Comments on: Stocking your Pantry for Indian Cooking 101 – Part 2

By: hetal

hetal — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:17:51 +0000

Hi Lionel,

Five spice is generally not used in Indian cooking, but you do find it in Chinese cuisine. It is a combination of fennel, cloves, cinnamon, star anise and Szechuan peppercorns. Having said that, most of the ingredients in five spice are used in Indian cooking (though maybe not all at once). Indian cooking uses a lot of Garam Masala, also a combination of different spices. Here is our recipe for it: https://34.233.61.50/odds-ends/basic-garam-masala.html

By: Lionel M. Harrold

Lionel M. Harrold — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:51:00 +0000

Hello Anuja & Hetal,
Please tell me what spices make up the term (Five Spices)
Thanks for the wonderful receipes that you both show us how to cook from scratch adding a pinch of spice in our lives.
Lionel

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:27:51 +0000

What is a good website to order good quality spices. from? I live in a smaller town, and I’m having a hard time finding a lot of the spices.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:29:07 +0000

In reply to hetal. Thanks for quick reply.

By: hetal

hetal — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:28:32 +0000

In reply to Pinky.

Hi Pinky,

Many stores such as Walmart, The Container Store, Ikea, even Dollar Stores carry plastic containers with tight fitting lids in varying sizes. You can find them in round jar shapes or square ones. They work well to store daals, rice, etc. I sometimes reuse glass bottles from pasta sauce, instant coffee, etc to store bulk spices. For day to day use, I use a “masala box” from India (many Indian stores will carry them also) that has small containers inside that hold all of my spices or you can buy small glass spice jars also from Walmart, Ikea, etc.