Indian cuisine

[Rudee]

I want to try to make saffron rice in my rice cooker, however, I went to 2 grocery stores and neither one of them had saffron. Do you have to go to a specialty store to get this spice?

 

[Adica]

Yes, I go to an Indian market.

 

[FoBoT]

someone once posted a link to an internet spice store that sells it

 

[777php]

yes, saffron usually can be found at your local gourmet store. It is super expensive.

 

[richardycc]

arent they like really super expensive, like $13-20 an ounce?

 

[Jzero]

Trader Joes usually carries it if you got one near you. Or Wegman's.

 

[ravana]

or you can use yellow food coloring like the restaurants do to keep costs down :thumbsdown:

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: richardycc
arent they like really super expensive, like $13-20 an ounce?

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[cliftonite]

Originally posted by: Gibsons

Originally posted by: richardycc
arent they like really super expensive, like $13-20 an ounce?

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holy sh!t, why does it cost so much

 

[illustri]

yea its expensive but you don't need to use much at a time, i think its in any indian or asian market, trader joes, hell even your regular market may stock though it might be lesser quality

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: cliftonite

Originally posted by: Gibsons

Originally posted by: richardycc
arent they like really super expensive, like $13-20 an ounce?

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holy sh!t, why does it cost so much

Rare are the times when you'll need to use more than just a teeny tiny bit of saffron, so it doesn't turn out to be so bad.

 

[777php]

this is why

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: cliftonite

Originally posted by: Gibsons

Originally posted by: richardycc
arent they like really super expensive, like $13-20 an ounce?

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holy sh!t, why does it cost so much

cause they have to hand pick it from the little tiny private parts of the flowers and you only get a few specks from each flower