Topic: Dry Masala Brands (i.e. Rajah,Heera,Fudco etc)

[DalPuri]

Which Brands have you tried and compared?

Over christmas and the new year whilst visiting family i twice made CA's simple base.
a great little starter base for anyone new or experienced.
it was equally as sweet as CT's 3 hour whole onion base which is what i have here in my freezer. i was quite surprized at the sweetness as it had the usual chopped onions. i Did add 1 tsp of puree with all the other ingredients at the start too    AND,,,,,, until i got home and checked all me curry goodies i'd been buying, completely forgot i had added 1 tsp natspiss, sorry natco garam masala to the spice mix :

i made meat and saag for me old man and he said it was delicious but too hot for him . i had replaced paprika with deggi mirch. oh well, lesson learnt. deggi mirch isnt mild enough for some.
All the while over the 2 days of eating i couldnt understand what that horrible dominant flavour was.
i'd put it down to the tinned spinach that me old man had in his cupboard, only to later remember it was the natco gm.

So i would like some input on which brands you all have tried, compared, liked and hated?
i'm only really interested in mixed spices rather than individual but all points of views are appreciated and welcomed.

Cheers, Frank. 

[Les]

Hi Frank
Our resident Chef Abdul ;D recommends Rajah GM, never tried Nacto or Rajah (some members on here don't like either of them) so can't give an opinion, All I can get where I am is Morrisons own brand Which is actually not to bad,

Les