"Sabji Days" like "Salad Days"

[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, Bhukhhad said:

Methi with fruits? Sorry I did not quite understand. Methi is Fenugreek.  Usually we add them as pickling spices and it is unusual to add them to fruit. I have put them here only to pickle the plums

Bhukhhad

 

Well, plums are fruit, aren't they? I also use them in a mango relish, I make. I know methi is fenugreek. In fact, I said so.

Edited August 20, 2016 by liuzhou (log)

[Bhukhhad]

6 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

Well, plums are fruit, aren't they. I also use them in a mango relish, I make. I know methi is fenugreek. In fact, I said so.

 

Liuzhou

Hi there. I read your response but somehow I still have not managed to convey myself correctly. 

What I meant to say is that methi is a bitter seed and in indian pickles it had been added to the ' pickling spices' for that bitterness to offset the sour and salty. Thats primarily why it is used in mango pickle or here where I have used it for plums. But the 'pickling' part is the common denomenator along with the sourness. So I was surprised with the sentence saying it was good with fruit. In my mind I was thinking of other cultures where methi could be used with melons or strawberries or something else. Not having come across this myself, it was hard to imagine. 

This is why I asked 'methi with fruits'? 

Did I offend you somehow? It certainly was not my intent. I'm just having a discussion over methi. Please that there is interest.

 

Bhukhhad

 

 

[liuzhou]

1 minute ago, Bhukhhad said:

Did I offend you somehow?

 

Not in the slightest.

 

Yes, fenugreek seeds or leaves are bitter. Sometimes, bitterness can also work with sweet. As I said, I use them in a mango relish along with other spices. The relish is sweet, spicy, and only very slightly bitter - a taste combination I like. I've also used with with peaches when I couldn't get decent mangoes.

 

I don't use them that often as they are difficult to source here.

[Bhukhhad]

Nice. Please do post pictures when you make something like this next. It will be nice to see. 

Bhukhhad

Edited August 21, 2016 by Bhukhhad (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Fenugreek is sometimes used for imitation maple syrup which is very sweet.

 

[Bhukhhad]

Wow I had no clue! That will be interesting to read about. 

Bhukhhad

[Thanks for the Crepes]

What is more bitter than unadulterated chocolate/cocoa? Well a bunch of stuff, but you get my meaning. Chocolate is almost always adulterated with sweet and pairs well with many fruits, IMO. The balance between sweet, bitter, salty, sour and spicy makes my world turn. 

Edited August 21, 2016 by Thanks for the Crepes (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

9 hours ago, Bhukhhad said:

Wow I had no clue! That will be interesting to read about. 

Bhukhhad

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotolon

 

[Bhukhhad]

JoNorvelleWalker

Thank you for this reference! I am loving the reading