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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.

Ginger

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Ginger (Adrak – Indian translation) Ginger is a rhizome – a horizontal stem of a…

Onions

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Onions are used in virtually every type of cuisine and cooking in the world.  They…

Coriander

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Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) (Dhaniya – Urdu translation) From the Cori plant that is native to…

Garam Masala

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Garam Masala from garam (“hot”) and masala (a mixture of spices) Garam masala has been part of Indian cuisine for…

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