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Indian Spices
A spice is basically a dried seed, bud, fruit, bark or root of a plant; widely used in various food recipes as a seasoning agent, and also as a preservative to destroy or prevent harmful bacteria. Many spices also have medicinal properties and serve as an instant home remedy.

Indian cuisines have gained immense popularity worldwide due to their distinct taste; derived from a variety of spices. Indian spices are the key ingredient of all Indian dishes; and an Indian recipe would remain incomplete without basic Indian spices.

Basic Spices

India is rightly called the land of spices; and also known to be the origin of several spices available in the world. Today, many spice companies in India are growing in leaps and bounds; and spice exporters in India have increased remarkably.

India is currently engaged in the production of a wide variety of spices and spice products that form the main essence of great Indian food.There are numerous spice manufacturers in India producing basic spices and powder spices like chilli powder, mirch powder, chilli crushed powder, chilli powder extra hot, chilli powder resham patti, turmeric powder, haldi powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, dhania powder, coriander cumin powder, dhania jeera powder etc.

Many people prefer to buy Indian whole spices because it retains the original taste and freshness for a longer period. Whole spices include chilli whole round, turmeric whole, cumin whole, coriander seeds, cumin, fenugreek, mustard, sesame, ajowan, ajwain, jeera, methi, rai, til and jeera whole.

Blended Spices

The Indian climate is highly suitable to produce a broad range of spices and as a result the nation has become a major supplier of spices in the world. Masala is the Hindi word for spice; and is also referred to a mixture of spices, herbs and other condiments grounded together to prepare mouth-watering Indian dishes.

Depending on different recipes and individual tastes, one can use various combination of spices to produce blended Indian spices; such as garam masala, tea masala, pav bhaji masala, chhole masala, panipuri masala, sambhar masala, chat masala, achar masala, sweet achar masala, kanda lasoon masala; compounded asafoetida, hing powder, curry powder, vadapav masala, pulav masala, dabeli masala and sandwich masala.