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Originally Posted by waves
Fenugreek seeds have a powerful flavor and are a prominent ingredient in many curries, esp yellow curries, so, basically, depending on the type of curry, yes, it will taste a lot like fenugreek seed.
However, I don't know what part of the plant is "cooked" - as in what Mari's husband prepared - but i doubt they just ate steamed seeds? I also don't know how much the parts you'd steam taste like the seeds/curry.
We'll have to wait for Mari to tell us more. I am curious too. i didn't know other parts of fenugreek were used in cooking.
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Hi,
I meant to type Fennel
I messed up by mis-typing
Fennel for
Fenugreek. Sorry Ladies.
A couple of weeks ago I was looking in the spices section for fenugreek and fennel. Maybe before that they were already mixed up in my head.
Hubby made two dishes with nearly the same ingredients. The soup contained boxed chicken stock and leaves of the fenugreek:
Dish One -- First he made a big steamed dish:
green beans
pre-washed baby carrots
fenugreek -- thickly sliced perpendicular across the stalks -- I appreciated the "roundness:"
garlic
water
Dish two -- Next he made a soup mostly for himself:
Boxed chicken stock
Pre-washed baby carrots
a little bit of the fenugreek stalk
the leaves / tops of the fenugreek
garlic
Hubby has an inclination to throw lots of things in his dishes. I asked him to put in only a few ingredients and no spices so I could appreciate the fenugreek.
Next we could try slow roasting it with some oil.
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NOW
If only I could find the spice jar I brought home to see which one I have in "spice" form in my place.
M