condiments

Onion and Tomato relish/salad (kachumber)

  Most Indians rustle up quick salad/kachumber with what ever salad ingredients they may have in the fridge.  This salad…

30 March 2013

Sugarfree Apple and Cinnamon Chutney

Most Indian dishes are accompanied by chutneys and pickles of some sort. Some are made fresh on the day and…

6 May 2012

Carrots, raw mango and green chillies pickle with mustard (raita gajar, marcha & keri)

  This  quick pickle  is made in all Indian homes and served as a condiment in the main thali. It…

23 March 2012

White Cabbage and fresh Green chillies Salad (sambharo)

  Sambharo is rather like a spicy cooked salad always served up as a condiment to a main meal.  …

7 February 2012

Fresh Chilly Pickle or Marcha nu athanu

  Indian Food is never complete unless it is accompanies by the extras like chatni, raita, papad, lassi etc. It’s…

4 February 2011

Pomegranate raita

For centuries, Indians have been eating the pomegranate.   I can remember eating them in Kenya as a child and…

3 February 2011

Frozen Fresh Ginger, green chilies & fresh garlic

Working full time and living away from any shops selling ethnic food stuff, I have to buy in bulk whenever…

22 October 2010

Pickled Ginger

  Ginger is one ingredient we use everyday - starting with my early morning lemon,honey and ginger and honey drink…

4 July 2010