spices and masalas - they complete the dish

Every kitchen needs utensils, vegetables, a brilliant cook and also SPICES. Food flavors make our mouth water and any dish is incomplete without it. Actually even sweet dishes have spices used for flavoring.

well according to my mother and my close friends and relatives their are variety of Goan spices and masalas that add to the tastes of Goan dishes.There are many choices like-

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Basically, Masala is an expression used in South Asian Cuisines all over India, Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka and Pakistan. Masala rich cuisines describe a mixture of natural aromatic ground spices, where in the prepared dish is to be eaten hot and spicy. Goa Masalas or Goan Masalas can either be a combination of dried (and usually dry-roasted) spices, or a paste such as Vindaloo Masala made from a mixture of spices and other ingredients, often garlic, ginger and onions.

Because I hardly take pains of going into the ranchikud, I don't know most of the names of spices but as they say internet is the savior. Some names of spices were told to me by my mom, mentioned under-

• Lahsun (Garlic)
• Lal Mirchi ( Red chili)
• Lal Mirchi powder (Red chili powder)
• Lavang (Cloves)
• Halad/haldi (Turmeric)
• Hara Dhania (Coriandar)
• Hari Mirch (Green chili)
• Harre
• Hara miri miri (Coriander powder)
• Hing (Asafoetida)
• Imli (Tamarind)
• Jaiphal (Nutmeg)
• Javitri (Mace)
• Jeera (Cumin) seed

I'm sure that those interested foodies reading the post will definitely, as per their interest will use internet or recipe books to know more about spices and masalas because I could only specify few as per my knowledge.