Creator demonstrates a simple recipe from @padmalakshmi
Padma Lakshmi demonstrates how to make a cucumber salad, using the opportunity to showcase her signature 'Gunpowder Podi' spice blend. She begins by introducing the product and its South Indian origins, then walks through the recipe step-by-step, adding ingredients like Persian cucumbers, ginger, rice wine vinegar, soy, and fresh herbs to a bowl. After mixing the salad by hand and adjusting the flavor with lemon juice, she adds the podi, tastes the final dish to confirm its deliciousness, and ends with a direct promotion of the product.
Creator: @padmalakshmi on Instagram
Transcript
I did this with Diaspora Co. It is a traditional Malaga Tier recipe from South India from Tamil Nadu where I'm from. Today, we're gonna use it in our cucumber salad. We have some beautiful spears of Persian cucumbers. I'm putting in some ginger. You can put in some minced garlic as well if you want. I'm just gonna put in some rice wine vinegar, a little bit of soy, some salt, some chives, and then a little bit of cilantro, but mint would be beautiful in this too. I'm gonna give this all a mix. I
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