Kosher Indian simmer sauces!

[CloggieGirl]

http://www.seedsofchangefoods.com/our...

I just saw this brand at Whole Foods and would have bought it but my basket was already overflowing. These make having interesting food on short notice so easy. It's hard to go wrong with any combo of veggies, tofu, chicken, etc. The website says that only their Madras and Jalfrezi sauces are heckshered but I'm pretty sure that I saw the Korma sauce in the display which had a hecksher.

[ettilou]

Just found the Nando's Peri Peri products at the Home Goods store In Rockville Center (NY). Maybe that means they will start showing up in TJ Maxx and Marshall's soon. At $3.99 and $2.99, no shipping costs, it's a great deal !!

[makeminespicy]

The Seeds of Change sauces are pretty good but my favorite way to cook Indian is to go online to www.bombaybrand.com and start from their line of OU-certified Indian spice pastes including biryani (excellent), tandoori (excellent, just mix with Sour Supreme instead of yogurt as noted above) and even a vindaloo paste which I'm about to try. Also the eggplant pickles are OU; the rest of the pickles and chutneys are the Kosher Inspection Service (same as Tasty Bite).

[queenscook]

Products look interesting, but when shipping charges are in the 50% range, I have to pass. If local stores started to carry the brand, I'd be interested, though.

[Kosher Carnivore]

Just saw Golden Temple sauces in our local Kroger with an OU (all but one are OUD). Tried the tikka masala. It was a low heat sauce, but otherwise seasoned well. Golden Temple is a Canadian company now owned by Smuckers. So you know, it's got to be good.

[mrogovin]

While at Whole foods to get the Seeds of Change sauces, I found these Indian spice blends, some were OU or OK: Arora Creations Organic (interestingly, it was the spice blends for vegetables that did not have a hechsher). One that I bought is for Tandoori Chicken. However, I now need a pareve substitute for plain yogurt. Any suggestions?

[queenscook]

Search this board for the thread "pareve soy yogurt." Actually, it's just about five headings down from this one right now.

[mamaleh]

Wildwood plain unsweetened soy yogurt or Tofutti Better than Sour Cream. Both should be available at Whole Foods.

[mrogovin]

Found this @ Fairway and am marinating now. Thanks! (I realized after I posted that this was already discussed here -- next time I'll search first!)

[yaelaldrich]

Perhaps I am in the minority, but I found the two sauces I tried (Korma and Tikka Masala) not spiced or spicy and my family really did not care for them. I would rather make my own Indian -- takes longer, but tastes better...

[mamaleh]

I also prefer to make my own, but if I am short on time and need to cheat I prefer the Nandos sauces www.nandos.com
They are imported from South Africa with a South Africa Beit Din hechsher.
Much spicier than the Seeds of Change sauces, but my kids like the tikka masala because it is mild.

[craigcep]

Where do you find the Nando sauces in the US?

[koshergourmetmart]

fairway has some

[craigcep]

Which Fairway and in what department?

[Kosher Carnivore]

Or buy them online at:
http://nandosperiperi.elsstore.com/vi...

[azna29]

Jamie Olivers new cookbook-the food revolution- has a whole page of recipes for indian spice pastes that are really good. You can prepare a large batch of the spice paste and keep it in a jar in the fridge to use to make a quick curry (sauteeing onion, garlig, ginger etc.. then adding the spice paste and broth/water). I have only made the Tikka Masala one so far but it was lightyears better than anything I got from a jar. The recipes are parve and I used a parve coconut beverage instead of cream in the curry. Very good. He has the recipe for Rogan Josh, Korma and a basic curry. Maybe one or two others.

[p.j.]

Sounds great. I just reserved a copy at my library, but it looks as though I will have to wait a couple of months to get it: 43rd for 16 copies!
I bought a couople fo the Seeds of Change sauces on Sunday, but have not yet used them.
Thanks, p.j.

[cheesecake17]

you might try googling the recipes. or check out borders or barnes and noble if you want to flip through a copy of the book.

[p.j.]

Thanks, Cheesecake.
Last night we tried the Tikka Masala Seeds of Change. It was rather mild, although we all agreed that it was light years better than the Tasty Bite packaged foods. Way less salt, etc.
I sauteed a package of extra-firm tofu (sliced up) until golden brown, added some ginger and garlic (but should have used more), poured in the sauce, added a few handfuls of frozen green peas and a chopped up green pepper. Served over brown basmati rice with a garnish of chopped cilantro and a side dish of plain yogurt. Dinner- in 40 minutes.

Comments: Pricey at $4.99/bottle, but a good pantry item to have for a quick dinner. I have all the listed sauce ingredients at home (nothing terribly exotic), and will try to find a recipe for my own sauce.
Thanks Cloggie Girl.
Hag Sameach, all - - p.j.

[azna29]

I saw the seeds of change bottles at shoprite route 4 in paramus. They were near the asian and indian sauces isle. I didn't check the cost, but yes 2 types were dairy (I think the Tikka Masala and Korma) and 2 were parve (madras and jalfrezi). They might be a little cheaper at shoprite.

[p.j.]

Hi! Another report: We tried the Jalfreezi earlier this week, again with tofu, zucchini, eggplant, peppers, etc. The sauce was pleasant - -the best descriptive term I can come up with. It was very mild--disappointingly so, as my husband had made the dinner without adding extra garlic or ginger. I chopped up a bunch of cilantro & put it on top to get some instant flavor.

I am more firmly convinced that it is overpriced at $4.99/bottle.
Shabbat Shalom, p.j.

[mamaleh]

I've found that the best way to use these sauces is to add ingredients with low water content, and perhaps only one or two items, otherwise the spices get "watered down." The yummiest one we do is the most simple: empty a jar of Korma sauce into a baking dish, stir in enough frozen chopped spinach so it is well covered by the sauce, cover, and heat it thoroughly in the oven. You can leave it in your warming drawer, Shabbat plate, or on low in the oven for several hours, and the spices seem to "come alive" a little more. We use it for a side dish for a dairy Shabbat dinner. We use the same method for the Tikka Masala sauce and we add frozen peas and tofu.
Shabbat shalom to you too.

[azcohen]

I have tried them, and they are nice. For the dairy sauces we used the Morningstar Chicken and a little basmati rice, and man, was I in indian heaven. Only problem is I can't find them in my stores anymore.

Also, while looking at the web site, only two are no under the OU, which stinks :-(

[azna29]

These are good but their dairy so they can't be used in meat/parve meals so not really that useful.

[koshergourmetmart]

lots of indian restaurants are dairy/vegetarian so I am sure these are fine. seen them at whole foods

[queenscook]

azcohen--Clearly their website needs to be updated; all four flavors have the OU--they are sitting on my pantry shelves even as I write this, and I bought them very recently. As for azna29's comment that they are dairy--two are definitely parve, one is definitely dairy, but I can't remember about the fourth, but I'm not near enough to my pantry to check. The Jalfreezi and Madras are parve, the Korma is dairy, but I can't recall about the Tikka Masala, though I seem to recall it being dairy also. And they're all great, though I found the Korma a bit heavy (and higher in fat).

[azna29]

I have only seen the Tikka Masala and the Korma at whole foods and they were both dairy. I will keep a look out for the Jalfreezi and Madras if they are parve. Thanks!

[mamaleh]

Korma is OUd.

[queenscook]

The fourth type, Tikka Masala, is also hechshered. I like the Madras and Jalfrezi the best, but all are good.