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Kartha masala to Parsi khara, a guide to heirloom spice mixes that have a following across the country
During last year’s lockdown, the owners of Matamaal, the Kashmiri Pandit restaurant in Gurugram, realised that people were craving their dishes like
rogan josh and
yakhni curry. “We started thinking of something that can be easily made at home,” says chef and director Nalini Sadhu, who came up with the Rogan Josh Spice Mix a tweaked version of a family recipe (₹150 onwards on kanzandmuhul.com). Lockdown or not, several others have taken a similar route to bring family favourites to the masses. A round-up: