A lot of Indian dishes starts with whole spices tempered in hot oil and ends with a sprinkle of Garam Masala. Making Garam Masala at home is easy and a homemade garam masala is the key to any flavorful Indian curry. Kankana, the wonderful author and incredibely talented photographer behind the Indian Food Blog Playful Cooking, put […]
Summer is the perfect time to pick those ripe & ready veggies either from your own garden or from a local market and to turn them into jars of pickled perfection for the colder months ahead. If you haven’t tried this yet you definitely should. Kankana, author of the lovely Indian Food Blog Playful Cooking, […]
A fresh and easy salsa made with mangoes, tomatoes, red onions, jalapeño, cilantro, and a touch of Indian spices lends an exotic touch to your summer snacking needs. Raise your hand if summer is your favorite season. What other season lets you feast on fresh salads, juicy popsicles, and fresh lemonade at will? Summer is most […]
This summer we were introduced to a great Indian food blog called Fun Food and Frolic. The author behind the blog is Hina Gujral, a food blogger, food photographer & stylist and freelance food consultant based in India. We asked Hina if she would be interested in testing one of our products – so far we’ve […]
In this video we are sharing one of our favourite recipes for a very refreshing Indian chai using fresh mint leaves, grated ginger and crushed cardamon. Gita, GitaDini’s head designer shows us how she likes to make her morning tea. Because she really loves her cup of morning chai, she decided to design a special […]
Here at GitaDini we love spices! The inspiration behind the GitaDini Yin Yang Storage Bin Set was the traditional Indian Spice Box a.k.a. Masala Dabba. Pretty much every Indian household owns at least one Masala Dabba, this is where the spices for everyday cooking are kept. The typical Masala Dabba is round, made from stainless steel […]
Soni Sinha from Soni’s Food offered to try out the GitaDini Teapan. She used it for making a wonderful Masala Chai and was kind enough to let us share her review and the recipe for this great winter warmer! All text and images are curtesy of Soni Sinha, here is the link to the original […]
I’ve always wanted one of these but have never bought one because, well what else do I have an incredibly messy pantry for? God forbid I should ever get organized, ’cause what’s more fun than being in the middle of a big cook and shrieking “Where the hell’s the damn coriander seed?!!” while spilling a […]
