Spices ..

If someone was to open your kitchen spice cabinet , what spices would they find?

I will share mine :

  • Basic desi cooking powder spices : Red Chilli powder , salt, black pepper, haldi , garam masala, cumin powder, dhaniya powder

  • Whole spices - nutmeg, black pepper, zeera , dhaniya seeds, clove, green cardamom, ajwain , kalonji, anardana

  • Leaves - Basil, dried methi, bay leaves, curry patta

  • Others : Chinese salt, soya sauce, vinegar, fish sauce, anardana powder , cardamom powder, baking powder, soda bicarb, corn meal, mixed herbs bottle and Nutmeg and Mace mix :@:

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They would find Shaan masala packets :blush:

and teh basics you mentioned :@:

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LP :smilstar: … sharam karo :cb: ..

my hubby had bought tonns of shan masala’s before we got married and we have them handy on the top of the spice cabinet .. I dont use them much though … other then biryani masala one … that too for emergency biryani :cb:

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its nice…like if some spices r missing…just put aik do chammach of shaan masala..and then u hear tareefain of ur cooking :cb:

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such a Chalakooo masi you are LP :omg:

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u can try it :@:

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i got few spices............ salt,black peper, red chili, dhaniya poder,curry pata, methi powder, ginger garlic powder,cardamons,garam masla,zeera,soof,kalvanji,cinamon powder,cumin powder and national qorma masla
sauces....... tomato ketchup, barbie cue sauce, red chily sauce, vinegar,soya sauce and nandos peri peri sauce

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wow .. you got a good collection too … I just realized i didnt mention my saunf jar and cinamon powder jar :@:

seems like you enjoy BBQ much .. you got all the right sauces :cb:

More or less same like you:

Red chilli powder for curries and biryanies, curshed red chillies for shami kebabs, karahi, chapal kebabs etc. Round red chillies for tarkas to karhi, daals etc.

Sabut sanuf for pulao yakhani. Khachri for meat tenderisation.

Panch pooris for vegetables and stuffed karelas.