East Indian Bottle Masala, How To Make East Indian Bottle Masala.
Today I am going to share the most secret recipe from our East Indian (Mumbaikar) community, that is the 'Bottle masala' found in each and every home of East Indian family. Before I start let me introduce in short about East Indian community. The East Indian community are the true original inhabitants of Bombay (Mumbai) and our mother tongue is Marathi. Bottle masala is a stable masala found in every East Indian home and it is a signature dish for all the recipe, it may be chicken, mutton, fish or veggies. The main key ingredient of the Bottle masala is the chillies.There are three types of chillies Kashmiri, bedgi and Madrasi. The important step to start with masala is to sun dry the chillies for at least two days till the chillies are nice and crisp, then break the stem of the chillies. Then the chillies and the spices are roasted on slow flame till fragrant and then pounded in the wooden pounder called the "Ukli" and "Mussal" that is the pounding...