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Recipe card with every blend
Freshly toasted, ground & sealed at source
Real Indian | Made Easy™
We've mastered the masalas.So you can master the dish.
Every blend is sourced, toasted, ground and balanced by us, then sealed fresh on India's spice coast — generations of expertise in every tin. You bring the pan and a few everyday ingredients. The cooking is yours.
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The masala, mastered
From harvest to tin: hunted down, toasted, ground and balanced by us — the part that takes a shelf of spices and a lifetime to learn.
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You add a few everyday ingredients
Your protein and a few everyday ingredients from your kitchen or the local shop. Nothing you'll need to hunt for.
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The dish is yours
Follow the recipe card and cook it to the standard Mrs Balbir Singh set. Every time. Without compromise.
One sniff, and you'll never reach for a supermarket jar again.
A taste ofNorthern IndiaBehind the blend
Take some time to indulge in its scent before adding, like you would a fine whisky.
Questions, answered
I've never cooked Indian food — is this actually easy?
Yes. Every tin comes with an authentic Mrs Balbir Singh recipe card that walks you through it step by step. Thousands of first-time cooks have made restaurant-quality curries with it — no experience needed.
I already cook Indian food — is this still for me?
Absolutely — you're exactly who we make these for. If you already cook, you know great Indian food lives and dies by the spices: the highest grade ones, freshly toasted, ground and balanced in the correct proportions. That's the slow, exacting part — and it's the part we've done for you, every blend made to Mrs Balbir Singh's original recipes. You get the depth you'd spend hours building, in minutes, with the same result every time — then season and make it your own, exactly as you would.
Is it very spicy?
It's about flavour, not heat. Butter Chicken is rich and mild, and the recipe card lets you dial the chilli up or down to taste. Indian food is defined by region and balance, not a heat scale.
I usually order this from the takeaway — how is this different?
It's the real thing, made properly at home: freshly roasted, ground and blended spices, with no jars, no base gravy and no shortcuts. Most people tell us it's better than their Friday takeaway.
Do I need a cupboard full of other spices?
No. One tin replaces the 10–20 spices you'd otherwise buy. Add a few fresh ingredients from the recipe card and you're done.
How many servings does a tin make, and how should I store it?
Each tin makes 12+ servings. Store it closed in a cool, dark place, and check the best-before date on the tin base.
Curries aren't poured. They're built.
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Sizzle
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Then comes the best part — the faces around the table, the second helpings, the repeated requests… and the confidence to know you can easily make this at the drop of a hat. Or, like many of our customers do, batch cook or meal prep on a weekend for weeks' worth of memorable curry nights.
The recipes that started it all
The methods that made Mrs Balbir Singh the Godmother of Indian Cookery — first in her 1961 Indian Cookery, now on a recipe card that comes with every tin, so it comes out right the very first time.
What the experts say about our heritage
Named critics, chefs and authorities on Mrs Balbir Singh and her landmark cookbook — the heritage every blend is built on.
The Indian Delia [Smith] who is credited with having invented chicken tikka masala.
United Kingdom
Mrs Balbir Singh is the Julia Child, Mrs Beeton or Martha Stewart of India. To us chefs, she is the big bang moment of modern-day Indian home cookery.
Food writer, broadcaster & Food Network judge
The only book that could produce food that tasted like real North Indian… a book that Indians would want to cook from, as all the flavours were true and recognizable.
Actress, author & TV chef
Almost every chef of my generation has a special bond with Mrs Balbir Singh's book.
TV chef & restaurateur
The gold standard of Indian home cookery
What sets Mrs Balbir Singh® apart
Heritage, codified original recipes and the finished dish's taste — the things great ethical sourcing alone can never buy.
Cook the real thing
Authentic recipes from the original grande dame of Indian cookery.
Get it right, first time
An expert blend, a recipe card with an easy ingredient list and method — no guesswork.
They'll think you hired a chef
Rival the world's finest Indian restaurants on flavour!
You're in legendary hands
It's like having a seat at her famous cooking classes — her exact method, guiding every dish.
One flat note — or the whole symphony?
The takeaway, jar and microwave meal hit the same flat note — chilli, tomato or cream. Real Indian food is highly nuanced, needing a specific blend and method for every dish.
One flat note
Muddy shades of reddish beige — one base gravy, every dish.
A true symphony of flavours
Cooking with spices — vibrant, layered and magically alchemic.
Mrs Balbir Singh®
- Cooked to the finest desi standards
- Less than two coffees — for multiple servings
- Adjust the heat to your taste — never overspiced
- No grease, no mystery — you control it
- Batch-cook your own gourmet ready meals
A takeaway
- No cooking
- On your doorstep within the hour
- The same 'base gravy' behind every dish
- Cheap, bulk-bought spices, long past their best
- Costs more, every single time
- Often greasy and over-salted
- You never quite know what's in it
- Many made in faceless 'dark' and 'cloud' kitchens, en masse
- One meal, then it's gone
Mrs Balbir Singh®
- Cooked fresh by you, not a factory
- Real, freshly-ground whole spices
- Deep, layered flavour — never one-dimensional
- Batch-cook your own gourmet ready meals — multiple servings
- Adjust the heat to your taste
A jar
- Quick to re-heat
- Pre-cooked in a factory, months ago
- One-dimensional, mass-market flavour
- Ultra-processed, from cheap bulk spices long past their best
- You still prep and cook everything else yourself
- Often just ~2 servings
Mrs Balbir Singh®
- Cooked fresh by you — not reheated
- Real, freshly-ground whole spices
- Deep, layered flavour — a blend for every dish
- You control every ingredient — nothing artificial
- Batch-cook your own gourmet meals — multiple servings
A microwave meal
- Ready in minutes
- No cooking at all
- Reheated in a factory tray, never cooked
- Made weeks or months before you eat it
- Ultra-processed — additives and stabilisers, not fresh spice
- Cheap, bulk spices, stale and fading
- One flat note, engineered for shelf life
- Usually a single portion
Sourced right, from the start
How your spice reaches you
Fresh-sealed at source on India's Spice Coast, through a direct-from-farmer supply chain. Fresher, top-grade spice means bolder aroma and deeper flavour on the plate — not the flat, faded taste of bulk pre-ground powders losing their potency over the years.
Mrs Balbir Singh®Fresh-sealed at source
- Family farms
- Blended & fresh-sealed on India's spice coast
- Shipped direct to us
- Your kitchen
Most spice brandsOften 2–7 years
- Farmer
- Auction houses
- Multiple traders
- Ground & bulk-blended
- Importer & exporter
- Repackers & warehouses
- Months on retailer shelves
- Your kitchen
With us, farmers are paid fairly, in less than a week, not 120+ days
The better spice route.
You're supporting one of the world's most advanced and equitable spice-sourcing models.
M
Wonderful aroma of fresh spices each time you open the tin. A quarter teaspoon at the end of cooking your chosen curry lifts the dish to the next level. Warm and spicy. Better than any supermarket brand.
M
This isn't just a spice mix for curries don't get me wrong ut is essential to finish the cooking with a teaspoon of this mix so superior to shop bought I now use this in other recipes i recently made a tomato and red onion chutney with excess Tom's from the allotment and added two teaspoons 10 mins before the end of cooking and wow it took the chutney to a different level this is before being bottled and stored for the flavours to mature. I sprinkle on cheese on toast might experiment in a creamy rice pudding
j
Cracking addition to any Spice Blend for Finnish, but on its own it makes lovely Pakora👌🏻👌🏻 Ive made Chicken and Mrs Balbir Singh’s Veg Pakora
J
Excellent spice blend
Truly enhances the prepared meals
G
Best garam masala full stop!
B
This garam masala isn’t like any other I have tried. It adds the umami to the final dish.
S
Like all the other spice mixes the Garam Masala is perfect for adding the finishing touches to your curry and other dishes. Sprinkling a teaspoon of it over whole Tandoori Chicken half way through cooking takes it to another level. Excellent.
T
I got this with the butter chicken and never realised the difference it would make. It's an absolute game changer.
Plenty in the tin so I have used accros multiple recipes. My go to now, when wanting to add that extra wow
T
Have not used it yet, but it smells outstanding! The Tandoori Marinade and the Butter Chicken simmer sauce was awesome!!
M
I have used this several times. It’s aromatic and very useful to keep as a topping at the end of cooking a curry.
L
Been using this as a finish for butter chicken and in a Biryani. These spices are so fresh tasting and unlike anything off the supermarket shelf. I really recommend.
A
Can really taste the difference with this garam masala - oozes flavour and takes me back to being in India
R
This stuff adds a zing to every dish
C
Adding this towards the end of cooking a curry ( using Mrs Balbirsingh spices of course!) adds more depth and zing to any dish. It has a definite wow factor- try it and you will feel your tastebuds tingle!
K
This is the best spice about, I use this along with the butter chicken spice. the The curry always goes down well with family and friends.
N
Excellent you do, it is so tasty x
D
Just delightful - the best Garam Masala blend that I've ever used.
F
Gives the final amazing flavour
D
Excellent product, excellent service.
M
I have recently had to top up my supply of Garam Masala. I would not buy my spices from anyone except Mrs Balbir Singh!!!!
F
Excellent and smells divine
S
We love our Indian food and like to cook our own but usually made from pre made sauces. After seeing several promotions on Instagram thought we would try Mrs Balbir Singh and so glad we did. Original Garam Masala added a wonderful authentic flavour to our first venture with their 'Old Delhi Butter Chicken' recipe and found it so easy to cook using the recipe cards you receive from Mrs Balbir. Cant wait to try out more recipes.
J
Love this spice, adds a nice flavour to my Keema curry’s. Great value as only a small amount is needed to add the flavour. If you love making your own curry meals then this spice is a must to any dish
U
When I first started using Mrs Balbir Singh I thought I would just use my supermarket bought garam masala and it was ok. On a later order I purchased this one and what a difference it made, so don’t make the same mistake , there is a world of difference.
M
Very aromatic, extremely flavoursome a really nice garam masala would definitely purchase it again and I highly recommend it to everyone.
d
Used this with Lamb Raan rub and this was delicious
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I used the recipe card and it was delicious
m
Proper real indian taste, absolutely brilliant! Good to have the recipes too. Many thanks
M
This garam masala is sooo much better than any supermarket ones and really enhances the dish when added towards end of cooking. Have bought before and will buy again
A
I was very pleased with the speed of delivery and the little tins look fantastic. I bought the garam masala and biryani mixes for a friend who was looking to make the perfect biryani. She was really pleased with the flavor.
CRAFTED FOR
CURRY CONNOISSEURS
This isn’t just spice — it’s structure, story, and soul. Our blends are crafted for cooks who care about doing things properly. Whether you’re simmering a curry, firing up the grill, or layering biryani, this is how real Indian flavour begins.
OUR METHOD
THE ART OF SPICE™
Every tin goes through our 7-stage process — from sourcing whole spices to custom toasting and grinding. We blend in small batches and seal at origin for peak freshness. No fillers. No artificial colours. No shortcuts. This is Indian spicecraft — refined. Every tin. Every teaspoon. Every time.
THE GOLD STANDARD
Mrs Balbir Singh was India’s original authority on home cooking. A pioneer. A bestselling author. A teacher to generations. Her family now brings that same legacy to your kitchen — with pure, powerful curry blends that stay true to tradition. More than just a spice brand. The gold standard of Indian flavour, reborn.
The complete collection
All 14 blends — tap any to explore, build your own bundle, or secure the complete collection.
Amritsari Chana Masala
Shahi Chicken Masala
Kashmiri Rogan Josh
Garam Masala
Mughlai Keema Masala
Dal Palak (Lentil & Spinach)
Old Delhi Butter Chicken
Keralan Coconut Curry
Goan Vindaloo
Tandoori Rub
Masala Chops
Roast Lamb Raan
Cocktail Kebabs
Biryani
The Complete Collection
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