Okay, so I’ll be setting up my new home pretty soon, and I was wondering what sort of ingredients I should invest in to keep in the cabinets. Other than basic spaghetti dishes, I really don’t have that much experience in cooking. So for example, I know to keep an assorted variety of pastas, crushed basil, parsely, and oregano in the cabinet. They wont go bad for a long time.
Now, with desi food, what sort of ingredients should I always try to have in my refrigerator? I just don’t want to buy a lot of stuff that doesn’t get used right away and that will go bad within a week. Either these things should be non-perishables. Or they should be ingredients that are used all the time in desi food.
well onions go bad after sometime as well and so do tomatoes unless you plan on cooking everyday. But these are def items you need to have in ur fridge at all times. Garlic cloves generally last a long time...in fact some people freeze them. Garlic paste and ginger paste is a must as well...and usually last for a long time.
daals dont go bad, u could keep them, rice doesn;t go bad either. if u stock up on tomato paste/puree, ginger garlic pastes, open them and don;t use them often enough just pour some oil on them, that will keep them from mold.
