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.

Paneer

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Paneer is a fresh, mild cheese widely used in South Asian cooking. It is made…

Saag

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Saag is a South Asian dish made from cooked leafy greens, most commonly spinach, mustard…

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…

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