Spice It UPP

Indian cuisine evolved IN the heat, FOR the heat. India sits largely in the tropics. The food wasn’t built for European winters — it was built for monsoons, summers, and humidity.

Chillies actually cool you down. Capsaicin in chillies triggers sweating, and as the sweat evaporates, your body temperature drops.

This is why hot-climate cuisines worldwide — Mexican, Thai, South Indian — lean towards spicy.

The spice cabinet is full of coolants. In Ayurveda, fennel seeds, coriander, cumin, mint, cardamom, raw mango powder and kokum are classified as cooling. Munching on fennel seeds after meals isn’t just for digestion — it’s literally a summer ritual that also aids digestion.

So next time you think that it is too hot to eat Indian food, maybe it is just what you need for your body and taste 😁!

Not your typical Mother’s Day gift

It is all about the aroma of spices, the joy of cooking, the gift of TIME TOGETHER —perfect for Mother’s Day!

Make this Mother’s Day unique and special for her

👉 Click the link in bio to gift a class or DM for more info. ❤️

STOP WATING FLAVOURS!

Your spices need your love too!

Do you have a stock of old spices and herbs that you are not sure whether to throw away or can still use?

Here are few tips on how to store and use spices properly so that you are not wasting the flavour enhancers and making the best of them. Enjoying Spicing It UPP!

Link of full post with lots of tips in the bio or comment link and I will sent it to you.

Your kitchen will never smell boring again. 🌶️
Join our Indian cooking class in Basel and learn to build flavours from scratch — from tempering spices to balancing heat. No experience needed. Just curiosity and a good appetite. 🍛
DM to book your spot or for me to come to your kitchen and together we will fill it with flavours!

Can’t cook Indian food, it is so complicated and you need so many ingredients and spices?!!

That is so NOT TRUE

There are many easy to cook Indian recipes that you can make if you follow these simple Indian food recipes selection tips and pick dishes that can be made without much effort at home. These tips are especially useful if you happen to be a complete beginner at cooking Indian food at home or looking for an easy weekday Indian meal.

1. Select simple ingredients – Choose recipes that have few simple ingredients that you are familiar with.

2. Limit the spices – Stick to recipes that lists upto 5 easily available spices you need to start cooking Indian food at home or spices that you may already have at home.

3. Choose everyday Indian dishes – If you know how to cook lentils or potatoes or any veg/ meat you have cooked before then choose an easy Indian recipe of that particular ingredient. Lentils is your best bet as even over cooked lentils make great tasting dishes. It is one of the simplest everyday Indian dishes to make with as less as 20 minutes.

4. Understand the cooking process – Select recipes that have step wise cooking image or videos explaining the dish. This will indicate the typical Indian cooking process involved and give you a rough idea of how you can make it at home.

5. Prep before hand – If you are a complete beginner to cooking Indian food or cooking it for the first time then it would help to prep that is chop, measure out ingredients before you start so that you have an idea of the work and cooking steps involved. It reduces confusion and time when following cooking steps.

Looking back at the days when a simple idea to share my knowledge of cooking Indian food at home began. It was not in a big swanky profession kitchen but instead a smallish, home kitchen with cookware that I use for my everyday cooking. The idea was to keep it as real and as close to as possible. The kitchen may have changed after 10 years but the concept is still the same. To demystify spices and make Indian cooking easy.

This one mistake makes Indian food taste bitter.

Spices are at the heart of Indian cooking. Not cooking them right will either under flavour the dish or make it bitter.

Cooking spices correctly is key to get the best out of them.

Burning spices in oil is perhaps one such common mistake that most of us may have done at some point or the other. It is easy to do so as spices can burn quickly if not cooked with care.

Following these simple tips will prevent them from burning.

Share it with someone you know who may benefit from learning these cooking tips.

Celebrating another fun team cooking event - with craft beer, great vibes, delicious food and teamwork in the cozy Stöcklin kitchen in Aesch.

Ein weiterer grossartiger Team-Kochevent - Bier, gute Vibes, leckeres Essen und Teamwork in der gemütlichen Stöcklin Küche in Aesch.