Indian Food - Asafetida has wheat starch in it

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to share a revelation we had this weekend. One of the things my

husband and I crave when we are out and about is Indian food. Except for places

we absolutely know the ingredients in, we have generally been avoiding eating

out for the past 2 years. About 2.5 months ago we finally tried Indian buffet -

we asked, about 2 or 3 times to just make sure, what had flour and was there any

bread, etc.Turns out, this was too limiting a list of things to make sure were

not in the food.

We walked away sick - my husband who is the celiac, was sick for about 2 weeks

with the array of exposure symptoms.

This restaurant was honest with us (been going there for years before) and I

just couldn't figure out what went wrong.

Making Indian Food This weekend I picked up a jar of asafetida at the indian

store - check label - just to make sure - uh huh, " Wheat Starch " .

This spice/element is in pretty much every single Indian dish.

So, the moral of the story is if you decide to venture into an Indian restuarant

or make it on your own, ask about flour, naan (bread), etc (although they

usually use chickpea flour or lentils) but also make sure to ask about

asafetida.

[Guest guest]

Thank you for bringing this up! I am a big fan of Dosa in San Francisco and had

problems with this. Though they list asafetida as an allergen on their allergen

menu, they don't say it has a very small amount of semolina flour in it. I told

them that was enough for me to avoid anything that has it. It turned out that

they did not list it as an ingredient in their chutneys though it is in all but

two of them. It is very good food and they are very careful about allergens,

but extra effort was still needed. I now eat there frequently with NO problems

at all.

Caitlin

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> Just wanted to share a revelation we had this weekend. One of the things my

husband and I crave when we are out and about is Indian food. Except for places

we absolutely know the ingredients in, we have generally been avoiding eating

out for the past 2 years. About 2.5 months ago we finally tried Indian buffet -

we asked, about 2 or 3 times to just make sure, what had flour and was there any

bread, etc.Turns out, this was too limiting a list of things to make sure were

not in the food.

> We walked away sick - my husband who is the celiac, was sick for about 2 weeks

with the array of exposure symptoms.

> This restaurant was honest with us (been going there for years before) and I

just couldn't figure out what went wrong.

> Making Indian Food This weekend I picked up a jar of asafetida at the indian

store - check label - just to make sure - uh huh, " Wheat Starch " .

> This spice/element is in pretty much every single Indian dish.

>

> So, the moral of the story is if you decide to venture into an Indian

restuarant or make it on your own, ask about flour, naan (bread), etc (although

they usually use chickpea flour or lentils) but also make sure to ask about

asafetida.

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