Comments on Indian Food Rocks: Feeding those Cravings

Ameeta, thank you! And I hope you enjoye...

2011-12-30T17:22:47.709-07:00
Ameeta, thank you! And I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Miri, click through to the link on cleaning clams. You need to make sure that you get rid of the sand. That's it! We got our fill of vegetables and then went to town on the protein!

DSM, they let you do this on the temple grounds?! Wow! Now I want to do that! Medha got hooked onto clams and mussels when we made a road trip from NYC through Maine to Nova Scotia. She couldn't get enough of either. Still can't!

Pel, well, of course! The hindi pickle is also delicious with this. Mmmmm!

I compost the shells. Why?

BM, they need to be cooked just right. If overdone, they are rubbery. Not much fun. You can use this same curry for any kind of mild fish (catfish, tilapia) or even shrimp. You could use that awful tamarind concentrate but why don't you just buy a small block of fresh tamarind pulp? The other alternative is to look in Asian stores for tamarind paste. It is almost like fresh homemade paste and doesn't have that nasty after-taste nor the dark color of the concentrate.

notyet100, thanks! Are you 100 yet?

MyGrahak, it's very common coconut curry from the Konkan coast. Traditionally, grated fresh coconut is ground with the spices to makeright the curry but I don't get the kind of coconut and coconut milk is just easier! Let me know what you think, if you try this.

Wow wow wow. Delicious. Honestly, never heard such...

2011-12-30T13:51:33.680-07:00
Wow wow wow. Delicious. Honestly, never heard such a combination. I love experimenting with food and your blog seems to the right place.

It's been so long since I had clam,.this curry...

2011-12-21T09:27:09.790-07:00
It's been so long since I had clam,.this curry looks yum,

I have had clams maybe once or twice and that too ...

2011-12-21T08:10:14.330-07:00
I have had clams maybe once or twice and that too in non-Indian dishes.
Didn't sweep me away.

Your gravy though looks so good that I want to eat all of it. I guess I have to make this amti with shrimp some day. Does those tar like tamarind paste that I get not work as a good substitute for the more natural thing you have ?

Have a very Happy Holiday season filled with lots of cheer and food.

I was going to ask you which mango pickle you serv...

2011-12-19T20:51:49.436-07:00
I was going to ask you which mango pickle you served it with- and lo and behold: you were one step ahead! ;-)

What do you do with the shells afterward?

Have visited you after such a long time and you ma...

2011-12-19T09:25:55.395-07:00
Have visited you after such a long time and you managed to awaken a childhood love - tisrya. My first memory is of eating them in Goa, sitting on the floor in our room at Mangeshi, while my aunt took them out of the huge pot of boiling, salted water. I would amuse myself trying to find shapes in the meat and then scooping it out and eating it. 'sigh'.
Maybe my child will love them one day as much as Medha does.

I have only ever had clams at Gazalee in Mumbai an...

2011-12-19T09:14:55.194-07:00
I have only ever had clams at Gazalee in Mumbai and it never fails to please me everytime. I wouldn't know how to start cleaning or cooking them.....the amti looks so delicious!!

I think Indians, however hard core meat eaters they may be, are used to eating meat as one of the dishes in a meal which has lentils, vegetables and carbs galore.
Each time I have come back from a trip abroad, I couldn't wait to eat vegetables - while there are enough salads avaiable in Western countries, I yearn for the local veggies cooked the Indian way - porials, sabzis and curries.

Miri

Manisha, you read my mind :)))Had some Linguine wi...

2011-12-18T21:48:23.413-07:00
Manisha, you read my mind :)))Had some Linguine with Clams over the weekend and Tisryachi Amti has taken over my every thought since. Have eaten it several times but never made it myself. Your recipe could not have come at a better time. Thanks!!