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Spices and Ingredients
Understanding spices and ingredients is a key part of understanding Indian food. This list is here to help you learn more about the different ones available and how they work with a curry.
The Secret to Perfect Curry Spices: A Beginner’s Guide
Curry is one of the most beloved — and misunderstood — foods in the world.…
Amchoor Powder, is it really Fairy Wings?
Every now and then, actually in almost all the recipes I like the look of, there is an ingredient listed that I have never heard of. From Fairy’s Wings to Dragon Tongue there always seems to be one of them and as my spice cupboard expands, I only ever seem to use them once.
Coriander Leaves
Coriander (Cilantro in the USA) (Dhaniya – Urdu translation) From the Cori plant that is…
Ajwain (Carom)
Ajwain, also known as carom, ajowan, omam, omum, ajvain or Bishop’s weed (depending on where…
Gram Flour
Gram flour, sometimes know as Besan, is a flour made from chickpeas. Dried chickpeas are ground down to make the flour.
Different varieties of gram flour are made from different varieties of chickpea, for example those grown in Bangladesh are different to those in Sri Lanka.
Star Anise
Star anise (also known as badain anise), when whole, is an eight-pointed star shape around…
Green Chillies
Green chillies are popular as a cooking ingredient and give a hot flavour to dishes.…
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