Adding fresh or dried spices to your plain meals will liven up your taste buds. The aromatic flavors, whether sweet or zesty, will impart a sense of festivity in and around the kitchen.
Not only do spices add flavor to your meals, but they also have magical properties and are beneficial for your health.
We encourage you to get innovative and try out different spices everyday while you cook. Give us your green kitchen stories. The combinations of spices and flavors are endless!
Black pepper - Whether crushed, powdered or whole black pepper, this spice is commonly used and provides an enhanced taste to your dishes. It has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Caraway - Caraway seeds have a peppery fresh aroma and tastes unique. Chickpea flour with caraway seeds gives a unique taste to the fritters.
Cardamom - The first thing that comes to mind with cardamom is the masala chai (tea). With its strong aroma, just a pinch of cardamom powder does wonders.
Cinnamon - With its sweet aroma, cinnamon could be sprinkled on black tea, oatmeal and fruits. It reduces the need to add sugar and also helps in reducing blood sugar.
Cloves - With its spicy and rich aroma, cloves are used for its antioxidant properties.
Cumin - The soups and curries could never be the same without cumin in some form. Roasted cumin gives out that festive aroma throughout the kitchen.
Curry leaves - Similar to cumin, curry leaves when roasted and powdered spread the aroma in the entire room. Add it into curries or as a garnish!
Dill Leaves - These hair like leave look very similar to fennel leaves. Dill leaves have a unique aroma and is found to have a lot of health benefits. Sprinkle it on salads and soups or be innovative and make curries and masala rice with dill leaves.
Fennel - Looking like cumin, fennel has a unique aroma and its sweet taste acts as a mouth freshener. Use it in chai tea masala, and flavored rice or toast it for that nice aroma.
Lavender - with its flavorful aroma, and rich color, the use of lavender flowers, and leaves by various culinary expertise is well worth growing it in the backyard.
Mint - with its intense aroma, various varieties and rich color, the use of mint leaves are endless from mint drinks, mint entrees to mint chocolate and cakes. It is well worth growing it in the backyard.
Oregano - with its flavorful aroma, oregano leaves is widely used in Italian cooking and is well worth growing it in the backyard.
Powder fine the below items to make the chai tea masala :
Cardamom - 1
Cloves - 2
Fennel - 1/4 tsp
Black pepper - 2
Dry Ginger powder - 1/4 tsp
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Dry roast and powder fine the below items to make the Rasam: Saaru masala :
Coriander seeds - 1 cup
Red Chilies - 2 cups
Cumin - 1/4 cup
Black pepper - 2 tsp
For about 4 pounds of lemon, use the following spices and tempering
Spices:
Red Chilly Powder - 6 tsp
Salt - 8 tsp
Tempering:
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Asafetida - 1/4 tsp (optional)
For about 4 raw mangoes, use the following spices and tempering
Dry Roast Spices:
Mustard Powder - 2 tsp
Fenugreek - 2 tsp
Other Spices:
Red Chilly Powder - 6 tsp
Salt - 6 tsp
Tempering:
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Asafetida - 1/4 tsp (optional)
Lentil Chutney Pudi (Powder) is a handy spice mix that could be enjoyed with steamed rice, Dosa, Idly, Upma, etc
Dry Roast Spices:
Chickpea Lentil (Chana dal) - 1.5 cups
Black Lentil - 1 cup
Curry Leaves - 1 cup
Red Chilly -1/2 inch pieces - 3/4cup
Jaggery powdered/ Brown Sugar - 2 tsp
Desiccated Coconut - 1 cup
Tamarind Paste - 1 tsp
Salt - 2 tsp
Tempering:
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Asafetida - 1/4 tsp (optional)
For about 4 servings, use the following spices and grind with very little water
Dry Roast Spices:
Red Chilly - 6
Coriander - 1/4 tsp
Cumin - 1/4 tsp
Other Spices to Sauté:
Green Chilly - 1
Fresh Ginger Root - 2 in
Dry Ginger Powder - 1/4 tsp
Onion - 1
Garlic - 4 pods
Tomatoes - 1
Salt - 1.5 tsp or to taste
Coconut Milk - 1 can
Basil leaves - fresh or dry (optional)
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