What kind of cook are you? What flavors do you really love? Stock the spice drawer for making all your standards and the dishes you want to try. You can’t make it if you don’t have it.

Buy spices from an ethnic grocer rather than a supermarket: prices are surprisingly low and quality is top-notch. Good brands of spices will have a strong aroma and the packets will be free of ...

Even just for chicken curries – there’s jalfrezi ... Tempering is simply cooking spices, onion and other aromats in oil. It’s the most pivotal part of getting flavour into a curry.