What's Gunpowder? | Master Chef Season 3

Rana

@hamzanuha

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Posted: 11 years ago

Sachin said he was making an Andhra style pizza. But I don't what gunpowder is, though I'm from Andhra Pradesh (though an NRI). Edited by hamzanuha - 11 years ago

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sleepy

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Posted: 11 years ago

i am also from andhra n even i am bank abt gunpowder.i think he might be referring to garammasala.

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Kalyani Nitin Bujone

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Posted: 11 years ago

Even I m confused 😕.

Gunpowder is used in guns, pistols etc...

My grandmother has lived in Andhra Pradesh also got confused, as she knows the cuisine of that state.

I think he said it in a hurry😆.

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sabirose

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Posted: 11 years ago

I think that is asafetida powder...

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Rana

@hamzanuha

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Posted: 11 years ago

No, I don't think so. He said something on the lines of it being hot. And I think garam masala is more central India-ish, like Mughlai dishes.

Edit:- Correction - North India

Edited by hamzanuha - 11 years ago

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Rana

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Posted: 11 years ago

Found this online:

If you've eaten a south Indian meal, you have probably come across a variant of what is often called 'gunpowder' in Indian English – spicy roasted lentil powders that go as accompaniments to various dishes. The Tamil name is molagaapoDii (literally spice powder, I think), but in Marathi and Kannada we call them chaTNiipuDii, or chutney powders. Each family has some tried and tested way of making them, and there is always one visiting aunt who insists that one lime leaf or lentil or coriander instead of cumin makes all the difference. And so the versions grow.

Read the rest : http://desiknitter.com/2008/06/gunpowder/

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Rana

@hamzanuha

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Posted: 11 years ago

This content was originally posted by: hamzanuha
Found this online:

If you've eaten a south Indian meal, you have probably come across a variant of what is often called 'gunpowder' in Indian English ' spicy roasted lentil powders that go as accompaniments to various dishes. The Tamil name is molagaapoDii (literally spice powder, I think), but in Marathi and Kannada we call them chaTNiipuDii, or chutney powders. Each family has some tried and tested way of making them, and there is always one visiting aunt who insists that one lime leaf or lentil or coriander instead of cumin makes all the difference. And so the versions grow.

Read the rest : http://desiknitter.com/2008/06/gunpowder/

But then I don't see Andhra's name in the list 😕

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Kalyani Nitin Bujone

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Posted: 11 years ago

@hamzanuha.

Thanks for the info.

Now I get that. My grandmother & mother makes them.

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pallavinc

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Posted: 11 years ago

Hi All,

I guess he is reffering to Kaaram Podi, that we have with Idli, dosa and rice too.

Regards,
Pallavi NC

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jyothi

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Posted: 11 years ago

Gun powder is dosa mulagapudi.For dosa and idli in south india they use this.

This is the powderr made of--Red chilli,dhaniya,channa dal white til,hing,curry leaves all this roast and powder it with salt swad anusar.In south India they use this for dosa and idli in the place of coconut chutney.

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