Use dry mixes instead of trying to toss together all the spices by yourself.

使用混合干菜，你自己不要把各种食材混乱的混合到一起煮。

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That means traveling not just with the chef but also the dry ingredients, spices and even the cooking oil.

这意味着，他们外出旅行时不仅要带着厨师，还要带着风干的食材、调味品、甚至是食用油。

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As years passed, various other things like dry fruits, honey and spices we're used. Soon this porridge got replaced with the Christmas cake.

随着时间慢慢推移，人们还会享用果脯、蜂蜜及香料食物等，随后圣诞蛋糕便代替梅花粥出现了。

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Some toast whole dry spices, such as cumin seed or mustard seed, in a pan for a minute until the seeds begin to pop.

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Whether it is avarai uttakka - local beans cooked with potato, tomato, onions, garlic and tempered with mustard seeds, or sandagai - roasted tomato sauteed with small onion, garlic and coconut ground to a fine paste - the "masala made carefully after dry-roasting 17 spices and not bought off the shops" is the key, Indira says.

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