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Time to make more. This will make one cup for less than a dollar. Salt free and zero fillers.

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[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Like OP said, definitely whatever specific ethnic markets might be around. I go to an east Asian grocery store, an Indian store, a Latino store, and a Turkish store.

Some spices are literally repackaged by the grocery store into ziploc bags, and some are brand names in alphabets I dont know, but here are some brand names to search:

Laxmi, Suraj, Roshni, and Wise Wife for Indian spices

Badia and La Fiesta for Latino spices and peppers.

Sadaf for middle eastern/Mediterranean.

East Asian brands (at least that I have) appear to be less dominated by a few players, and they appear to be the ones that aren't using the Latin alphabet.

It's all probably stuff you can get on Amazon, though obviously, id avoid that if you can. If you dont have any good stores where you live, spices aren't a bad thing to bring home from a vacation.

Last thing I'll mention is to avoid any sketchy seeming brands selling preground spices that are red/orange/yellow. Think spices like sumac, cinnamon, saffron(which you shouldn't buy ground anyway). Bad suppliers will occasionally dose those with lead oxides to make the color more vibrant.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, things with unrealistic colors for the type should definitely be avoided. If Dollar Tree has had to do recalls because of too much lead in its ground cinnamon then other suppliers are doing it too. Which is another reason to buy whole spices and grind your own.

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