Top 20 Herbs and Spice recipes

An African spice mixture.

Using fresh Tamarind pods make your own fresh homemade tamarind paste. You can use it in Indian cooking, Thai, Jamaican and Mexican. Add a spoonful to flavor curry, soups or even into meat taco mixes. In India it is used for a soft drink. Sort of like iced tea with an interesting tang or zing.

A fresh and fragrant dish.

Fried Cabbage recipe

Crunchy lotus root in a very flavorful and rich spicy coconut milk curry sauce, perfect over basmati rice. This recipe delivers huge flavor from some very simple ingredients.

Roasted cauliflower, creamy and tangy curry yogurt dressing with some fresh cilantro, a delicious side-dish that you can serve with any main course; or just having it directly is a joy too!

Store bought chili powder lacks authentic flavor. We like to make our own homemade chili powder which adds a tremendous boost to Chili, Tex-Mex or Mexican recipes.

Why buy prepacked taco seasoning when it is easy to make from scratch. If you purchase the spices at a bulk store it is also very very inexpensive to make. As a bonus you can control the salt. Commercial mixes have way too much salt for my tastes.

A simple seasoning recipe that can add a kick to any of your meals.

Curry those chicken legs with this delicious recipe that uses lemon juice and plain yogurt.

A wonderful sauce for fresh grilled salmon, halibut or sea bass.

An Ethiopian (African) style sauce made from a mix of savory spices. From the Frugal Gourmet via the Chile heads mailing list.

Indian inspired curry shrimp with pumpkin, tons of flavour!

A tasty Puerto Rican sauce using bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic and onions.