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    Indian Grocery List for Advanced Cooks

    Published: Jul 11, 2019 · Modified: Apr 15, 2022 by Alonna

    The ingredients you need once you have cooked with the most basic pantry.

    Once you have gotten the basic dishes and ingredients under your belt, you may want to play around with recipes that have more unusual ingredients. If you don't have an Indian grocery nearby see my Essential Indian Food post for some good online sources.

    Advanced Indian Pantry
    Once you have gotten a good start cooking the basic Indian dishes, you may want to play around with recipes that have more unusual ingredients.
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    • Spices -- Beyond the Basics
    • More Grains, Flours, Dried Deans & Lentils (dals, daals)
    • Here are more articles you may find helpful

    Here is a grocery list for the Indian kitchen when you are ready for advanced cooking:

    Spices -- Beyond the Basics

    • Anise seed (saumf)
    • Asafetida (hing/heeng)
    • Carom (ajwain)
    • Cardamon, black (kali/bari/bati/big elaichi)
    • Chaat masala
    • Cumin, ground (jeera), you can always grind the whole cumin you have
    • Coriander, ground (dhania), you can always grind the whole coriander you have
    • Fennel seeds (saunf)
    • Fenugreek seeds (methi dana)
    • Mace (javitri)
    • Mango, dried powder (amchoor/amchur)
    • Nigella seeds, onion seeds, black cumin (kalonji)
    • Nutmeg (jaiphal)
    • Pomegranate seeds (Anardana)
    • Poppy seeds, white (shabdkosh)
    • Saffron (kesar)
    • Sesame seeds (safed til)
    • Star anise (chakra phool)

    More Grains, Flours, Dried Deans & Lentils (dals, daals)

    • Bengal gram, split and skinless (chana dal dhuli)
    • Black chick peas (kala chana)
    • Brown lentils (sabut masoor ki dal)
    • Green gram, split, with and without skin (with skin: chilka, and without: moong dal dhuli)
    • Green gram, whole (sabut moong)
    • Black gram, whole (sabut urad/urid)
    • Kidney beans (rajma)
    • Red lentils, split (Masoor dal)
    • White chickpeas (chole/kabuli chana)

    For a beautifully written and detailed guide to lentils, beans and pulses see Anushree Shetty's Guide to Indian Pulses, on her blog Simmer to  Slimmer.

    Visit my glossary of Indian food terms for translations you may need:

    English to Hindi & Hindi to English

    If you want to shop online for Indian groceries see my guide to the best Indian grocery stores online.

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