The recipe for the spinach dumplings includes 1 t coriander seeds. Are those meant to be whole coriander seeds or ground coriander seeds? Seems like whole seeds would make for some crunchiness in the dumplings, but maybe that's desirable.
@droplet.. the regular cumin, plus, I would cut down on the coriander seeds as well, most other versions don't usually have that as the prominent flavor. Its the cumin, aamchur and the black salt that are the 'stars' of a traditional chaat masala.
Chat Masala is one of those salt blends which every brand has its own formula and proportions , but the constants are salt, black salt, toasted cumin, crushed pepper corn and amchur. Modernist cuisine (of all the possible Indian cookbooks on earth,!!) as a recipe that I thought is pretty good.
Coriander seeds - 1/3 cup
Cumin seeds 2 tbsp
Ajwain (bishopsweed) 1.5 tsp
black peppercorn 1 tsp
dried chillies 1/2 tsp
toast these at 340 F on a baking sheet for ~ 8 - 10 min until the aromas bloom and then combine with the following
Black salt 1.5 tbsp
aamchur 1.25 tsp
dried pomegranate seed powder 1.25 tsp
powder all these ina coffee grinder and then sift thru a sieve.
Panfusine, where authenticity for its own sake is important, what would be the proper type of cumin to use, regular or the black variety (kala jeera?). Thank you
Thanks, Nancy! I was hoping the author might be able to share her preferred ratios… I live in NZ and sometimes finding the mixes is hit or miss… prefer to mix my own :)
Top 3 ingredients by volume are black salt, amchur (powdered mango), cumin. See Indiabrood.com or Wikipedia for more details. Looks like a trio to little India (if your city gas one) specialty spice store or website like kalustyan's.
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Coriander seeds - 1/3 cup
Cumin seeds 2 tbsp
Ajwain (bishopsweed) 1.5 tsp
black peppercorn 1 tsp
dried chillies 1/2 tsp
toast these at 340 F on a baking sheet for ~ 8 - 10 min until the aromas bloom and then combine with the following
Black salt 1.5 tbsp
aamchur 1.25 tsp
dried pomegranate seed powder 1.25 tsp
powder all these ina coffee grinder and then sift thru a sieve.