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Spice Hunting: Kodampuli

I'm afraid I'll never be able to get the stench of these out of my cabinets. I debated for months whether it was even worth writing about them. They stink, they aren't versatile, and there's not much English language information about them accessible to home cooks. But sometimes in the name of culinary creativity you do things you don't want to do, like cook with some curls of sun-dried and smoked fruit that look and smell like you found them behind an Ewok's ear.

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11 Comments | Posted by Max Falkowitz, February 3, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Tagged: curries, Indian, Kerala, kodampuli, kokum, South Indian, Spice Hunting, spices

Weekend Cook and Tell Round Up: Curries and More

For last week's Weekend Cook and Tell Challenge we asked you to break out the spice grinder and cook up some curries to help debunk some of the myths revolving around Indian food. Here are some of our most inspired responses.

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2 Comments | Posted by Caroline Russock, March 24, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Tagged: curries, curry, Weekend Cook and Tell

Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer

I have a lot of cookbooks—bookcases of them. While it's great to own a bazillion books, it's not the most practical thing if you are, say, moving somewhere. But in all my moves, the one thing I could never bear to part with was my cookbook collection; these books are my only possessions I feel are truly irreplaceable. Some were gifts or flea market finds, some are guides to cuisines that I developed a short-lived infatuation with and some are books that I reference again and again. I'm not sure if it has to do with the ease of finding recipes on the web or the fact that I've moved them so many times, but I have curtailed my cookbook-purchasing...

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381 Comments | Posted by The Serious Eats Team, July 27, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: 660 Curries, contests, Cook the Book, curries, curry, Indian, Raghavan Iyer