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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.

Cinnamon

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Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of a tree and is widely used as a…

Curry Leaves

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Curry leaves (also known as sweet neem leaves) are added to dishes near the beginning…

Asafoetida (Hing)

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Asafoetida (also known as hing) is a gum from the resin of a variety of…

Fennel Seeds

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Fennel is a green coloured bulb with protruding stalks and is a herb that belongs…

Saffron

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Saffron is golden orange in colour and consists of small, fine threads which is used…

Mace

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Mace, in its original form, is the red lacy covering (the aril) that surrounds the…

Black Cumin

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Black cumin can refer to the seeds of two quite different plants, both of which…

Bay Leaves

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Bay leaves come from the laurel tree and are used as a herb in cooking.…

Cassia Bark

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Cassia Bark is also referred to as Chinese cinnamon and even bastard cinnamon (!), this…

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