Wild Hing is the dried sap of a mountain shrub in Afghanistan, with a flavor that is essential to many South Indian dishes. While the aroma is infamously sharp when raw, once it is bloomed in a bit of oil at the beginning of the cooking process, it adds a deep, savory, allium flavor. A little goes a long way: Best to start with ⅛ tsp and bloom in fat at the start of the cooking process.
To keep this hing grain and gluten free, Burlap and Barrel blended it with their New Harvest Turmeric which is often used in combination with hing in cooking.
Use it at the start of cooking any dish you want to have a deep allium flavor. Bloom in fat and then saute greens. Make a tadka by tempering some hing in ghee, then drizzle the flavored oil over a dish right before serving.
- 1.0 ounce glass mini jar
- Ingredients: New harvest turmeric, 80%; wild hing, 20%
- Tasting notes: Raw Onion, Roasted Garlic, Pear
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