The Best Canned Goods to Get at an Indian Supermarket — Shopping

Chitra Agrawal, the cookbook author behind Vibrant India and the creator of a line of authentic Indian condiments called Brooklyn Delhi, also has a blog: It's called the ABCDs of Cooking (and it's not because the URL for the ABCs of Cooking was already taken). According to Chitra, ABCD stands for "American Born Confused Desi, a term sometimes used to describe a South Asian born and brought up in the U.S."

As her blog name cleverly suggests, Chitra not only aims to coach people through basic cooking techniques, but also to acquaint people with cherished family recipes that are a major part of her identity. Because Chitra is intimately familiar with the ingredients necessary to bring those recipes to life, we asked her for some of her favorite canned goods shortcuts — all of which you can find in an Indian grocery store.

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