From elaine@cae-coed.zetnet.co.uk Fri Feb 22 14:34:30 2002 Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:54:00 GMT From: Elaine Jones Newsgroups: uk.food+drink.indian Subject: Re: xacuti spice Quoting from message posted on 20 Feb 2002 by Human Bacon I would like to add: > While Holidaying in India some years ago I bought some vacuum packed spice > called Xacuti. One of my favourite meals when travelling was ' Chicken > Xacuti '. I have since never been able to know what amount to use in > cooking, in fact I would love to hear of any recipes involving this spice. > Can anyone help me. > > Just in case you run out of it and want to make some more, I found this at http://www.goacom.com/cuisine/recipes/ Xacuti Masala (sufficient quantity to last for a year) Ingredients: 1 kg coriander seeds ¼ kg poppy seeds ¼ kg turmeric pieces 750 gm fennel 100 gm fenugreek 100 gm mustard seeds 100 gm peppercorns 50 gm cumin seeds 100 gm cloves 150 gm cinnamon sticks 20 gm mace 10 gm dagdful [1] 20 gm masala velchi [2] 50 gm cardamom 10 nutmegs 10 gm bay leaves 10 gm shahijeera 750 gm small red chillies (ghaunti) Method: Roast all the spices separately except turmeric and coriander seeds. Crush the turmeric pieces roughly and roast along with coriander seeds. All these ingredients have to be roasted without oil on a broken earthen pot (koili). Mix all the ingredients together well. Take to the mill preferably while still hot, and get it powdered. Bring the powder home and let it cool. Put in a thick plastic bag and store it in an airtight container. How to use: For any dish you want to prepare (whether chicken, beef, mushroom, mutton or channa) grate and roast one coconut and take thick and thin juice of another half a coconut. Add two to three tablespoons of above masala to the roasted coconut and grind to a fine paste. Saute your channa or meat with chopped onions in oil, ginger and garlic paste. Let it boil and add your masala along with the coconut juice. Avoid tamarind and vinegar in the cooking, but lime juice can be added to taste.     [1] I can't find this anywhere [2] Think velchi is something to do with bananas -- ...ElaineJ... Home Pages and FAQ of uk.food+drink.indian can be viewed at ...Kinetic... http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ejones/ufdi/index.html ..StrongArm.. Under construction, FAQ, recipes, tips, booklist, links ...RISC PC... Questions and suggestions please, email or to the newsgroup