Jaifal ... how to handle it ..

[sayyma]

Re: Jaifal ... how to handle it ..

very nice aroma in paya salan also in meat dishes,

[MissFreudian]

Re: Jaifal ... how to handle it ..

My mum always puts it in nihari but not in anything else. I like the aroma but have not used it myself because I find it tastes good only in heavy dishes, which I cant make :(
KKF, in Pakistan it is pronounced Jafal and Javitri not with Z...

[Mirch]

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.

[KKF]

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@MissFreudian

KKF, in Pakistan it is pronounced Jafal and Javitri not with Z…

**MF, it’s written like this in Urdu…if you pronounce Jaiphal or jaifal then it’s a case of Ghalata-ul-awaam [universal wrong which is considered correct].

zaifal = ضائفل]**

@Mirch

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

**i’ve seen western chefs grating nutmeg on various shows.

here is one such example…****watch at mark **1:35

[Mirch]

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You are right. If you finely grate it then it is fine. But big chunks of it will not taste good and ruin the taste of whatever you are eating if those chunk end up in your mouth .

[KKF]

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@Mirch

You are right. If you finely grate it then it is fine. But big chunks of it will not taste good and ruin the taste of whatever you are eating if those chunk end up in your mouth .

true…hahaha…but, in that case we would have the option of doing “aaaKh thooooo”