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Spoonful of lentil curry with spinach with parathas and egg curry in the background.

indian lentil curry with spinach

Indian lentil curry with spinach is a wholesome bowl of delicious. If you are looking for something that’s healthy but still tastes great this is it.

Individual spices on a plate with recipe card and measuring spoons.

indian restaurant spice mix

This Indian restaurant spice mix is a blend of key Indian spices that gives restaurant curries that big blast of flavour. It’s one of the ways restaurants are able to crank out curries in no time.

This is about easy. Easy and fast. No measuring a ton of spices every time you make a curry. This is the baseline. The signature blend.

Bowl of fresh garlic ginger paste on a board with raw garlic and ginger from above.

garlic ginger paste

Garlic ginger paste is easy to make at home. And it is way tastier than anything that comes in a jar. Seriously. If you are looking to turn up your Indian cooking you need to start making your own.

Chicken tikka are little tandoori flavour bombs. Marinate the chicken, skewer and grill and you have a great starter to any Indian meals.

chicken tikka

Chicken tikka. Boneless tandoori chicken. Bite sized even. What’s better than that? Seriously. How can you not want to put that in your mouth?

Tandoori marinade in a white bowl.

tandoori marinade

This tandoori marinade is loaded with big Indian flavours. If you can grill, you can make better tandoori chicken than you can buy.

I don’t know why it is but the tandoori chicken in restaurants in North America is just not good. Maybe it’s marinated too long. Maybe it’s overcooked. Maybe they use mass produced tandoori paste. For sure is nowhere as good as it could be.