Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Product Review: Kohinoor Foods
Some samples of Kohinoor Foods products came in for review. If, as many of us are, you find yourself temporarily reduced to prepared food, getting something off the beaten track is good. I'm personally fond of Indian food, and found my reaction mixed to the Kohinoor products. For example, the taste of the aloo palak - a sort of creamed spinach and potato combination - was decent. Unfortunately, the spinach texture was that of a puree. I've had this dish many times, and having some body to the spinach is important. The other dish - peshawari dal makhani - was a black lentil and red kidney bean mix which was pleasant.
The foods come in so-called shelf-stable packages, so no refrigeration. You can drop the foil packets into boiling water, or empty the contents into a dish and microwave them. Kohinoor products are widely available, at least here in the northeast, and while it wouldn't satisfy my craving for really good Indian food, they aren't bad to have on the shelf for an emergency, like when it's lunch time and one of the kids snarfed the left-over Chinese food from the previous night. And there are no artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, or MSG.
The foods come in so-called shelf-stable packages, so no refrigeration. You can drop the foil packets into boiling water, or empty the contents into a dish and microwave them. Kohinoor products are widely available, at least here in the northeast, and while it wouldn't satisfy my craving for really good Indian food, they aren't bad to have on the shelf for an emergency, like when it's lunch time and one of the kids snarfed the left-over Chinese food from the previous night. And there are no artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, or MSG.
