5 Spices You Can Grow At Home
Here's a list of 5 everyday spices that you can grow at your house to keep yourself occupied during the lockdown. Happy gardening!
Have you been in the kitchen, cooking something and you open a cabinet to add the essential spices to your dish and you don’t have them available? Worry no more because this article sums up 5 essential spices that you can grow at home. These spices are everyday use in Desi households.
Imagine the convenience of going out on your balcony or to your garden and plucking out your required spice and adding it to your recipe. This way you will not have to look for alternate recipes that exclude the spice you don’t have available. Here’s a list of 5 everyday spices that you can harvest at home without the need of a large garden.
Coriander (Dhaniya)
Coriander is used in almost every South Asian cuisine, its leaves- also known as cilantro is an essential element of Chinese and other continental recipes. Coriander is both- a herb and a spice. The spice is mostly used in South Asian recipes, curries particularly.
The best thing about coriander is that it can grow at any time during the year but in winters, it fully blooms. To begin with, add potting mix into a big sized pot and sow the coriander seeds deep inside the soil. Make sure to cover them and then place the soil under direct sunlight. Watering is essential to keep the soil moist. Initially, white flowers will grow and then eventually they will transform into the desired product.
Turmeric (Haldi)
Used in foods for its bright yellow colour, turmeric adds its sharp and spicy flavour to any dish you incorporate it in.
Turmeric can easily be grown indoors. Although the spice is commonly used in its powdered form, planting is done using the turmeric sticks that are easily available. Sow the sticks deep in the soil and water it regularly. Make sure the pot receives plenty of sunlight. Noticeable changes will begin in about a week.
Paprika (Surk Mirch)
This product is an essential item in so many cuisines including our very own, Chinese and even Italian. Its hot spice and colour add that oomph to every dish.
Sunlight is an imperative part of growing this spice at home as it requires a lot of sunlight. With paprika, only one seed can be sown per pot so that means you’ll have to have 9-10 pots to grow a good amount of the spice. It’s easy to tell when the spice is harvested- it has to be when they get a bright red colour.
Ginger (Adrak)
One of the most essential spices in Asian dishes, ginger is used in curries, baked goods and in tea as well because of its medical benefits.
Firmly press around 6 pieces of ginger in moist soil. Keep the pot under the sunlight for a day, water it daily and when the soil turns completely dry, dig out the ginger and shift the plant (with its roots) to another pot. Make sure the pot is small but wide.
Cumin (Zeera)
Whether you want to use the spice in its powdered form or in its regular form, cumin seeds are an essential part of curries, beef, and chicken and mutton dishes.
To grow cumin the same standard procedures are supposed to be followed however, the plant takes around 4 months to harvest. Primarily, small flowers will grow and then eventually they’ll transform into seeds make sure to be very careful as these seeds can fall off any time.
Although all these spices are available at affordable prices anywhere, growing them at home is a fun way to try something new. It will obviously save you money and keep you busy during the lockdown period. Happy gardening!
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