The Mysterious Spice Box (Dibba)

Hello,

Today I am going to talk about the very famous Indian spice box also called Lakadiyu in Gujarati and masala dibba in Hindi. Every Indian family has some special spices in the house all the time, in India there is a season when most people buy and store these spices for the whole year.

The spices in the box mainly are Turmeric, Red chili powder, Cumin seeds, Mustard seeds, Garam masala powder ( made of five whole spices), coriander powder, and carom seeds (ajwaein).
Other commonly kept whole spices are Cloves, Cinnamon sticks, whole Pepper seeds, Tejpatta ( Cinnamon leaf), Bay leaf, Cardamom.

Having all this spices do not mean we use all of this when ever we cook, they used as needed. Though I know all of this spices are not commonly available in regular grocery stores, but if you are new to cooking a trip to Indian grocery store buying them all in small packs will not hurt and will last a long time.
Also, I wanted to mention that Indian food does not mean spicy all the time, we can always cook in mild flavours. 

See you next time with a easy recipe just like ABCD..........it's a dessert