Bottle masala gets its quirky name because it was traditionally stored in empty beer bottles. The airtight bottles preserved the original aroma and flavour of the masala and kept out moisture.

Creator

• Mumbai Archive Project Team

Mitwirkende

• Lavanya Ullas

Publisher

• Jio Institute

Stichwort

• Spices
• East Indian cuisine
• Portuguese
• Mumbai Archive Project
• Culinary history
• East Indian
• Bottle Masala

Ort

• Mumbai

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/