Spices

Get to know five traditional Indian spices, where they come from, how they are used, and why they matter beyond taste.

Alak Nanda and her mother Vasavi started Podi Life in Hyderabad to spread the essence of South Indian podis beyond South India.

Fairer Foods, a Chandigarh-based venture started by Cambridge University Law degree holder Meher Kairon, supplies freshly-harvested spices that are free of all additives. They claim their spices contain no food coloring, preservatives, fillers or anticaking agents.

Every region in India has its own special spices that can make the most mundane dish taste heavenly. So we decided to celebrate this culinary heritage by making a Spice Map of India, with some GI-tagged varieties on it!

Masala Tokri is a labour of love started by Urmila and Aarti Samant from Mumbai in 2018. Some of their spice mixes like Malvani Chicken masala and Awadhi biryani are straight from the heartland of India.

“When I started, I wanted to make it easier for people to cook food that reminds them of home. I hope people find it easy to replicate food that was, perhaps, cooked in their granny’s kitchen,” says Sneha Sirivara.

Love Shammi, Nargisi and Kakori kebabs? Find out how these delicacies got their names. And if that makes you hungry, we have included special kebab recipe straight from a mother's kitchen!

From a no-cook 'magic' rice to a lemon with the highest Vitamin C content in the citrus realm, Northeast India is a treasure trove of amazing ingredients. #FoodSecrets

Today, The Little Farm Co. sells handmade, organic, farm-fresh, artificial preservative-free and additive-free products made using ‘traditional recipes’ right from iconic pickles to dips, chutneys, salad dressings, superfoods and marmalades.

This garden is inspired not just by Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka’s method of natural farming but also puts to use principles of agroecology, permaculture strategies, and the Miyawaki Method of afforestation.