I just love masala tea

Know your spices! A fun and informative spice postcards including their most common features and their Hindi names.

Pumpkin Spice Lattes, warm lemon tea, fairytale pumpkins and (though not edible) horse chestnuts are some of my favorite signs of fall. Here I combined watercolor illustrations and shared them on TDAC for the FEAST collection.

Four of my autumn seasonal favorites, all lined up. Only three of four are edible! Pumpkin spice lattes, a whole pumpkin, and yummy lemon tea. The fourth, horse chestnuts, are not! They are pretty and a true sign of fall. Sometimes they get mistaken for edible chestnuts, though, which are delicious when roasted. Make sure you select carefully!

Indian cooking is known for its aromatic herbs and spices. If you go to any Indian kitchen, you’ll find a box of spices used for everyday cooking. Generally made of steel, this box contains small containers of like turmeric, red chilli, Mustard seeds, cumin and coriander powder and garam masala! And then there are whole variety of dried spices which give the Indian dishes their unique flavour. Some of them remind me of my grandmother who had her own blend of garam masala. How many of these have you used?

Peppers of all kinds, hot, spicy, culinary and lethal ones too!

You can do no wrong with roasted beets and carrots. Great in a veggie taco or mixed in a bowl of rice. They're giving off some serious fall vibes in this seamless pattern with squash, tomatoes, green peppers and tiny cranberries. resubmission with 5000x1875 for Rooting for Root Veggies!

One of the best ways to add instant flavour to dishes is cooking with spices. They not only give a boost to your taste buds but also to your health. I cook with so many spices and often end up filling any empty jar with spices, very few of them match! My jars have their very own box in the corner of my kitchen filled with whole ( I buy in bulk ) and freshly roasted ground spices. I honestly couldn't imagine my life without these little jars.

I love spices, their colors and textures!

A scene from an Indian Spice Market where a local businessman is selling all the spices used in traditional Indian cooking. This picture promotes the concept of buying local and fresh produce to support small and indigenous businesses.

Jam from ripe figs.
Mixed media, applique, gouache, colored pencils

Hand painted with watercolor, these Spices arranged into a repeat pattern, will surely envelop you with their warm and cozy aroma. These are the spices commonly used in India for curries and flavored rice such a pulao.

Autumn inspires me like no other season. Cozy woollens, hot drinks and spices, crunchy apples, pumpkin pies.. all so good.

Ginger, pepper serrano , garlic, celery root

Add a dash of this and a dash of that from a world of spices on a rack. Tasty!