Word: cardamom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...look at the other side. As every Middle East hand knows, Arab (or Turkish) coffee, especially when spiced with cardamom, is among the best in the world. But when did Arabs last win a war? Or the Italians, who have given the world the Gaggia and the macchiato? Indeed, the Muslim states are the best case in point. Arab power was done in for good when Ferdinand and Isabella demolished the last Moorish stronghold on Iberian soil in 1492. This was no accident, comrades, as the Soviets used to say. It so happens that qahwa came into widespread use throughout...
...first taste of India's cuisine was a revelation, experienced in my early 20s when some Indian friends staved off homesickness by cooking lamb curry, yellow daal (lentils), puffs of poori (deep-fried bread) and other dishes. The evocative spices, the heady scent of cardamom and curry, the pungent bite of pickles comforted them. To me, it was all new, all exciting...
...marinade and blushed bright red from the tandoor, was nonetheless moist inside. Trout, Vinod Kapoor said, baked in the coolest of the three tandoor ovens, tasted quite wonderful, as thought it had been smoked. The spicing on this Kashmiri dish was subtle, just a hint of curry, possibly of cardamom, and the slightly crisped flesh tender...
Luckily, the chilled rice pudding, as soothing as a baby's dessert and flavored with lots of cardamom, restored the spirit. Many Indian desserts are too sweet for me, but this was just right, with a rich creamy taste and texture...
Dessert, however, is worth waiting for, as long as it's the Badami Kheer ($2.25), a chilled rice pudding flavored with cardamom, almonds and raisins. Simply said, it was perfect. Its price will not sap the wallet, and the taste will linger in the memory...