Giveaway!

Get ready to dance!!!! It's GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

via GIPHYI'm giving away a huge basket of Indian spices!!!! It includes all of the basic spices you need to make my dishes and a handful of surprise ones!! Each of the following will give one ticket into the contest... ---Share my Facebook page with your friends (ONE ENTRY)--- Take my end of the year survey (THREE ENTRIES)---Subscribe to my blog (THREE ENTRIES)---Follow me on twitter @almstindianwife (ONE ENTRY)---Like my Facebook page (ONE ENTRY)---Follow me on Instagram @almostindianwife (ONE ENTRY)---Share one my my blog posts on your Facebook or Twitter (TWO ENTRIES)

I will choose a winner on November 8th. GOOD LUCK!!!

Ginger-Garlic Paste

When you start cooking Indian food, you'll notice a few ingredients repeat themselves. One of those is ginger-garlic paste. It's delicious! I've been making Indian food for a little over five years now and I've noticed I'm becoming a better cook. This has nothing to do with me. It's the fact that I've seen the light!!! Or rather how delicious food can be and I've used some of the techniques I learned in making signature Indian dishes in my everyday meals. I've started using ginger-garlic paste in just about everything! It deepens the flavor and adds a bit of a kick. You can go straight to your local Indian market or you can make it in your very own kitchen. I like to make it because I know it's fresh and like I said we use it all the time. Ingredients:Whole gingerWhole garlicOlive OilDirections:Cut the skin off your ginger and chop it up into chunks. Smash your garlic and take the skins off. Add equal parts ginger and garlic to a food processor and then add a bit of olive oil. Puree. Add enough olive oil for the ginger and garlic to become a thick paste. Make sure you add a little at a time because you can always add more if it's still too thick.