Hugh’s photo challenge hosted by the Lovely Ron this week… check it out here.
1. Take or choose a photo that you’ve taken which shows Season in it.
2. Create a new post on your blog entitled “Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 23– “Season”
3. Add the photo(s) you have taken to the post and tell us a little about what you are showing.
4. Copy and paste your URL into the comments of this challenge post. The pingbacks are having a bit of a meltdown with some of the blogs lately, and to make doubly sure you are visited, do the copy and paste please.
The obvious did spring to mind, thinking about the four seasons, then the sports seasons, and before I had even scrolled down Ronovan’s post, I knew it had to be about seasoning… Food and me, we have a deep love!
In most households there will be a cupboard where your bottles of various seasonings are kept. Salt, pepper, dried herbs… they are all there to help flavour your dishes.
Now in an Indian household it is no different, though the way the spices are kept is uniform in each of our households. They are in this type of multi sectioned tin that we call a Masala Dabaa, or Spice Tin!
That is where we get all that amazing flavour! In my tin, I have salt, cumin, mustard seeds, turmeric, garam masala, chilli powder and in the small pot in the middle is asafoetida (though I have never used that.. my mum made this tin up for me when I moved into my own house and I just top it up!) The tins are usually stainless steel and have little spoons to use, to sprinkle the spices and seasonings. There is no such thing as a measurement spoon in these, they come in all shapes and sizes, as we cook and use everything by andazaa, or by estimation!
(Don’t worry, on the other side of the cupboard where my flavour tin is kept, I have all the other bottles that are in western cupboards too!!!!)
So, without further ado, here is my entry, and a little haiku to go with it!
Flavour
Indian staple
In every kitchen I know
Masala dabaaRitu 2016
But I Smile Anyway... 
Apr 30, 2016 @ 23:48:52
Without the spice tin,that looks just like my kitchen.. Just add Pimiento and Spanish Paprika!
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May 01, 2016 @ 07:04:52
Ha ha lol! 😄
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Apr 29, 2016 @ 22:54:23
I would love to see a recipe one day step by step. I buy these spices and don’t know what to do with them. 🙂
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Apr 29, 2016 @ 23:53:17
I have a mixture of recipes here, scroll down and press older posts a few times… you’ll see indian recipes as well as a few others!
https://butismileanyway.wordpress.com/category/recipes/
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Apr 30, 2016 @ 00:06:54
I’ll check them out. Thanks 🙂
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Apr 30, 2016 @ 00:24:29
You’re welcome!
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Apr 28, 2016 @ 13:13:48
A great take on Ron’s challenge this week, Ritu.
I’ve only seen spice trays like these in Indian Restaurants. Never seen them on sale anywhere, but I guess they can be found easily on the internet.
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Apr 28, 2016 @ 16:15:18
You need to get to an indian area… the sjopelsctgere that sell tableware would have them!
Thanks Hugh! !
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Apr 27, 2016 @ 20:00:09
I’ve only been to on Indian restaurant as they are hard to come by in my area and they served us using a similar plate. Instead of spices it was different curries and veggies, beans, etc..
By the way, I just wanted to stop by an let you know that I nominated you for the Entertainer Blogger Award.
No pressure to participate. I know a lot of blogs don’t do awards.
You can check it out here: http://curiousqueendom.com/2016/04/27/the-entertainer-blogger-award/
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Apr 27, 2016 @ 21:18:49
Thank you for reading, and oh WOW! Thank you for the nomination, I’ll be sure to check it out!
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Apr 29, 2016 @ 01:47:12
Yay!! 😛
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Apr 29, 2016 @ 06:58:21
I did a repost Hun, hope you saw!
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Apr 27, 2016 @ 16:00:39
Love the haiku and the spices 🙂
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Apr 27, 2016 @ 16:16:14
Thank you!
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Apr 27, 2016 @ 15:54:38
LOL. I learned this from the Food Network’s Next Food Network Star Aarti Sequeira’s show. I loved her show. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/aarti-sequeira/aartis-hot-not-heavy-homemade-garam-masala-recipe.html
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Apr 27, 2016 @ 16:15:35
Every household needs a Masala dabaa !!! And andaaza too!!
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Apr 27, 2016 @ 07:15:48
Haha…lovely articles on masala…u always provide new insight in normal simple things…thas ur plus
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Apr 27, 2016 @ 07:25:05
Thank y out so much! I just add my own ‘masala’ 😉
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 23:48:09
Great photo and love your take on the prompt
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Apr 27, 2016 @ 06:58:43
Thank you Donna!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 22:37:58
Reminded of home.. 😥
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Apr 27, 2016 @ 06:57:54
😊
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 21:52:51
That’s such a great idea! I love the photo, too! 🙂
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 21:58:45
Thank you Tonya! For me this was the only way to go!
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Apr 28, 2016 @ 19:55:00
It makes sense! So convenient!
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Apr 28, 2016 @ 19:59:37
It is definitely that!!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:33:36
We were thinking about getting one of those as we love curries but we do not use ready made curry spice mixes. I think the spice tins are brilliant!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:54:42
Bee they are fantastic! So handy as you have more or less all you need in one place!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:16:30
Love this, Sis 🙂
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:17:30
Thank you sis! Xx
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:17:45
Oh by the way. .. I just emailed you…
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:28:24
Seen it Sis and replied! 🙂
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:54:13
Ooh I’ll go check!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:15:20
Yay, great take, Sis! That’s absolutely you!!!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:15:51
Thanks sis!! It had to hbe done!!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:20:31
My lovely Indian patriot!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:53:55
👳🏽lol!!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 21:03:30
💖 😘 💖
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:01:46
andazaa is such a neat word. A really clever post, Ritu.
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:05:41
Thank you Chris!
We Indians do an awful lot by andazaa!!!!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:00:11
Delicious!
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Apr 26, 2016 @ 20:05:16
It certainly helps the food to taste good!
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