Stories by Moose Spice, Part One
5 February, 2008One of the pleasures of being vegetarian is the possibility/necessity to discover and use multitudes of different spices and condiments. Without the (almost) daily challenge of needing and wanting to create a tasty vegetarian dish, my life would be quite boring – I don’t like repetition in the kitchen, you see. That’s right, we are dealing with an Abuser of Recipies for Creative Purposes here.
Things basically turned interesting after we had bought and actually started to use an Ayurvedic cookbook, which is essentially a book of Indian cooking. After having grown familiar with some of the lovely spices and exotic combinations mentioned there, we started to experiment with other dishes as well and now we constantly strive to develop some real Spice Power in our small kitchen.
I’d like to present some of the spices and herbs we use regularly and I will need a few days to do so. Let us first have a look at two photos, descriptions will follow in the days to come.
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Wow, I LOVE this new series! Keep it up!!!
PS: What is your favourite mix of spices for a “Chinese” type of a dish (vegetables and tofu in a wok)? We use sesame oil and spice things up with pepperoncini seeds I brought back from Sicily
I am a passionate user of soy sauce and do not hesitate to pour it all over vegetables whenever possible. And when I am finished with that, other spices have no chance. Apart from soy sauce, I’d probably use grated cheese (Parmesan or similar). But there is one spice mix I do occasionally use with steamed vegetables (don’t have vok) – garam masala.
Pepperoncini sounds great, though.
Humm masala sounds interesting.. only know maRsala
Trust me, soy sauce (we use that a lot around here as well!) allows pepperoncini to shine through… a thoroughly tested concept, hihihi 
I do wonder whether a day will come when I hit myself on the head, repeating: Why couldn’t I resist salt?!?!? I generally need it much more than sugar
Garam masala shouldn’t be a problem for a much-travelled lady like you: we get it at supermarkets, Chinese and Asian shops here and there are many of them everywhere.
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