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Do Spices go off ???
Hi all, made a meal last weekend for a friend, it was a Thai potato curry and a recipe I have used many times successfully but this time it was disgusting, the sauce had a bitter nasty taste and I can't figure out why?
It involved grinding coriander and fennel seeds and adding them to garlic onion and chilli and then adding pandan leaf, curry leaf and ground up yellow mustard seeds and turmeric followed by coconut milk (which was a cheap store bought can) and potato and tofu. Now all I can think of is that it either came from the seeds which I've had for a while or the cheap coconut milk? Any thoughts? Edited to say I did add Fenugreek seeds where the recipe called for a pinch but I threw in a handful, now read they are very bitter, sounds like this could have been the culprit ?? |
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They don't go off but they do lose their flavour. I think you're right, those fenugreek seeds are very bitter.
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Definately the fenugreek. You can get fenugreek leaves too and have to use both soaringly.
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Definately the fenugreek. You can get fenugreek leaves too and have to use both soaringly.
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spices will lose flavour over time. You curries will basically taste powderer. You should be able to store ready milled spices for around 3 months in a air tight jar.
And yes fenugreek will be bitter, I believe its related to spinach family. Use it sparingly. |
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I find fenugreek hard to find locally. None of the shops sell it. I had to order it on amazon.
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I find fenugreek hard to find locally. None of the shops sell it. I had to order it on amazon.
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Definately the fenugreek. You can get fenugreek leaves too and have to use both soaringly.
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Soaringly or sparingly?
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Jars of spices tend to 'be good' for about six months, stored in a cupboard, according to an Indian recipe book I've been reading.
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