Question about Asafoetida or Asafetida (Hing) Powder?!
Answers: Asafetida powder contains Asafetida and wheat flour or rice flouer. As I have celiac disease, I cannot take wheat flour and, where I live I cannot find Asafetida with rice flour, could someone tell me how I can make the powder from pure Asafetida. Do I need to roast or fry Asafetida or just powder it? If it is to be fried, what oil should I use? Should rice powder be roasted? What should be the ratio of Asafetida and rice powder? Thanks.
Its always roasted ,not fried and then when it is dry ,then powder it.Raw asafoetida cannot be made into powder of right consistency.You can roast rice powder and use ,regarding the ratio ,am not exactly sure and do not wish to misguide you.
Hing powder is available in the market but please check the company and verify the dates of manufacture and expiry before buying.
All the best.
Just get the raw asafoetida and make poweder yourself..though it will be way much stronger then the powder, be cautious while using it.
You should be able to find pure, already made at a whole foods type of place or herbal apothecary so you don't have to mess around with making it yourself.
If you want to substitute something, try a little garlic or garlic granules. They produce quite a similar flavor.
I am a former chef and buy it in a block, not powdered, either find a good Indian store or a Hispanic store and ask for the block form and grate it your self, I buy mine here in Toronto Canada in the section of town known as "Little Indian" it is in a palstci jar inside a gold metallic foil, in this form you use a micro-plane grater, one a bout a 1/2 teaspoon as it is strong, I use it with all my Dals and Channa Dal.
It is also good with spicy Goan dishes like Pork in Vinegar sauce, like adobo but 5 X times hotter, makes Vindaloo look like baby food, they use the Naka Jolokia peppers there.
*Hing pdr do not contain either rice or wheat flour !!!
U need not roast or fry the hing before powdering it !!!
Jut put the crystals in the mixer- blender & run the mixie for about a minute or so till u get a powder !!!
Store it in an airtight jar or bottle for further use !
PS : if u dry roast before powdering it, then wn u use it while giving ''tadka'' u will get a ''burnt'' flavour from the hing !!!