Organic Spices: New Partner For Festive Preparations

Organic spices are full of nutrients and bio-active compounds which help in maintaining perfect immune health during these times where the world is in the grips of various deadly viruses. Let’s celebrate this festive season with organic spices.

According to Ancient Indian culture, Navratri is the festival celebrated to honour goddess Durga who is the symbol of purity and ultimate power. This festival is celebrated across every boundary of India. During this festival, fasts are observed for complete nine days and many food recipes are prepared.  These special recipes are the main highlights of the festival. Also, bhajans and garba dance are source of attraction during this festival.

This Navratri add goodness of an exciting range of ORCO’S organic spices to make your dishes completely pure. The spices are handpicked and processed in handmade mill without using chemicals or adulterants, thus we can say that they are 100% pure and natural. Due to the minimal heat produced during the manual hand ground technique, all the natural flavours and nutrients are retained that impart exquisite and authentic aroma to the dishes.

Now you must be wondering that how these spices are related to this special occasion of Navratri?

As an answer to the questions triggering in your mind, we say that since this festival is the symbol of purity, the organic spices act as your constant kitchen companion that needs to be added in all your special dishes. This serves the purpose of preparing chemical free and pure meals not only for nine days of Navratri but for your future eating schedule as well. These spices add freshness to your meals through their natural flavours. Also, the organic spices are available at very affordable price range only on ORCO.

But what are the most popular dishes that are prepared during the festival in which we can add these spices?

There are a few recipes like sago khichdi, kuttu ki poori, aloo pakoras, aloo ki sabzi, lauki ka raita, singhara atta samosa and many more, in which the spices like red chilli powder, turmeric powder, Himalayan pink salt, black salt and cumin whole can be used in very innovative manner. So check out some easy and mouth-watering recipes that you can prepare at your home during Navratri.

SAGO KHICHDI:

INGREDIENTS:

• 200gm soaked sago
• 2 small grated tomato
• 1-2 inch grated ginger
• ½ cup coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• 2 green chillies (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp organic red chilli powder
• 1 tsp organic turmeric powder
• 1 tsp organic cumin whole
• Himalayan pink salt as per taste
• 1 tbsp cooking oil

METHOD:

• Before doing anything, soak sago for 2 to 3 hours so that they become softer but still hard enough to taste good.
• Then strain it and take cooking oil in a pan and let it heat.
• After heating of oil, add cumin whole and wait for 2 to 3 seconds. Once it splutters add grated tomato, ginger and green chilli, cook it for 2-3 min. Now add all the spices along with strained sago. Cook for 2 min and garnish it with coriander leaves.
• The sago khichdi is ready. Serve hot and enjoy.

KUTTU KI POORI:

INGREDIENTS:

• 100gm kuttu atta
• 1 small grated radish
• 2 green chillies (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp organic red chilli powder
• Himalayan pink salt as per taste
• Cooking oil as per required for frying

METHOD:

• Take all the ingredients in bowl and knead the dough.
• Then make small balls and press in between your palms. Now add cooking oil in kadhai, once completely heated to a certain level, deep fry the poori.
• Serve these pooris with curd or aloo ki sabzi.

SINGHARA ATTA SAMOSA:

INGREDIENTS:

• 200gm singhara atta
• 3 boiled potatoes
• 20gm paneer (diced)
• 3 green chillies (finely chopped)
• ½ cup coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp cumin whole
• 1 tsp organic red chilli powder
• 1 tsp organic turmeric powder
• Himalayan pink salt as per taste
• Cooking oil for deep frying

METHOD:

• In the first step, prepare dough from singhara atta and keep it aside for 30 min.
• Wash and boil the potatoes and then peel and mash them in a bowl.
• Allow the kadhai to heat properly, once heated add organic cumin to it.
• Add all the spices, paneer, and coriander leaves in the mashed potatoes and mix it well. Now make small pockets and add mixture of potatoes to it.
• Deep fry these samosas and serve hot with red of green chutney.

So, this navratri adopt some new companion for your kitchen for preparing some interesting dishes and be organic with ORCO’S special organic spices.

The brand ORCO not only conveys the need of a shift that we must make towards organic, but it also signifies purity and authenticity. Orco offers a wide range of spices and seeds including organic amchur, organic methi, organic paneer masala, organic white sesame seeds, organic kitchen king masala and seeds like chia seeds, pumpkin seeds and a lot more. We have pledged to provide our customers with the best in the market, natural, chemical-free and tastiest organic spices.