How to Cook a Full-Fledged Indian Meal at Home Using Ingredients from Indian Supermarket

Having the perfect food is important to bust out that stress and fatigue. We all love eating tasty food, and when the cuisine is healthy, it’s just a win-win. Indian Food comes under the tasty and healthy cuisines and also is famous for the variety of spices and flavors.

One of the best way to buy Indian food online in Germany is through Spice Village. From snacks to flours, to spices to frozen food items, one will find anything and everything on Spice Village supermarket. 

While many tasty restaurants are serving you the perfect Indian Food, sometimes we all love the taste and effort behind homemade meals, and especially when making something new from a different cuisine. So, let’s make the perfect Indian meal at home by purchasing the ingredients from Spice Village the authentic Indian store in Berlin.

Here is a list of Indian ingredients that one can find on online stores like Spice Village at a comparatively reasonable price:

 

1. Herbs

Turmeric – One of the most used ingredients in the Indian kitchen, from curry to making a dry dish, turmeric is the base of all the dishes and is added while making the paste for the dish. Turmeric has many health benefits and has been shown to improve heart health.

• Black pepper – This adds spice and aroma to the dish and is widely used to flavor, sautee, and even when deep-frying some ingredients. This is a widely used herb because of all its medicinal values.
  
  
• Red Chilli - Any Indian dish is incomplete without the red chili powder. Indian loves its spices and Red chili is the king of the spices. Added in a paste of the dish, and sometimes even in soups, salads sauces, and even juices.
  

• Curry Leaves – This isn’t very aromatic or very inviting, when added to hot oil, it leaves a very potent smell, and sometimes it is a bit of an acquired taste. But really it enhances the dish and really makes it different.
  
  
• Garlic – Garlic is one ingredient that is also common and the taste is incomplete without this herb. Garlic paste is one of the first ingredients in making any chicken curry or meat curry, so garlic actually is very widely used and is enjoyed among the masses.
  
  
• Saffron – The world’s most expensive spice, Saffron is famous for its aromatic and golden yellow hue. It is grown in the cold area of the beautiful Kashmir and is harvested for only a few weeks in a whole year. About 70,000 to 80,000 flowers yield just a pound of saffron and each stigma is handpicked, and that is why it is the world’s most expensive spice.
  
  
• Cinnamon – One of the oldest spices known to man, it is grown in the Western Ghats of India, it has a delicate fragrance and is used to flavor curries, tea, and even vegetables and desserts.
  
  

 Get authentic and premium quality, pure spices and herbs from one of the best Indian shops in Berlin, Spice Village.

    2. Flour  

While you have completed looking at just the spices required, we will add the types of flour to make the Indian bread too:-

• Whole wheat flour – It is the most used flour in India and without Wheat flour, any Indian dish is incomplete.
  
  
• `Maida (All-purpose flour) – As the name suggests, the flour is used for many different purposes and is very popular all over the world. From cakes to white bread, All-purpose flour is one of the most commonly used ingredients in the Indian kitchen.
  
  
• Jowar Flour – Enriched with the goodness of thiamine, Vitamin B12, Zinc, vitamin A, iron, and folate, this flour has a nutty taste to it and is very healthy.
  
  
• Besan Atta (Yellow Gram flour) – Also very commonly used flour, also called the chickpea flour, it is derived from dried peas. The flour has an earthly smell and also, is rich in protein content. It is very useful in making fried foods like Bhaji or pakoras, and also Besan omelet is a must-try.
  
  
• Multi-Grain Flour – High in protein content, this is widely used and is used for making the popular Multi-grain bread. It is also used in making Muffins and cookies. 

Now, as we have gathered the base ingredients for making the perfect Indian dish, we will look at some of the Kitchen equipment’s as cooking Indian food is different and requires different types of kitchen utensils.

    3. Snacks, Beverages and Frozen foods:

 

• Namkeens: Namkeens are the key snackable that people all around the globe enjoy. Available in all flavors, namkeens in Indian are made using premium quality ingredients and are available at Spice Village Supermarket in Berlin.
• Sweets: Indian sweets are not only lip smacklingly delicious they also carry health benefits. Made with natural and organic ingredients most Indian brands sell preservative free sweets.
  
  
• Frozen foods: While making Indian food is fun and it tastes more delicious when cooked at home, it can be a very time taking and tiring process. Indian supermarkets have a frozen food section where major Indian brands sell authentic and traditional Indian dishes in frozen form. 

So get all the essentials you need to make the perfect Indian home meal.