The Spicery

The Spicery are an online company that create freshly blended spice kits which come with all the spices and extras you need to make which meal you choose. It also comes with a shopping list for the fresh ingredients needed and a recipe so you can create your own spicy dish at home.

I got the boyfriend four different curry kits so he could create tasty and authentic curries at home without too much effort. We started with trying the thai massaman beef curry kit, it included a huge amount of dried spices as well as lemongrass, dried chilli, cardamon pods, galangal and lime leaves.

It still required a little effort, we created of paste with shallots, garlic and ginger and added it to the beef, coconut milk, water and fish sauce and let it simmer for an hour before adding fried potatoes and peanuts. We served it with rice, naan and some of homemade mango chutney.

It was delicious, using the fresh spices and blending a paste really make a different compared to store brought sauces and even some of the run of the mill curry house take aways. It did have a kick but it was the kind of heat which still lets you taste the flavour and builds gently. I can't wait to try the other three kits over the next few weeks.

The Spicery also creates kits from around the world including Peri Peri Chicken, Mexican Chilli and Moroccan Tagine to name a few. To make cooking with fresh spices really easy they do a monthly spice box which contains different spices for different recipes and it is delivered to your door - a very clever way to encourage the boyfriend to get cooking.