Thursday, August 4, 2011

India~Basic shopping list

Planning on creating some great dishes with me?
Here is a list of things to buy on your next shopping trip!
  • Potatoes (baking or if your in the mood, the yellow or red potatoes)
  • Tomatoes
  • Eggplant
  • Cabbage
  • Lemons
  • Oranges
  • Mangos
  • Bananas (these are good no matter what!)
  • Ginger Root
  • Sour Cream
  • Yogurt *greek style if you can find*
  • Cheese curds OR you can do what i do and buy large curd cottage cheese 
  • Spinach
  • Garlic
  • Onions (get a few of the red ones too)
  • Carrots
  • Beets (buy them fresh, live it up)
  • Cauliflower
  • Varied meats, chicken, fish and lamb if it is affordable and easily found
  • Yellow split peas *available in most bulk food
  • Cilantro (fresh if you can get it, dried if you can't)
  • Coconut Milk *this can often be found with the asian food stuffs in your grocery store*
  • Unsweetened coconut shredded
  • Cumin Seeds
  • A curry spice mix
  • Rice flour *again, found in most bulk food sections*
  • Whole wheat flour
  • Jasmine rice *or any other rice you truly enjoy the taste of
  • Turmeric spice
  • lemon juice
  • Cucumbers
As you can see, most of this stuff you already buy when you go shopping, much of it you may even have in your kitchen already! These things will get you by with most recipes and if I post one that requires additional shopping, I will make sure to let you know!!

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