Dry spices

Homemade spice blends can add wonderful flavor to a variety of recipes. It’s so easy to make these spice mixes yourself – a lot cheaper too!

Aromatic baharat spice blend will transport you to travel the Middle East through your food. This is the Lebanese "Seven spice blend" recipe.

Spice up your meals with these 9 simple blends that you can easily make at home.

Gochugaru is a coarsely ground Korean chili powder similar to crushed red pepper flakes in texture, traditionally made from sun-dried peppers without the seeds.

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One of the things that people find intimidating about cooking Indian food is the vast array of spices used — both whole and ground, which are often combined into complex spice mixes. However, having taught classes on Indian food, I find that as soon as people are able to identify and understand the spices we use, then suddenly they find this cuisine is not as hard to make after all. Here are the 11 spices I reach for most often when cooking Indian food and how I use them!

Himalayan spice called Timur/Tejpal/Sichuan pepper in Nepal/India/China. Also has medicinal values and used for various purposes.

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One of the things that people find intimidating about cooking Indian food is the vast array of spices used. However, having taught classes on Indian food, I find that as soon as people are able to identify and understand the spices we use, they find this cuisine is not as hard to make after all.