http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia Share your Curry Recipies and Indian ingredients - Curries Online Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:06:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Moylsie should have gone to CurriesOnline.co.uk - and then he would have been saved from this tragedy :-) http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/the-case-of-the-missing-bhuna.html The celebration of Christmas varies in different parts of India. The Christian Communityin India celebrate Christmas beginning on Christmas Eve on 24th of December and continue until New Year's Day. Christians across the country mark the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day by participating in special masses organized in ... http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/an-indian-christmas.html Laurus nobilis The 'noble laurel', bay, is a native of the Mediterranean and Asia Minor, and has been used extensively for medicinal, culinary and even magical purposes since ancient times. Two main explanations for the origin of its botanical name have been put forward, both of which seem to bear merit: ... http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/bay-leaf.html Ocimum sanctum, ocimum basilicum - Tulsi Basil (ocimum sanctum) is the only member of the mint family which is native to India, where it was called arjaka in the ancient language, Sanskrit. Its Latin botanical names are derived from the Greek okimon, ‘fragrant lipped’ and basilikan, ‘Royal’. Feelings about Basil have mixed ... http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/basil.html Daucus carota, v. sativa - Gajja A native of Afghanistan, early varieties were a purple, dark red or black colour and were cultivated from early times. Remains of early carrots have been found at excavations of early Swiss lake dwellings and it was cultivated in the Mediterranean region many years BC. ... http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/carrot.html Brassica oleracae - Gobi A member of the cabbage family, the French dubbed it chou de Chypre, (Cyprus cabbage), as it was introduced to Western Europe from Cyprus in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is known to have been grown by the Arabs during the Middle Ages. The white ... http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/cauliflower.html cocos nucifera - Coconut palm The coconut is a tropical palm which grows to heights of up to 25 metres. Written about and depicted since earliest times, it is probably the most important of the cultivated palms, with every part of the plant being used in some form or another. In Sri ... http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/coconut.html Ferula asafoetida, Ferula gummosa, Ferula narthaex, Felura scorodosoma - Hing. One of the more important members of the Umbelliferae family, which includes parsley, fennel, carrot, cumin, coriander and caraway, amongst many others. Cultivated by the Babylonians, Greek and Romans, Asafoetida is now grown throughout western Asia, from Iran to Kashmir. Native ... http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/asafoetida.html Prunus dulcis (Sweet), Prunus amygdalus (Bitter), Badam The almond originated in the Near East, then spread throughout the Mediterranean, where it is grown alongside the olive, both ideal crops in rocky, poor ground. According to the Bible, Aaron’s rod, chosen to sprout by God, thus indicating his choice of the House ... http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/almonds.html Piper nigrum - Kali mirchi The Keralans call black pepper ‘the King of Spices’ and it certainly has occupied the ‘top-slot’ in the history of Man’s obsession with spices and condiments for centuries. Greek and Roman courtesans used a mixture of black pepper and myrrh, mixed with equal quantities of two ... http://www.curriesonline.co.uk/currypedia/black-pepper.html