Savory cakes and snacks in traditional Indian dishes often contain an unusual ingredient: Eno.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Eno is actually made for the treatment of heartburn and is marketed in India as a antacid that conforms to traditional medicine. Eno is mainly sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and citric acid.
Instead of baking soda, Indian cooks frequently use Eno. Baking soda alone, they claim, sometimes turns dishes an unsavory red color, especially in the batter for dhokla, a spicy and spongy snack.
Anjana Chaturvedi's blog Maayeka sometimes features the ingredient in the many vegetarian, indian recipes she features.See maayeka.com
