Archive for May, 2009
Sarawak Pepper
The Pepper seed is considered the “King of Spices”. There is the black pepper and the white pepper. Pepper is generally used to enhance the flavour of any food. The black pepper is usually used whole and the white pepper in its powder form. Many of our off-line customers, who are in the catering business, [...]
How To Cook Tamarind Rice
Tamarind rice or pulisaadham or puliyodharai are perennial favourites of the South Indians especially the Tamils. It is obvious that the key ingredient in this recipe must be the Tamarind and this tamarind is widely used in cooking many types of Asian food. But the interesting thing about the tamarind rice of the tamils is the generous [...]
Chettinad “samayal”
The Chettiar community in Tamilnadu India and in Malaysia are well known as thrifty businessmen. Particularly in Malaysia, they are known to have a sharp eye for business. Also they are known as community team players; their teamwork and prominence can well be experienced by anyone who has visited Penang during Thaipusam. In such a close-knit [...]
Turmeric and Its Many Uses
Turmeric is one of the common spices sold at our off-line shop and it is an all time favourite of the mainly Indian customers. What we do know about turmeric is that apart from it being a spice used in cooking, especially in powder form, it also has many medicinal uses and also many other [...]
Harmony Spices
The Harmony Silver Foundation is an NGO founded in India in 2004 by Ms.Tina Anil Ambani. Among their many noble activities is the monthly publication of their wonderful magazine with the highly positive name of “HARMONY”, which was launched in July 2004. An on-line version of the magazine is available at harmonyindia.org. Since we had [...]
