I love cooking and experimenting in my kitchen. Whenever I find a new product in market, I just grab it and try to make some nice dishes with it. Mostly I buy condiments and spices on my own and sometimes I get them for reviews too. I received some masala blends and ready to eat from Eastern for a review. The following are the products which I received from Eastern Spices. They consist of Kitchen King Masala, Chat Masala, Noodle Masala, Bramhin Sambar Masala and ready to cook pouches.
I liked the noodles masala and since these days top noodles brands are under scanner for lead content, I am sure this noodles masala will be a super hit. You can try the noodles recipe given below.
Ingredients:
1 packet hakka noodles
1 packet Eastern noodles masala
1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon chilly sauce
5-6 garlic pods
1/2 cup chopped spring onions greens
1 onion
1 cup chopped spring onion whites
1 small carrot
1/2 big sized capsicum
1/2 cup green peas
1/2 cup chopped french beans
1 tablespoon butter
Procedure:
Boil the noodles in 3 cups water. Add 3-4 drops of oil to the boiling water. Add 1 tsp salt to it. Let the noodles get par boiled. Spread them on a strainer and let them dry for sometime. Take a fork and gently run it through the noodles.
Chop the onions length wise. Chop carrots and capsicum 1 inch lengthwise. Chop french beans of 1/2 cm width.
In a wok/kadai, add 2-3 tablespoon oil and fry onions. Once they turn pinkish, add chopped garlic and fry for sometime with lid closed. Now add the carrots,capsicum,green peas and french beans. Fry till the veges are slightly cooked.
Now add the sauces and mix properly. Add the Eastern noodles masala and mix properly. Add the spring onion greens and fry for 2 minutes.
Add salt to taste. Add a blob of butter. Now add the noodles and mix everything properly.
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The Kitchen King Masala is an alternative to garam masala and can be added to subzis and stir fry's. Try adding it to Cauliflower Stir fry for a great taste. You can also try adding it to this tangy Bhendi Masala Gravy.
The chat masala was like an explosion of flavour on tongue. Salty, sweet and sour - all at once. You can add a pinch of this to your dishes specially salads. Kurkure Bhendi turns great with a dash of chat masala.
The Bramhin Sambar powder can be added to sambar to make a Tamil Bramhin style sambar. After cooking dal and veges, just add the sambar to it. Sometimes we do not get enough time to make spice blends at home. These masala blends from Eastern are of great help since they come in small pouches.
Finally about the ready to cook pouches. These were packed in flavour lock pouches. The best thing that I liked was that they got cooked in 15 minutes. These are really a great help for busy working women like me. I received 2 pouches Shahi Paneer and Methi Mutter Masala. I liked the Shahi Paneer but the Methi Mutter Masala did not suit our palate as was a bit mild on flavors. I wish I had received some spicy ready to cook pouches like Dal Makhani / Paneer Butter Masala. I will be trying them soon anyways.
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