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The spice is right

by Nadine Abensur
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Getting the spice right
  • Always keep spices somewhere cool and dark and in airtight containers.
  • Don’t buy huge bags of anything unless you know you’re the sort of person that’s going to use them. Check them often. Know what you’ve got. Don’t duplicate some things and run out of others.
  • When cooking Indian food, always fry spices first usually with fried onion and loosen with water to make a paste. Work on a very low flame and don’t allow to burn.
  • For a simple, cheap stylish way to store your spices, buy some strong waxed paper bags or persuade a nice deli or cheese shop to give them to you. Write the name of the spice on the bag in bold letters. Fill the bags, fold over and seal with a clothes peg and hang on a length of string or fine wire on a kitchen wall. That way they’ll be on show and you can easily replace the bags.
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