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Cinnamon: powder and sticks in your recipes
The form may seem like a detail until you begin cooking. Before opening the cinnamon, check which one the recipe calls for; it shapes…
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Ground cumin: choosing your own seasoning
With ground cumin, you can choose how it combines with the other spices in your recipe. Keep track of the amount you use as…
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Turmeric or curry: two ways to begin
Turmeric powder and curry may sit on the same shelf, but they offer different ways to season a dish: one ingredient on its own…
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Curry: keeping a note of the first attempt
We remember enjoying a dish more easily than we remember what went into it. A few notes while cooking with curry can help you…
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Ground ginger: keep the form in the recipe
“Add ginger” does not always say whether it means fresh or ground. That small detail helps you follow a recipe and keep a useful…
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Harissa: does the recipe mean a blend or a paste?
The same name can describe different products. Before starting a harissa recipe, check that the form it calls for matches the one you have…
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Black pepper: the detail we forget to write down
We record the main ingredients, then write “salt and pepper”. The pepper’s form and when you add it are also part of the recipe…
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Paprika: what colour cannot tell you
Red catches the eye, but it does not describe a paprika on its own. To choose one for a dish, look for the flavour…
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Four-spice: cooking with a combination
Nutmeg, coriander, ginger and black pepper: four names in one blend. How can you explore what they bring together without changing the whole recipe?
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Cooking with ras el-hanout: three ways to build a dish
Use the same blend differently in a simmered dish, a vegetable preparation or a savoury filling.
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Cooking with saffron: match the method to the form
Threads and powder need different handling; the confirmed 2 g pack is a size, not a recipe dose.
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