Instead of buying ground cumin, buy fresh cumin seeds, dry roast them lightly in a pan, then grind them yourself. Replace your stock frequently - like other dried spices, cumin quickly loses its ...
Made with rice or broken rice, puli or tamarind pongal is flavoured with mustard, green chillies, coriander seeds, hing, and, most importantly, tamarind juice, which gives it its signature sour taste ...