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Not a spice — a strategy: whatever mix makes the dish taste like home.
means A blend of spices (or, loosely, any mix of elements combined to give something its distinctive character) ground or combined together for flavor.
from From Hindi-Urdu 'masālā,' borrowed from Arabic 'maṣālih' (interests, things set right, or ingredients) — plural of 'maslaha,' the idea of something arranged to suit a purpose. The word traveled with trade and cooking across South Asia, picking up its specific sense of 'spice mixture' long before English borrowed it back in the 20th century, by which time it had also loosened into slang for 'spicy mix of anything' — drama, scandal, a Bollywood plot.
- literal meaning
- just means mixture in hindi urdu
- no fixed recipe
- every household guards its own ratio
- garam masala trick
- added late so heat does not kill aroma
- bollywood slang
- masala film means drama action songs all mixed