/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.20153722]

Good morning sirs! It's time for another Indian food cook-a-long. Today, I will be making ramen masala.

Translator's note: Masala means spice blend, ramen means ramen.

Ingredients:
Coriander
Frozen peas (frozen peas are as good as fresh, and they're a lot less work to deal with)
Onion (inb4 someone bitches that it's not a red onion)
Kashmiri chili powder (it's kind of like the Indian version of paprika)
Ground coriander
Garam masala (garam means warm. It's a pretty common Indian spice blend although there isn't any standardized recipe and it can vary a lot depending on who makes it. I'm lazy and don't grind my own spices, so this is just a standard one from the store)
Turmeric (the yellowest of spices)
Ground cumin
Canned tomato (Canned tomatoes are almost always better unless you have good, in season tomatoes)
A jalapeño chili (inb4 someone bitches that jalapeños are not an Indian chili. Nobody complains about using jalapeños in pho, but use one in an Indian dish and some goof starts jawing off.)
Ghee (amul brand)
Ramen

[Anonymous No.20153727]

Poo

[Anonymous No.20153729]

Editors note: Recipe means 'recipe'

[Anonymous No.20153731]

you're a poopy boy aren't you

[Anonymous No.20153732]

>turmeric
Are you using the standard spice pack too? It'll come out neon yellow. unless you load up on tomatoes, in which it'll be orange as a fool.

[Anonymous No.20153781]

Ramen masala is not a traditional Indian dish. Despite sharing a border with China, certain things from Chinese cuisine like noodles and chopsticks never made it to or caught on in India. Noodles have become more popular in recent years in India as evidenced by the popularity of Indian Chinese style cuisine. In the same way that Chinese food served in American restaurants has been adapted to American tastes, Chinese food in India has been adapted to Indian tastes and is often quite different from traditional Chinese food.

While noodles never became part of traditional Indian cuisine, ingredients from much farther way have become part of traditional Indian cuisine. Tomatoes, potatoes, and chilis (both spicy and bell pepper) are all new world foods, and didn't come to India until after the Columbian exchange.

The most popular brand of instant noodles in India is called Maggi. You can get them at Indian grocery stores in the US too, although they tend to be pretty expensive compared to regular instant noodles. The seasoning packet tastes different than what you'd get in a pack of ramen in America and uses .

>>20153732
If I were making this recipe with Maggi, I'd use the seasoning packet and adjust my spice mix a bit. I threw out the seasoning pack that came with this ramen.


Allegedly, enameled cast iron isn't supposed to be heated on a stove (or in this case, an induction burner) without anything in it, so I got some ghee in it before it was hot.

>>20153727
>>20153731
SIRS

>>20153729
Thank you, anon

[Anonymous No.20153787]

If you're curious what's in a Maggi seasoning packet, here's a picture of the ingredient list.

[Anonymous No.20153790]

Good morning sir, kindly provide updation. India loves you sir.

[Anonymous No.20153803]

I always measure out my spices before cooking. Indian food isn't usually "action cooking" where you're constantly moving things around like stir frying, but I like to have things ready to go so I don't forget ingredients.

Above: my garbage bowl for putting ingredients like stems, onion parts, and other junk so that cleanup is easier.

[Anonymous No.20153811]

Tomatoes, onion, and jalapeño diced and ready to go.

>>20153803
There's not a huge amount of spice here. Probably about 1.5-2 tsp. Salt was added later too.

[Anonymous No.20153816]

I added my onions and jalapeños to the pan.

[Anonymous No.20153831]

>>20153790
Good morning sir, I hope you are enjoying the updations.

[Anonymous No.20153838]

If you like watching TV while you cook, I recommend having your TV in a place where you can watch it while you cook. I enjoyed the traditional Indian sport of football and watched parts of the Chiefs and Ravens game while making my ramen masala.

[Anonymous No.20153846]

Once the onions were cooked to my liking, I added in the tomatoes.

[Anonymous No.20153900]

Cook-a-long to continue in an hour or so. I need to make dinner.

[Anonymous No.20154081]

With the spices and salt added in.

[Anonymous No.20154100]

The oil and spices began to merge and stick to the spatula in a delicious way

[Anonymous No.20154175]

Into the trash it goes!

(the seasoning packet, not the whole dish)

[Anonymous No.20154180]

Next up, add in the water and get it boiling.

I used about 2 cups of water. It's tough getting the water right for this. You have to balance having enough that you're able to cook the noodles and not having so much that the dish is soupy.

[Anonymous No.20154199]

Do Japanese people and weaboos get as angry about breaking instant noodles as Italians do about breaking pasta?

I broke it to get it into the liquid in the pan better.

[Anonymous No.20154219]

Final shot of pan before adding the noodles. I'd just added the peas at this point. I did bring it back to a boil before adding the noodles.

Like eggs, peas tend to be one thing that Indians cook more than necessary. Most Indians making Maggi masala with peas would have added them much earlier in the cooking process.

>>20153732
Orange status: ORANGE

[Anonymous No.20154223]

>>20154180
Where's the beef?

[Anonymous No.20154232]

>>20154219
Only one pea is actually visible, but I promise there were more in there at this point

[Anonymous No.20154265]

>>20154223
>eating beef
ishygddt

Seriously though, I don't eat it myself but other people can eat whatever they want. I don't eat much meat, but as you can see from the empty chicken packaging (the yellow thing) in the trash, I do eat some. I think I've posted meat in some of my cook-a-longs too.

[Anonymous No.20154275]

Gotta boil the noodles a bit, but not so long that they turn into mush

[Anonymous No.20154278]

As they say on /ck/, WAH-LAH. It's a little soupier than I would have liked, but still delicious.

[Anonymous No.20154294]

>>20154278
Would eat. (Probably would've just slapped in the regular packet to save myself all the trouble though)

[Anonymous No.20154305]

>>20153722
Have you had the Maggi noodles from street vendors in India, sir? There’s a ton a videos on youtube of street vendor sirs in India making crazy Maggi dishes.

[Anonymous No.20154379]

>>20154175
>not saving the packet for later

[Anonymous No.20154682]

>>20154305
I only remember having them once. It was some kind of cheesy thing and it wasn't very good. I've eaten Maggi masala at an aunt's place in Delhi a few times because I have a cousin who really likes it.

My favorite street foods are probably pav bhaji,
green mango masala (unripe mango + spices), and golgappe.

>>20154379
What would I do with it?

[Anonymous No.20154757]

>>20154682
To elaborate a bit more: growing up in the US and being in my 30s now, we never ate Maggi masala or other instant noodles like ramen in my house when I was a kid. I don't think Maggi had really caught on India before either of my parents moved here.

We did eat stuff like spaghetti with marinara sauce. It wasn't like we didn't cook any kind of pasta or only ate Indian food at home. My mom didn't really care about "authenticity" when making things like American style spaghetti, so she'd often add things like peas to marinara sauce. We'd have things like pasta masala too.

My mom's favorite non-Indian foods are avocados and guacamole.

[Anonymous No.20154800]

>>20153722
yes hello sir! I have 2 questions for you at this time good sir.
how much better does this turn out if you use them Maggi noodles.
is your Amul ghee the pure cow or the kind with water buffalo.
thank you sir!

[Anonymous No.20154962]

>>20154800
>how much better does this turn out if you use them Maggi noodles.
Not better or worse. Just different. The taste and texture is a bit different, especially since I'm not using the Maggi seasoning pack in addition to other spices like I would if I'd bought the Maggi noodles. Maggi noodles are like $2.50 at my local Indian grocery store so I don't usually buy them. I could go to Walmart right now and get ramen for 30 cents a pack. The extra cost isn't worth it to me.

The Amul ghee I'm using is a blend of cow and water buffalo.

After watching this commercial, I am sure you will want to use Amul ghee too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrOijkh6Oy4

[Anonymous No.20154982]

>>20154962
Very neat, I will order some Amul ghee when my current ghee runs out. Been curious about them lately anyway, and that cheese they make...

[Anonymous No.20155012]

>>20154982
Just make sure to check the package/ingredients before buying. I think the ones that say "pure ghee" are all a blend of water buffalo and cow, and that the ones that are just cow say something like 100% cow or pure cow.

[Anonymous No.20155956]

>>20153838
I am taking notes, sir-benchod

[Anonymous No.20156021]

>>20154278
looking good

[Anonymous No.20156027]

>>20153722
You forgot the secret ingredient: poo poo particles

[Anonymous No.20156043]

>>20153781
>In the same way that Chinese food served in American restaurants has been adapted to American tastes, Chinese food in India has been adapted to Indian tastes
fuck me I'd consider going to india just to try that for a solid week. that sounds like it'd be a good time.

[Anonymous No.20156226]

>>20154278
looks good fren

[Anonymous No.20156284]

>>20153722
>Maruchan
the worst of the two. Nissin or bust, faggot op

[Anonymous No.20156288]

>>20153803
>>20153811
just tell the truth you like having it 'ready to go' so you can use your hand to scoop it out and play with it for an hour before you actually eat it

[Anonymous No.20156687]

>>20153722
Indian food is not safe to consume. Fuckin thirdie.

[Anonymous No.20156688]

>>20154278
Looks good. Always wondered how Indian-style ramen noodles would taste different to Korean-style ramyeon.

[Anonymous No.20156760]

>>20154199
>Do Japanese people and weaboos get as angry about breaking instant noodles as Italians do about breaking pasta?
italians dont actually give a shit. only americans larping as italians do

[Anonymous No.20156931]

>>20156043
> Chinese food mixed with Indian food
> Somehow not chili powder cooked in gutter oil with unwashed poo hands
> Press X to doubt

[Anonymous No.20157403]

>>20156288
What does this even mean?

[Anonymous No.20157746]

I should have posted my Rajma Masala I cooked the other day

[Anonymous No.20157974]

>>20154278
neat-o

[Anonymous No.20157984]

>>20156043
Nigga, there’s a ton a Chinese fusion food the Chinese diaspora has created. They have South American Chinese food, Caribbean Chinese food, African Chinese food, Jamaican Chinese food, British Chinese food, Australian Chinese food, the list goes on and on. They’re really good at combining their cuisine with local ingredients.

[Anonymous No.20158036]

OP here

>>20155012
Oops, I forgot to add "but be sure to check" at the end of that sentence.

>>20156284
Is there that much of a difference?

>>20156687
One of my favorite things about posting these cook-a-longs is how mad they make people who don't cook.

>>20156288
That would make a terrible mess that I'd have to clean.

>>20157746
Please post it next time you make it. I love rajma masala.

[Anonymous No.20158057]

>>20158036
I bought Kashmiri kind and boy do they need cooking time. It needs 15-16 whistles to completely cook. Other variety cooks fast. I followed Kunal Kapoor's recipe.

[Anonymous No.20158094]

>>20158057
Did you soak the rajma first? Were they old? Did you add any kind of acid like tomatoes or lemon juice when you cooked them?

If none of those apply, I think you just got some bad beans.

translator's note: rajma means kidney beans

[Anonymous No.20158106]

>>20158094
No I soaked overnight for 12 hours and used tomatoes sautee-d. This particular variety really needs longer time for cooking.

[Anonymous No.20159443]

good thread

[Anonymous No.20159489]

>>20153781
your work space looks eerily familiar to mine
center island
old dining table/chairs
green cutting board

[Anonymous No.20159937]

>>20159489
>>20153846
the same Walmart brand iodized salt too

[Anonymous No.20160012]

>>20154278
looking good, sir. easy leftover weeknight dinner