One of the best home brands for restaurant quality cooking at home, with a large range of spice, mixes to choose from there's a meal to everybody's taste and desire. 3 Easy steps with pictures and easy to follow instructions For delicious homemade restaurant style cooking for that Indian flavour experience range of 16 different styles of curry mixes*NEW RANGE*.
One of the best home brands for restaurant quality cooking at home, with a large range of spice, mixes to choose from there's a meal to everybody's taste and desire. 3 Easy steps with pictures and easy to follow instructions For delicious homemade restaurant style cooking for that Indian flavour experience range of 16 different styles of curry mixes*NEW RANGE*.
A staple of Middle Eastern and Indian cuisine, fenugreek seeds have a rich, distinct flavour. In Indian cookery it is called methi and is used in a huge variety of recipes. Like the aromatic herb that grows from it, fenugreek can really make a flavour difference to your cooking, making it an essential for the store cupboard. Save time and effort with our fenugreek powder, adding it directly to your cooking.
Normally sauteed in hot oil before adding vegetables to your dish. Used in pickles and chutneys and an important ingredient of the Vindaloo. Sprouts easily like cress. Excellent in salads.
Available in 400g bags.
One of the most commonly used Indian spices.These are normally sauteed in hot oil, and impart a delicious mild nutty flavour to most Indian vegetable dishes.
Available in 100g bag.
The Indian Bay leaf, Indian names include Biryani aaku, Pattai, Tej Patta, Masala Yele, Tej Pata, Tez Pat, Karuvapatta Illa, Bay leaf, Indian bay leaf. An aromatic leaf commonly used in cooking, can be used whole in a dried or ground form. Used widely in Indian cooking, and is the main ingredient in Garam masala.
Black pepper has a sharp, pungent aroma and flavour while white pepper is hotter, less subtle and mildly fermented. Pepper is found next to salt on most every table and is used to flavour all types of dishes in cuisines worldwide.
Suitable for vegetarians
Gluten Free
Available in 300g bag
Comes from Chile. It is clean, light and fluffy with superb bright green colour and has a robust, fresh 'peppery' Oregano flavour. Excellent for use in all Italian pasta and vegetable dishes.
Coriander, also known as cilantro. Adds a spicy fragrance and exotic freshness to oriental foods, especially in Thai and Indian cuisine such as stir-fries, salads and various curries and stews.
Also called Kala Jeera this is a more rare form of cumin. Black Cumin is more subtle than brown cumin, the seeds are sweeter, smaller and have a more delicate taste. The first flavour is small, then it grows to a smokey black flavour like lapsang suchong. The after taste is slightly bitter with nuances of citrus and aniseed.
Black Cumin is used in many Indian curries and tandooris. To bring out the nutty flavour, the seeds are best toasted slightly before use.
Bunium persicum or black cumin is a plant in the family Apiaceae. It is used as a common culinary spice in Northern India, Tajikistan and Iran but outside these areas use is rare. There is a common confusion between Bunium persicum and Nigella Sativa which is also commonly called Kala Jeera and used predominantly in Bengali cookery. You can buy Nigella Sativa or Kalwonji here.
Black Cumin was discovered in Tutankhamen's tomb, implying that it played an important role in ancient Egyptian practices. Black Cumin's role in Egyptian culture is not fully understood, but it is known that items entombed that items placed in a kings tomb were selected as important for use in the afterlife. The earliest known reference to black cumin is in the Book of Isiah in the Old Testament where Isiah compares the differences between reaping wheat and black cumin.
When ingested, black cumin seeds and extracts can be used for a number of conditions. They have been used for centuries to treat digestive problems including stomach pain and flatulence. Black cumin seeds also have a long history in the natural treatment of asthma and other respiratory conditions. Compounds from the seeds appear to have antimicrobial properties, and are sometimes used to treat urinary tract infections. Oil from black cumin seeds can be used topically to treat dry skin, eczema and other skin issues. In addition, black cumin seeds are sometimes used in beauty regimens to strengthen hair and nails, as well as making them more glossy.
A beneficial tea can be made by infusing the seeds with boiling hot water.