spice on wooden spoons

dried mango powder

The recipes that use this ingredient.

carrots with dill

carrots with dill

Gajar suva sabzi is a dry vegetarian dish made with carrots, dill leaves and simple spices.

cauliflower with pickling spices

cauliflower with pickling spices

A simple cauliflower dish from Lucknow. The pickling spices are the spices to make pickles, hence the name. Achari gobi could accompany almost any other dish or is great as a simple meal on its own, with a chapati or two.

chaat masala

chaat masala

Chaat masala is used to sprinkle over snacks, vegetables, fruit and into drinks.

channa masala

channa masala

Dishes of spiced chickpeas can be found across all of India. This is the Punjabi chole, or channa masala.

potato and pea

potato and pea

This sukha aloo matar is a dry vegetable curry, featuring potatoes and fresh peas This is a simple and popular family dish.

potato, pea and tomato

potato, pea and tomato

Alu matar tamatar is probably the most popular vegetable curry in India. This dish of potatoes, peas and tomato goes with just about everything. It is ideal to serve with any non-vegetarian dishes.