By Krati Purwar
May 17, 2024
One of the key steps to follow through any recipe is maintaining the level of spiciness. When it’s dal or gravy, if it is too spicy, you won’t be able to eat it, and if you do, you will only be able to taste chilli notes. Other flavours will be lost. Here is how you can reduce spiciness in a dish.
Milk can help to tone down the spiciness in a dish. You must have observed that if you eat something spicy, drinking milk can help you a lot.
Sugar can dissolve quickly in a hot dish and help you regulate the spiciness in an instant.
Lemon juice is another ingredient that can be used to counter the spiciness in gravy.
Fresh cream or malai can be added to a spicy dish to balance its flavours. It will add to the creamy texture.
Adding nut butter to soup and stew can help to mellow the spiciness. A spoonful will be enough to establish the balance among flavours.
Vinegar has an acidic nature. It will reduce spiciness in any kind of dish while adding subtle tangy notes as well.
Ingredients like paneer, chicken, tofu, potatoes, etc. absorb flavours. You can add them to a spicy gravy and the spiciness will mellow down.