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    Kitchen Essential Recipes

    To help those new to basic Indian cooking, these easy recipes are the building blocks of flavor. Of course, you could buy these pastes or spice mixes, but store-bought ingredients won’t have the same quality or taste.

    Learn to make ghee, spice mixes (garam masala, etc.), green chutney, and a lovely, fragrant ginger garlic paste.

    Biryani Masala Powder ground and surrounded with the whole spices used

    Quick & Easy Biryani Masala Powder 

    All about cooking and caking with coconut.

    Coconut Facts, Substitutes, & Measures

    Tandoori masala powder on a bed of the individual spices.

    Easy Tandoori Masala Powder & Paste From Scratch

    Madras Curry Powder finished and in a glass bowl with a small wooden spoon.

    Hot or Mild Madras Curry Powder Recipe

    Kerala Garam Masala Freshly ground and ready to flavor South Indian dishes.

    South Indian Masala (Spices of Kerala)

    A curry plant grown from a small seedling and now 3 feet high.

    Curry Leaf Substitutes & Where to Buy Plants or Leaves

    A spice tin filled with spice powder with whole spices keeping it company.

    Goan Spice Mix Recipe (Garam Masala)

    6 Must-Have Indian Kitchen Utensils Online

    6 Must-Have Indian Kitchen Utensils Online

    Ginger and garlic paste blended to a smooth paste stored in a glass jar.

    Easy Ginger & Garlic Paste with Substitutions

    Greek-style yogurt stored in jar. A dollop on a spoon to show how smooth and thick it is.

    Instant Pot Greek Yogurt

    Homemade Sichuan Chili oil Small bowl of Sichuan chili oil gilded with whole star anise, bay leaves and cinnamon sticks.

    Homemade Sichuan Chili Oil

    Chaat Masala Spice Mix all toasty and ground and ready for cooking in a pretty blue bowl

    Chaat Masala Spice Mix

    How to Cook Onions (Birista) - Cooking onions in a saucepan to the dark golden brown and crispy stage.

    How to Cook Onions (Birista)

    Green Chutney - 3 Easy Recipes All bright green and stored in a pretty lidded jar.

    Green Chutney ~ 3 Easy Recipes

    How to Make Homemade Yogurt (Stove) Homemade yogurt served with honey and nuts.

    How to Make Homemade Yogurt (Stove)

    How to Make Paneer - Finished cheese cut into cubes in a piles beside whole spice and a flurry of cilantro.

    How to Make Paneer

    Indian Kitchen Building Blocks: For those of you new to Indian cooking, I wanted to go over some of the fundamental ingredients, offer measurements, shortcuts, and options that will help you in the kitchen.

    Indian Cooking Basics

    Garam Masala Powder All the spices toasted and ground. Ready to flavor many Indian dishes.

    Garam Masala Powder

    Easy Homemade Ghee Clarified butter all golden and ready to stand by the stove.

    Easy Homemade Ghee

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    • Almond flour chocolate cookies on a cooling rack garnished with flaky salt, chocolate chips and walnuts
      Almond Flour Chocolate Cookies with Walnuts
    • Served with lemon wedges, and spray of fried curry leaves, a beer, on a bed of sliced green cabbage.
      Crispy, Juicy Kerala Fried Chicken
    • Skinless, boneless tandoori chicken thighs on a bed of bell peppers with a side of turmeric yellow rice.
      Easy Grilled Boneless Tandoori Chicken Thighs
    • Two tacos garnished pickled red onions, sliced radishes, cheese crumbles and a flutter of cilantro leaves.
      Indian Fusion Tacos ~ Fillings & Toppings
    • The chicken served in a pita with pickled onions and yogurt sauce.
      Chicken Shawarma Wrap
    • Indian Cucumber Salad (Kachumber) This colorful salad of cucumber and tomato is erved with a sprinkling of peanuts and chopped cilantro.
      Indian Cucumber Salad (Kachumber)

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    • Tandoori masala powder on a bed of the individual spices.
      Easy Tandoori Masala Powder & Paste From Scratch
    • Served with buttered, toasted buns, a wedge of lemon, and a flurry of cilantro.
      Easy and Comforting  Beef Keema Curry (Indian Ground Beef)
    • A pork masala served in a beautiful red dutch oven. Rich with spices and chilies, this is the curry of your dreams.
      Rich and Tangy Pork Vindaloo
    • Madras Curry Powder finished and in a glass bowl with a small wooden spoon.
      Hot or Mild Madras Curry Powder Recipe
    • A spice tin filled with spice powder with whole spices keeping it company.
      Goan Spice Mix Recipe (Garam Masala)
    • Indian Spaghetti Bolognese a bowl full of bolognese and a fork twirled full of perfectly coated pasta
      Indian-Style Pasta ~ Spaghetti Bolognese

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