What’s The Most Unusual/unfamiliar Ingredient You Use In Your Cooking?
Posted by: RiceCookersSteamers.net
February 4th, 2010 >> Cooking tips
I am in culinary school and I am writing an essay for my Purchasing and Product Identification class. The essay is about 10 ingredients which are unknown to me… including culinary uses for them, how it is sold, where you could buy it, etc. I was just wondering what the most unusual ingredients you use in your cooking is? How do you use it? Flavor profile? Thanks foodie friends!
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February 4th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Tamarind……..great in exotic sauces:
The fruit pulp is edible and popular. It is used as a spice in both Asian and Latin American cuisines, and is also an important ingredient in Pulusu (Tamarind based sauce from Andhra Pradesh, India) Worcestershire sauce, HP sauce and the Jamaican-produced Pickapeppa sauce [3]. The hard green pulp of a young fruit is very tart and acidic and is most often used as a component of savory dishes. The ripened fruit is sweeter, yet still distinctively sour, and can be used in desserts and sweetened drinks, or as a snack. In Thailand, there is a carefully cultivated sweet variety with little to no tartness grown specifically to be eaten as a fresh fruit.
Use it with Citrus, Onions, Garlic and Cilantro on meat and egg dishes. (It complements those flavors well)