How to make Chat Masala at your Home?

If you cook, you can tell the difference between a readymade Chat Masala and a homemade preparation. Many Spice manufacturing companies like Sterling Groceries produce quality spices but homemade preparations have a distinct taste and fragrance.

Making Chat Masala at home is easy than you think. We tell you the basics ingredients and method for home preparation of the spice powder.

Ingredients (make for 3-4 cups) (courtesy: ecurry.com)

·         4 tablespoon Coriander Seeds

·         4 teaspoon roasted cumin powder

·         1.5 teaspoon carom seeds

·         2.5-3 tablespoon black salt/Kala Namak/rock salt

·         5 red dried chilies, stems removed

·         3 teaspoon dried mango powder/Amchur

·         A very generous pinch of Hing/Asafoetida (about 1/4 teaspoon)

·         1/2 teaspoon dried ginger powder

·         1.5 teaspoon ground black pepper

·         1 teaspoon dried mint (optional)

·         2-3 teaspoons Kashmiri red chili powder/paprika (optional, for a nice bright color)

Method

Step 1: Roasting

For a start, roast the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, and carom seeds at low flame. After few minutes, check out for an aromatic fragrance and darker shade of the seeds.

Step 2: Cooling

If you feel, the seeds are warm enough, remove them from the flame and let cool. Make sure, you do not cool the mixture below room temperature.

Step 3: Grinding

Grind them collectively till they are densely powdered.

Some more things to remember

·         Preparation time: 5-10 minutes

·         Cooking Time: 5-10 minutes

·         Serves: Make for 3-4 cups

·         Shelf Life: For (freshness and fragrance) Use within a month or otherwise, they can be edible for months.

Variations of taste

Individual’s tastes vary, so it is suggested that quantity of the ingredients must be chosen according to one’s taste.

Spice Up Your Cuisine with Herbs & Spices

Indian cuisine perhaps uses more spices than any other cuisine in the world. Most commonly used spices such as curry powder, chilli powder, coriander seed, and turmeric powder have gained an important place in Indian kitchen over a time. Notwithstanding the growing prices of Indian spices in intercontinental food markets, the demand is constantly mounting with time. Indian spices have savory taste, bright color, sensational aroma, and different flavor that add richness to the north as well as south Indian recipes masala.

Apart from enhancing the taste of food, the spices are also found to have varied medicinal benefits. Their ability to kill harmful bacteria made them well-known for curing as well as treating many health problems. Some of the commonly available spices used for their curative properties are

1. Turmeric Powder: Turmeric has anti- inflammatory qualities and widely used to give relief as well as prevent from heart disease, smoking related diseases, arthritis, and also helps body to destroy mutated cancer cells.

2. Coriander Seed: Coriander has many health benefits. One of the known benefits is that coriander is very popular to lower blood sugar by stimulating the secretion of insulin. It also protects from urinary tract infections. Besides, coriander helps the heart by lowering bad cholesterol and increasing good cholesterol as well.

3. Chilli Powder: Chilli is a body slimmer. It is best healthy seasoning, with sufficient amounts of varied beneficial nutrients. Also, research shows that capsaicin that is hugely found in chilli peppers, has an anti-inflammatory effect that helps ease arthritic swelling and pain.

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Furthermore, spices are also used in almost every household on a daily basis.  By knowing this, PRS Spices offers a wide array of spices & herbs to spark your cuisine at industry leading prices. Besides, selling spices at reasonable prices, our aim is to make your shopping easy as well as enjoyable. With our utmost satisfaction, there is nothing to lose when you buy spices from us.

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Spices & Herbs to Spice up Indian Recipes

Indian cuisine possibly uses more spices than any other cuisine in the world. Most commonly used spices & herbs like turmeric powder, chilli powder, and coriander seeds have gained an integral place in Indian recipes over a time. Not withstanding the rising prices of Indian spices in international food markets, the demand is consistently increasing with time. Indian spices and seasonings have peculiar aroma and taste that add richness to the north Indian as well as south Indian recipes.

In addition to this Indian, herbs, spices and seasonings also have healing properties that ensures effectiveness of home remedies. Turmeric is used most prominently to cure pain and chilli helps to improve the metabolism rate of a body. Be it non-vegetarian or vegetarian recipes, spices & herbs significantly add in to the taste and aroma. For instance, if you are roasting a chicken, the first thing that comes to your mind is its spicy taste and aroma, this comes with spices like chilli powder, paprika, ground coriander seed, ground cumin, ground pepper etc. Vegetable curries in India are unfinished without the essence of curry powder that bestows tangy, hot and amalgamating flavors to your cooking recipes. A good cook should know the versatile flavors of spices; this quality makes him or her to use spices for enhancing the taste of the Indian recipes. The most of the spices, which have been used since the very beginning, are originated in various regions of south India. However, some non-traditional ingredients like paprika, Mexican chillies, soy sauce, sage, thyme, lemon grass, sambal paste, wasabi, and tarragon also compliment Indian cuisine with its aroma.

In India, most of the people usually store spices at their homes and use it in almost every homemade recipe and even in tea. It is suggested that to preserve the good quality of spices, one must store it in airtight containers in a dark, cool, dry location. Keep all spices and herb away from heat. Heat, air, and excessive light cause the aromatic oils in the herbs and spices to evaporate which in turn destroys the pleasant flavor we so desire.

Good quality and pure spices can certainly bestow a delicious and healthy experience to the food lovers, hence before purchasing seasonings for your home check whether the quality standards are being met or not. Manufacturers & exporters of Indian species focus on quality and purity to gain good reputation in the food markets. PRS Spices is one of the leading suppliers of turmeric powder, chilli powder, and vegetarian & non-vegetarian curry powder. “PRS spices” is also one of the most popular fenugreek suppliers that focus on purity aspect of seasonings.