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    Spice Blends

    Freshly ground and crafted spice blends are the foundation to flavorful chai and delicious sambars. Use these homemade spice blends to have your dishes stand out from the rest.

    • 10 essential Indian spices laid out in their spice containers. The spices from bottom left to the top are green cardamom, Kashmiri chili powder, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, chaat masala, coriander seeds, black peppercorn, cinnamon sticks, mustard seeds, and asafetida (hing).
      10 Essential Indian Spices + 30 Recipes That Use Them
    • Whole coriander seeds next to ground coriander powder
      How to Stock Your Spice Pantry: Whole vs. Ground Spices
    • Freshly ground rasam powder in a spice grinder
      Homemade Instant Rasam Powder
    • Pav bhaji masala or spice blend in a small bowl. A fully prepared dish of pav bhaji displayed in the background made with the spice blend.
      Pav Bhaji Masala
    • A wooden bowl and spoon with bright orange sambar podi or sambar spice blend.
      Homemade Sambar Podi (Sambar Spice Blend)
    • Milagai podi or Indian gunpowder on a plate with ghee. A brown hand is mixing the podi with the ghee to mix them together into a condiment.In the background there is a bowl and spoon with more podi.
      5 Ingredient Milagai Podi for Idli and Dosa (Indian Gunpowder)
    • Chai masala or spice blend on a small plate with whole spices sorrounding it. A small spoon with chai masala on the plate with a brown hand reaching for the spoon
      Chai Masala Powder | Indian Tea Spice Mix
    • Chaat masala in the middle surrounded by the spices in chaat masala like black salt (kala namak, coriander, cumin, dried mint leaves, chili powder, amchur powder (dried mango powder), asafetida.
      What is Chaat Masala?

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    Indian Food Science

    • Which rice is the best for making dosas. Four cups with ponni rice, idli rice, basmati rice, and jasmine rice on a plate.
      What Rice Yields the Best Dosa?
    • Crispy puris for pani puri
      Crispy Puris for Pani Puri
    • 12 brands of ghee spread on parchment paper with the names of the brand above them in marker. Describing the brands from top to bottom and from left to right. Deep brand ghee is on top with a liquidy and grainy consistency that is white. Laxmi brand is creamy and pale white. Amul brand is grainy but solid and also pale. Next row has simple truth organic, 365 foods, and O Organics. Simple truth is liquidy, light yellow, and grainy. 365 foods is grainy, liquidy, and yellow. O organics is yellow and liquidy. Next row has organic valley that is smooth, creamy, and pale yellow. Ancient organics is creamy and light yellow. 4th & heart is light yellow and creamy. Nanak is bright yellow, grainy, and liquidy. Pure Indian foods is grainy, slightly liquidy, and light yellow. Last but not least is homemade ghee made from kerry gold butter and it is liquidy, slightly liquidy, and darker yellow.
      Best Brands of Ghee To Buy
    • A photo with four glass cups of gulab jamuns. 3 of the glasses have an x icon indicating that those are mistakes. 1 glass has a green check mark indicating it is the correct way to make a gulab jamun.
      Common Gulab Jamun Mistakes and Tips for Solving Them

    Indian Cocktails/Mocktails

    • Nimbu pani cocktail with limes and lime zest in the background
      Spicy Nimbu Pani Cocktail | Indian Lime Drink
    • A brown hand holding lychee rose mocktail in a glass with pink hued glasses in the background.
      Lychee Rose Mocktail
    • Indian style watermelon juice with chaat masala
      Indian Style Watermelon Juice with Chaat Masala
    • Gulab jamun cocktail or a saffron gin cocktail in a coupe class with a strand of saffron on the top.
      Gulab Jamun Cocktail (Saffron Gin Cocktail)

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