Jaifal ... how to handle it ..

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Re: Jaifal … how to handle it ..

@Khalil KhaaN FaaKhta

it’s called ZAIFAL in Urdu while in Hindi it’s called** JAIPHAL**** in Hindi. it’s a NUT so you can grate it and put it in your meat dishes like qorma.**

It is used in powder form not grated. In grated form it will give a bitter taste if you chew on it.

@hareem01

We speak Urdu and we call it jaifal, not zaifal. May be in Hindi it’s called zaifal.

Correct.

@hareem01

^it’s javitri

Correct again.

@Mostar95

My Sri Lankan friend told me that cinnamon, mace and nutmeg are the part of a same tree?

Anyway they are a must for Awadhi Biryani and Qorma.

A powder of equal quantities of nutmeg, mace, cumin and Cardamons gives a very good taste and aroma to these dishes.

Mace and nutmeg are from same tree but cinnamon comes from another one.
Nutmeg is the actual seed of the tree, roughly egg-shaped and about 20 to 30 mm (0.8 to 1 in) long and 15 to 18 mm (0.6 to 0.7 in) wide, and weighing between 5 and 10 g (0.2 and 0.4 oz) dried, while mace is the dried “lacy” reddish covering or aril of the seed. Here is a picture.

Use only a pinch of powder from both. They do not taste good if you chew on bigger bits of them if they end up in your mouth as part of food. They have aromatic value only.