ingredients to make garam masala.
Read MorePoppadom (Popodom, popadum, popodum, poppudom, popadom, papadom)
The food of many spellings a popadom is a large round, thin crisp flatbread made of seasoned dough normally from black gram or urad flour that is deep fried in hot oil. There are many local varieties of flour used however, so they can be made from rice flour and potatoes as well as chickpeas.…
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