Re: [CH] Re: Sorry!

Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Wed, 03 May 2000 22:12:47 -0700

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> When a recipe calls for Lal Mirch, I generally grind some of our home
> grown cayenne. Is lal mirch appreciably different?

"lal" = red
"mirch" = chile

hence, "lal mirch" means exactly "red chile", normally meaning "red chile
powder", i.e.  cayenne powder.

Along the same lines, when Indian's refer to "chilli powder" (including in
product labels, recipes, wherever), they are refering to something which is
ground dried ripe red chiles, and contains nothing else besides dried red
chiles ground to powder.
 ---   Brent

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