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What are some useful herbs and spices to always have around the kitchen?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarragon


smells so good

Salt and pepper, sounds obvious.

Depends what kind of food you eat. Just build up a collection. Start with mixed herbs and italian seasoning. There like the cooking equivalent of those starter decks of Pokemon cards you used to get.

Tumeric is a good substitute for saffron when cooking indian food.

paprika

Also if you can grow a little herb patch in your garden. Unlimited fresh herbs.

Depends what you're cooking but for me:
Garlic, ginger and chillies plus dried cumin, coriander, turmeric and chilli powder / cayenne are essentials, like the bread and butter. Having a spice grinder / pestle and mortar so you can use whole cumin and coriander is a bonus.

Garam massala is often useful - those grinder things you can get with the component parts are pretty good, I think.
After that there's all sorts that are either quite handy or a bit more specialized - fenugreek, paprika, fennel seeds, nutmeg, mace, mustard seeds, white pepper, onion seeds, mango powder, black salt...

Smoked paprika is amazing if you can get it.

Herbs I normally get in as and when I need them. Or grow them and use them a bit at a time. Except dried oregano for beefing up frozen pizzas.

cumin is my favorite..,

mix
a palms worth of honey
3/1 of olive oil to the honey
teaspoon of cumin
large handful of fresh chopped cilantro

and marinate chicken in it for about 20 min
then grill..or bake 8-10 min

simple - is good

bright maroon wrote:cumin is my favorite..,

mix
a palms worth of honey
3/1 of olive oil to the honey
teaspoon of cumin
large handful of fresh chopped cilantro

and marinate chicken in it for about 20 min
then grill..or bake 8-10 min

simple - is good

that sounds delicious

kudos to you for finally making a post i could understand

OREGANO , sorts out anything

ones i used most regularly

basil
thyme
oregano
paprika
cumin
turmeric
curry powder
coriander seed
bay leaves
cinnamon
nutmeg
cardamom
cayenne pepper
cloves
kaffir lime leaves
lemongrass

Shum wrote:

What kinda herb is that?

Garlic powder or fresh.

and oh yes, big fat bud is always nice

Basil, corriander garlic, whole peppercorns, ginger, lemongrass, sea salt, chilli in any shape or form, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

all of them. Particular fav is coriander though (fresh)

weedcali wrote:Garlic powder or fresh.

and oh yes, big fat bud is always nice

boo garlic powder, nothing beats a proper chopped one (although the lazy in-a-jar stuff isnt bad)


dried-wise, basil and chili powder are the ones i use most.

always got a thing of fresh parsley and tarragon on the go in the fridge too, mediterrainean style

Shum wrote:

that was inevitable