Cooking Indian Food At Home

I've always been a fan of Indian food but have found that it's never easy to recreate what I've always gotten when I've eaten out or got delivery. Before Andi and I left Boston, our Indian friends gave us a small "goodbye" bag filled with many different kinds of food items. I have slowly been checking them out over the past couple of months since we came back from China and found that they are amazing! A company called Shan makes several different mixes that are very easy to cook and don't take a lot of unknown ingredients. They also have Arabic, Oriental, and Pakistani products as well. The coolest part about their website is it has a "spice encyclopedia giving you a run down of many different spices and fruits you would find in the Middle East and Asia. For instance, if you click on turmeric, it will give you a history, tell you the different types from different locations and a chemical composition of the item. Pretty informative stuff.

We have tried all four of these and each one is good. We didn't always use the meat they recommended but it still came out great. If you can find them and like Indian food, defiantly give them a try.