What Condiments and Spices Normally You Use While Cooking?
By AKRao24
@AKRao24 (27422)
India
November 9, 2008 12:05am CST
I am from India.In India we use lot of spices and condiments in cooking! Even in sweets and Milk also we use condiments and spices. Tea is also made with these things. Thus it is very evident that we use lot of spices and Condiments on daily basis in our cooking!We have wet and dry spices and condiments which we normally use.
The green spices used are Corriender leaves,Curry leaves, Mint leaves, Garlic, Ginger, Turmeric Rhyzome, Green Chillies, Leafy onions, wet coconut etc.
The dry spices used in India are Coriernder seeds, Cummuin seeds,Aniseeds, Mustarsrd, opium seeds, cashewnuts, ground nuts, dry coconut, cloves, cardomon, conomenon, red chillies, pepper, Bay leaves etc.
Normally curries and the non veg dishes are prepared with these spices. The above said spices are added in different ratios as per the dish selecting different ingradient to give a peculier taste to a particular dish.
Generally non veg dishes like meat, chicken and fish are cooked with rich spices and chilly and thy are very tasty to eat. Some special disheshave different combinations of spices like Biryani, Paav Bhaji etc. Now a days we get ready made
grinded Spices what we locally call them as Masalas available in market for different dishes. Sambhar masala,Paav Bhaji Masala,Dal Makhani Masala, Butter Chicken Masala, Chicken Masala, Shahi Paneer Masala eytc are fewto be mentioned amongst the big and exhaustive list.
Normally home made spices are made by gringing the wel and dry spicestogether in a grider and this particlar paste gives a typical taste toyour dish!By the way what are the spices you use normally i your Kitchen for preparing the dishes?Kindly respond! Thanks!
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5 responses
@GhostCat (313)
• United States
12 Nov 08
I grew up in the mid-west of the United States in the 1960s, with a mother whose ancestry is English and a father who can claim possibly some German ancestry. These people never heard of spices for the most part. Salt, pepper, a few spices in baked products. It wasn't until I was in college and met people from Germany, France, China, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, India, Nigeria, and Scotland that I learned about herbs and spices. I started cooking and reading cook books and experimenting with food. I probably still don't use as many herbs and spices in my cooking as most of my friends. I do appreciate having learned how to make chai, which I learned from a computer science professor at a dinner party on evening. It greatly exceeds the taste of anything I have tasted at any of the fancy coffee shops.
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@nadooa247 (1096)
• United States
9 Nov 08
Well i use ginger, smoked paprika, and sumak (it has a fruity sour taste to it... really good with chicken - found in arab markets used a lot in the middle eastern dishes)
i took to using smoked paprika on ground beef because it gives more flavor than meat spices and i dont have to use black pepper or red pepper flakes to make it spicy. Which is a plus since we like foods that have a spicy flavor to them.
I started trying to use indian curry but i can't find a good one most are bland and weak in flavor, not like what i taste in my indian friend's cooking (she moved to india so i can't ask her lol)
@nadooa247 (1096)
• United States
10 Nov 08
That is wonderful advice but what do you suggest? What mixes should i try?
@AKRao24 (27422)
• India
13 Nov 08
Dear nadoona,there are many Indian Cooking sites on net and I am sure you willget different mixes of your choice as per your need once if you can try these sites! In fact different dishes need different type of spices ! Plesae check one of these sites! Thanks!
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
10 Nov 08
Hello,Mr.Rao! India is best known for its spices and condiments.We use these spices almost in all cooked items,like tea to fish and meat.These spices add taste to each item we cook as well as have medicinal effect on health.thanx.
@Marie5656 (336)
• United States
10 Nov 08
Being of Italian descent I use a lot of basil, parsley and oregano. I also use sage and poultry seasonings as well.
Since I stay away from using salt in cooking, I have been experimenting with other seasonings for flavoring. Last year I visited an Moroccan market and bought some spices there which I like quite well. They were a different flavor than we were used to, but we liked them. One was a fish flavoring and the other was for chicken.
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
19 Aug 16
Such good spices!
Depending on the food, we use a lot of garlic, both fresh and powdered. I like ginger, fresh and powdered. We use both black and green tea in things. We use pre made curry powder but also turmeric and cumin and freshly ground black pepper, cayenne, kosher salt, organic soy sauce, dill. We use other things too but those are what we flavor most of our food with. We also cook with sesame oil and sesame seeds for the taste. And we use peppers.






