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.
Mung Dal Yellow is the split mung bean, and is a popular dal to cook as it is quick to soften It is often used to make kitcheri, a rice and lentil dish, of which there are many different recipes depending on the region and particular chef.
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.
Green Cardamoms, a member of the ginger family, has a sweet, piquant and highly aromatic flavour and is one of the essential spices of Indian food. Try adding a pod of Cardamom to a pot of coffee or tea for an aromatic flavour or grind pods and add when baking your favourite pasties, buns and apple pie.
Natco Powa Thin (Flaked Rice) 400g
Also known as Pohe or Poha or Flattened rice.
Perfect for making dadpe pohe, maharashtrian breakfast variety or porridge or chivda.
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.