Natco Green lentils are quick to cook and don't require soaking in advance. They have a delicious earthy flavour, and can be used as an alternative to puy lentils. Use in soups, casseroles, dals, curries and hearty salads. They can also be sprouted to make a healthy raw snack.
Natco Urid (or Urad) beans split and dehusked to produce a small pale yellow split pea (dal). This dal has many uses and is popular in North and South Indian cuisine. Great for creamy dals and soups and also used to prepare dumplings. If fried in oil, this dal will turn red and acquire a nutty flavour.
Black cumin is an annual herbaceous plant with fine foliage and delicate pale bluish purple or white flowers. It is indigenous to the Mediterranean but grows prolifically in many areas of the world.
Jaggery is often called Cane Sugar. It is a dark, coarse, unrefined sugar made from the sap of a variety of palm tree or from the sugar cane juice. It has a sweet, rich and fudgy caramel flavor and complements anything you would use normal sugar for. Natco Jaggery Goor comes in a solid block and is used for making Indian sweets, and used in tea or coffee just like ordinary sugar.
Sunflower Oil, a non volatile oil pressed from the seeds of sunflower. Commonly used in food as a frying oil, and in cosmetic formulations as an emollient. Most commonly used in controlling high cholesterol and preventing heart disease.
Very hot, small whole chillies that can be used instead of fresh chillies. Heat them in oil until they increase in size. The frying enhances their flavour. Birdseye chillies may be small but they are very hot so use with care!