Start with three meals you cook regularly
Choose a set that covers more than one meal. The essential spice set includes onion powder, ginger, garlic powder, cumin, coriander and turmeric. Use separate jars to tune the flavour of roast vegetables, lentils and rice.
For Gulf rice dishes and stews
The traditional spice set includes kabsa, machboos, mandi and biryani blends, as well as fish and shrimp, saloona, Arabic bazar and seven spice. Begin with the blend named for your dish and adjust it after tasting.
For pizza or dried lime
The Italian seasoning set includes oregano, pizza and pasta blend, Tuscany blend, Italian seasoning and oil-dipping seasoning. Compare their uses for tomato sauce and sides. The dried lime set offers black and yellow dried limes, whole and ground.
Compare meals before counting jars
Write the spices you need under each planned meal and compare them with the set. Check for duplicates in your cupboard. Buy individual jars if you already own most of the contents, or compare the ready-made sets if one set serves several meals.
