KASHMIRI VERI MASALA

How to Make Kashmiri Veri Masala

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Veri Masala is a typical spice cake prepared and used in the Kashmir Valley. It is either made at home or purchased from the market. It is a well-known and genuine combination of various spices used in the Kashmiri Cuisine.

Steps

1. Ingredients
2. 2 tablespoon Cumin Seed powder
3. 2 tablespoon Coriander Seed powder
4. 2 tablespoon Fennel Seed powder
5. 1 tablespoon Carom Seed powder
6. 1 tablespoon Black Cardamom powder
7. 1 tablespoon Green Cardamom powder
8. 5 to 6 Kashmiri Garlic cloves crushed and grinded
9. 1 tablespoon Clove powder
10. 1 tablespoon Cinnamon powder
11. 1 Kashmiri Onion(Pran) chopped and grinded
12. 4 tablespoons Kashmiri Red Chili Powder
13. 2 tablespoon Dry Ginger powder
14. 1 teaspoon Asafoetida
15. 2 tablespoon Oil
16. 2 tablespoon Bay leaves powder
17. 1 tablespoon Black pepper powder
18. Steps
19. Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat on a gas stove.
20. Add 2 tablespoon of oil into it.
21. Add chopped pieces of onion into it.
22. Saute them for few minutes till they acquire a pink color.
23. Add crushed and powdered black cardamoms.
24. Add powdered green cardamoms.
25. Add cumin seed powder.
26. Add fennel seed powder.
27. Add cinnamon powder.
28. Add bay leaf powder.
29. Add garlic paste.
30. Add black pepper powder.
31. Add carom seed powder.
32. Add dry ginger powder.
33. Add asafoetida powder.
34. Add coriander seed powder.
35. Add clove powder.
36. Add Kashmiri red chili powder.
37. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
38. Remove the frying pan from the gas stove.
39. Let the spices cool for sometime.
40. Knead all the contents and form a dough.
41. Place the lid over the frying pan.
42. Allow the mixture to rise and fluff for some time.
43. Take small amount of dough in your palm.
44. Give it a shape of a patty.
45. Make a hole in the middle of the patty or the cake.
46. Place the patty or the cake in a large plate or a tray.
47. Make as many patties or cakes possible with the remaining dough.
48. Keep the plate or the tray in the sun for 4 to 5 days.
49. Place the cakes in a jar or a container for future purposes.

Tips

• Leave the frying pan for more than 5 to 6 hours.
• One might even use the mixture as it is without making any patties or cakes.
• Once the cakes are fully dried in the sun, make the powder from these cakes and store them in a jar or a container.

Warnings

• Do not add more oil into the frying pan as one would not be able to knead the dough of the spices.
• Do not use any water to knead the dough.
• Frying pan must not be touched immediately after removing it from the gas stove as one might burn the hands.
• The mixture of spices should not be fried or kept on the gas stove for a long time as this would burn the spices.
• Cover the frying pan so that the aroma does not vaporize immediately.
• Take the dough in your hands once it is cool.

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