Buy fresh Bengali Mustard Powder (Sorse Powder) from Bong Haat. This is one of the most important spices used by Bengali housewives. This mustard powder is made the the brand Sunrise Masala. This mustard powder is used to prepare various Bengali dishes like Sukto, Fish Curry, Chicken and other various items. This mustard powder is sources from the market in Kolkata and packed and shipped to customer place.
Kala jeera or kalonji seeds are often confused with black sesame seeds because of their similar appearance, but one whiff will set even a layman straight.
Onion seeds or nigella seeds are often used to flavour bread products in the west, while in india, particularly in Bengal, it is popular both as a standalone spice and also as a part of paanch phoron.
This is as compatible with vegetarian dishes as with fish preparations. Temper the blandest vegetable with a combination of onion seeds and garlic, and marvel at the difference.
A blend of five aromatic seeds that are each an important component of any spice box.
Paach phoron, literally five spice, contains fenugreek, black mustard, nigella, cumin and fennel seeds, in the same quantities each. Each of these aromatics is strong enough to hold its own, yet eager to work with others. This gives this blend an interesting piquancy that is almost instantly identifiable.
A must for Bengali and Bangladeshi cuisine, this is quite popular in north India as well.
While this can easily be made at home, keep a packet of our Five Spice Mix handy if you want the surety of premium quality and perfect proportion.
Used across cuisines to add crunch to crusty baked items, creamy nuttiness to fillings and taste and texture to sauces and curries.
In Bengal, this seed paste is had raw, is added to vegetables and also often made into fried patties.
Posto or poppy seeds are one of the more expensive ingredients to be found in an Indian kitchen. In North India, this is used mostly as a thickener for Mughlai dishes like korma and is often optional. But, in Bengal, this is a kitchen staple.
Shukto or Shuktoni is a Bengali cook's most well-kept secret. A mix of fresh summer vegetables ranging from raw bananas to radish and of course, bitter gourd, lightly cooked in milk, this is a dish that's perfectly representative of the delicacy that characterises Bengali cuisine.
The light touch required for a perfect shukto is a matter of years of practice and rather difficult to achieve. Sunrise Shukto Masala has been brought to the market just for this reason. So that any Bengali away from their mother or away from home can still savour shukto when they feel like it.
We have worked hard to bring you this blend of special herbs and spices so that you don't have to. A sprinkling of this and you have a delectable serving of no-worry curry. Our blend is a simple combination of ginger, garlic, onion, coriander and cumin, with added aroma of cinnamon, green cardamom and cloves. The SUNRISE advantage: Apart from using this to make chicken curry, this can also be mixed with yoghurt, rubbed into meats or fish, marinated and griled.
This sharp, tangy powder is made from unripe, green, sharply sour mangoes, which are dried and then ground. A common enough flavouring agent in North India, the use of amchur is relatively rare in other parts of India. Amchur is a favourite with all street food vendors serving up chatpata chaats all over the country - they rely on this to keep the customers coming back.
Dhokar dalna, A dish which would score among the highest on both – the deliciousness quotient as well as fear factor. It's not so much the gravy as getting the lentil cakes right that is so difficult. It was because many of us at Sunrise missed out on cooking and enjoying dhokar dalna at home precisely because of this intimidation factor, that we came up with this instant dhoka mix. Just follow the instructions on the pack and you don't need to worry about whether you’ve added too much water or too less, if your dhoka will be too crumbly or too hard.
This Shorshe Posto powder is one of the most sought after ingredients to be found in a Bengali kitchen. Due the popularity and usage Sunrise brings to you the ready to use Shorshe Posto powder which may be used in popular Bengali dishes like Fish, Chicken and many others. In this powder, mustard powder does not contain the outer coating, and is therefore more yellow and best taste found when cooked with this Shorshe Posto powder.
The first of its kind, Himalaya's pure hands is an effective, herbal, alcohol based hand sanitizer which kills 99.9 percent of germs, prevents infection and ensures total hand hygiene. Pure hands contains extracts of herbs like coriander, which have potent anti microbial properties and lime, which is a natural bactericidal. In addition, the active ingredients of Neem, which are anti bacterial, fungicidal and anti viral, safely keep viruses, bacteria and fungi at bay.
The first of its kind, Himalaya's pure hands is an effective, herbal, alcohol based hand sanitizer which kills 99.9 percent of germs, prevents infection and ensures total hand hygiene. Pure hands contains extracts of herbs like coriander, which have potent anti microbial properties and lime, which is a natural bactericidal. In addition, the active ingredients of Neem, which are anti bacterial, fungicidal and anti viral, safely keep viruses, bacteria and fungi at bay.