Vegan Indian Cooking: 140 Simple and Healthy Vegan Recipes

powerful punch. Small and light brown, they look like cumin (jeera) but have a much more distinct flavor. They are used to flavo ...

mistaken for bay leaves, cassia leaves are also referred to as Indian bay leaves. They are large, often five to eight inches lon ...

Christopher Columbus, whose quest, as you might remember, was to find spices in India. It has since become one of the most widel ...

serrano and cayenne chiles. In my home, we use Thai chiles, and we use the maximum amount listed in each recipe of this book. I ...

color from light to deep red and even black, depending on the variety of the chile used and the region it is from. There are thi ...

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PAPRIKA (DEGHI MIRCH): Paprika is made from dried sweet peppers from ...

Kashmir. This powder is used to give curries a reddish color without adding heat. CINNAMON (DALCHINI): Cinnamon is derived from ...

recommend breaking the sticks up. The best way to do so is to wrap them in a clean dishcloth and lightly pound on the sticks wit ...

essential oil in cloves, eugenol, is used to help ease the pain from toothaches. The last time I was at the dentist, he used clo ...

Coriander seeds are very good for you (more so than cilantro). Coriander tea helps relieve stomachaches, while the seeds have be ...

studies, cumin has been shown to fight diabetes and cancerous tumors, and it may help prevent bone loss. This little seed also p ...

and are to that region what cilantro is to North Indian cooking—omnipresent. Grown on a tree that’s a member of the citrus famil ...

perennial plant. They have a light, licorice-type taste and are used to help digestion and freshen breath. Whenever you leave an ...

Sweet Potatoes (see recipe on page 182 ). The key is to be careful when frying the seeds in oil. Take them off the heat when the ...

Add a small handful of these leaves to a curry or to breads, and you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the added layers of flavor. T ...

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GINGER (GROUND): This powdered form of the ginger root is useful to keep on hand if you don’t have fresh ginger root or for spi ...

MASALA: By definition, a masala is simply a blend. Remember that movie Mississippi Masala? It was about an Indian girl dating a ...

warm smell. Chaat masala, which is uniquely tart and highly addictive, flavors many street foods called chaat. Its key ingredien ...