Tuesday, 11 September 2012

What Spices Make Dishes Delicious

By Chloe Gib


Texas spices are the ingredients which make dishes tasty. There are lots that both a professional and an amateur cook can choose from. For example, the caraway seed is surely a good option to add to pastries and breads. With its scimitar-shaped seeds, it should make the pastry taste delicious.

Cardamom is another one to think about. This type is being sold in the market in the powdered from. One can distinguish the said spice due to its papery pod and its dark, brown seed. One thing to know about this is that this belongs to the ginger family thus making it a good alternative for digestive aid. This can also be added to pastries.

Another spice is the cayenne pepper. This is also very well-known as a red pepper. Like the name might imply, this is the only one out of the many pepper products which is much spicier and hotter than the black pepper. This adds intense piquancy to any dish without masking its original flavor.

A classic blend should not be forgotten as well. A perfect example is the Chinese five spice. This is the powder that is considered to be a traditional blend of the five basic tastes which is the sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and pungent. This is actually a good spice for meat rub and roasted chicken.

Remember that steaks do not taste all that tasty without herbs as steak seasoning rub. For such an exquisite dish, one can make use of chives. This is the spice which belongs to the family of onions. One can retain the high quality flavor of the said spice if it is freeze-dried.

Cilantro can be considered as another good ingredient as well. This is common to other people as the Chinese parsley or the Mexican parsley. With the said spice, one can expect the dish that he is cooking to acquire a distinct flavor. This is best added to fresh salsas and marinades.

One can also pick cinnamon. This is a spice which is taken from evergreen trees. Of course, it is not just any other evergreen trees but the cinnamomum ones. One can pick between the Zeylanicum one or the Cassia one for his choice of ingredients.

Cloves are one of the well-known Texas spices. One can identify the said the said spice with its unopened and dried flower bud which came from another type of evergreen trees. He can use the said spice as garnish to his exotic cuisine.




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