Recipes

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.

Nutmeg

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Ground or grated nutmeg has a warm and sweet smell but in its original form…

Red Chillies

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Red chilli peppers are popular as a cooking ingredient and give a hot flavour to…

Vadouvan Spice Mix

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Have you ever heard of a Vadouvan recipe? No, nor have I, but I was introduced…

Cayenne Chilli Pepper

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From its race car red exterior to its devilish but delicious spiciness, the Cayenne Pepper is undoubtedly the quintessential poster child for chillies.

Mustard Seed

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Mustard seeds are from the mustard plant. There are many different varieties of mustard plants but…

Black Pepper

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Black Pepper can come in whole, ground or crushed form. Grown in India, black pepper…

Colombo Powder

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Colombo Powder is a blend of various spices and is a regional version of a…

Green Cardamom

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Green cardamom, like the black variety, is part of the ginger family. The green cardamom plant, elettaria, is also known as true cardamom and is the most popular variety of cardamom. It is used to flavour food and drink, as a spice and in medicine.

Fenugreek or Methi

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Fenugreek is cultivated worldwide and its seeds and leaves are common ingredients in dishes all across…

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