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Spices and the Columbian Exhange
Why Christopher Columbus and other Europeans were so obsessed with spices from Asia
Folks: Make sure that you note down the ingredients in a recipe you are assigned to view; I may ask you questions about them. Note, if you are from the Caribbean or East/Southern Africa: No, No, No! The recipes and most of the spices for curries originally came from India (not Africa). Hello.... Wake up and smell the curry! (Do not steal other people's inventions/creations and claim them to be your own!) Recipes
Curry Powder A1) Homemade Curry Powder: Variation I http://youtu.be/qmZDEOhMnhc A2) Homemade Curry Powder: Variation II http://youtu.be/PbToRwYbjMw A3) How to Make Sense of East Indian Spices http://youtu.be/-ogRx7VzqMA Gharam Masala A4) Homemade Gharam Masala: Variation I http://youtu.be/G-xDLR71ZN0 A5) Homemade Gharam Masala: Variation II http://youtu.be/_iidIzqKwjQ A6) Difference between Curry Powder and Gharam Masala: read this document. Vegetarian Vegetable Curry B1) Variation I: http://youtu.be/hNBw9nyR5g0 B2) Variation II: http://youtu.be/KVQz0gxKtOE B3) Variation III: http://youtu.be/gfHCiy-8fzc B4) Variation IV: http://youtu.be/kMMzs54f75c Spicy Tea (Chai) C1) Variation I: http://youtu.be/yR6I1ebjUwU C2) Variation II: http://youtu.be/wL5CWiBiJRo Spicy Veggie Burger D1) Variation I: http://youtu.be/W5Z8W35FEzg D2) Variation II (McDonald's India version): http://youtu.be/rjYNmCZWCs0 D3)
Variation III (U.S. style: Whole Foods
Market version) NOTE: This assignment includes identifying the origins
of all the ingredients used by consulting the chart on select
food origins in Reading M-1 of Part A of Online Course Materials. |