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Indian Food with a Dash of Devon
INNOVATIVE. VERSATILE. PIONEERING. INDIAN CUISINE. FOOD STORE. INDIAN SPICES. INDIAN COOKING. CURRY PASTES. RECIPES.
DIY (DO-INDIAN-YOURSELF)
Redefining and reinventing DIY. Launching the new #DIY on BBC Radio Devon with Kerry White
Redefining and reinventing DIY. Discover the new Do-Indian-Yourself #DIY recipes . The hybrid cooking experience. Chef Collin Pereira attempts to blend home-style cooking and restaurant style cooking methods and techniques to give you the best of both worlds. The two styles come together in perfect harmony in an exciting new Avatar. DIY (Do-Indian-Yourself). The new breed. A cross breed.
Cooking with unusual ingredients and innovative cooking methods. Versatile and pioneering cooking techniques and methods that redefines the role of traditional chutneys, pickles, relishes, condiments, and accompaniments in food preparation.
Anyone can pull off a flavoursome dish using the new #DIY recipes. Cooking kits (coming soon) and recipes based on the new hybrid cooking style. A cross-breed between the home-style and restaurant style cooking methods and techniques. The best of both worlds. 100% plant-based instant ready-to-cook Indian spice powder blends, Indian cooking pastes, Indian masala mixes, Indian chutneys, Indian pickles, Indian relishes, Indian cooking ingredients, cooking tools, utensils and cooking equipment required for food preparation.
From my Grandma's conventional mud stoves to gas and electric stoves, microwave cooking and pressure cooking to modern electric slow cookers, convection ovens to induction cookers to the futuristic robotic and AI (artificial intelligence) based cooking.
CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR THE NEW #DIY Redefining and reinventing DIY.
Qorma Sutra - Cook Book by Chef Collin Pereira
Qorma a variant spelling of Korma. .Sutra in Sanskrit language means a "string" or "thread" .
In the pipeline. Coming Soon!
The advent of the culinary Sutra. A guide to the ancient “art-of-living and eating” well, the nature of food, finding food for life, maintaining one's culinary life, and other aspects pertaining to pleasure oriented faculties of FOOD. The FOUR letter ‘F’ word without which no man can survive ‘F O O D’. And perhaps FUND!
Qorma is nothing but a variant spelling of Korma. Korma is a creamy dish originating in the Indian subcontinent, consisting of meat or vegetables braised with yogurt or cream, water or stock, and spices to produce a thick sauce or glaze.
Sutra in the Sanskrit language means a "string" or "thread" and in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms. An aphorism is a concise and memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
The advent of the culinary Sutra
Aspects pertaining to pleasure-oriented faculties of FOOD. The FOUR letter ‘F’ word without which no man can survive ‘F O O D’. And perhaps FUND!
First ever Cookery Comics by the Top Hat Fun Chef
Let's make cooking fun for all! Even dummies can cook and so I can't cook, I creat.
Did I grow UP READING COMIC BOOKS? YES. I DID. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
In the pipeline. Coming Soon!
Graphics & Art Work!
Courtesy of Master Clifford Pereira (my 12 year old son). The illustrator and graphic designer.
FIRST EVER COOKERY COMICS BY THE TOP HAT FUN CHEF. Graphics . Courtesy of Master Clifford Pereiar
About India in a Jar - About us
Our Products
Namaste! An online food boutique featuring artisan Indian cuisine with a dash of Devon by Chef Collin Pereira. Embark upon the most versatile, innovative, and pioneering - VIP- Indian food products to hit the UK shores. Products include 100% plant-based vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free Indian curry pastes and recipe mixes, curry masala, curry mixes, and seasoning mix, DIY Do Indian Yourself ready-to-cook instant Indian spice powder blends, Indian marinades, Indian pickles, Indian chutneys, Indian relishes and dips, Indian preserves and Indian accompaniments, cooking ingredients and additives with recipes and cooking videos. Sourcing high-quality groceries including remedial spices, whole spices and herbs directly from India with SSS - Secret Spice Society. A treat to the senses! Dig in! Be thrilled! Let the spirit of ‘India in a Jar' food store enliven your taste buds! Om Santi!
Representing the culinary heritage of India and celebrating the gastronomic diversity of Great Britain by supporting local charities, markets, events, shows, and community projects.️
Our Story
MY GRANDMOTHER’S MUD STOVE: THE STORY OF INDIAN FOOD MADE WITH SECRET INDIAN SPICES AND INDIAN CURRY PASTES AT INDIA IN A JAR FOOD STORE. An online Indian cuisine boutique.Born into a Roman Catholic family as the eldest son, at a very early age I was exposed to the fumes and flames of the open fire mud cooking stoves (called ‘addupu’) that used dried coconut leaf, dried coconut shell and coconut husk as fire wood at my grandmother’s house. Sometimes dried mango wood and neem wood were used to make fire. Where if the fire fails to light up, blow several times into the fire or a quick dash of kerosene from the lamp was a solution. A hand held fan made of palm leaves was used to fan the flames to light the charcoal. Sometimes a long hollow cylindrical metal rod was also used to blow air onto the charcoal to help ignite it. Normally clay pots and wooden spoons (I am especially fond of the long cooking spoon with the dried coconut shell in the end) were used to cook food on ‘aduppu’. Most times you cough several times continuously, tears and nose drooling, sneeze then need to blow out the wet and blocked nose...........
Our Mission
Representing the culinary heritage of India and celebrating the gastronomic diversity of Great Britain by supporting local charities, markets, events, shows, and community projects.️
MY EXCITING STORY: My dad who was an aeronautical engineer at the Indian Air Force took up a job with Gulf Air in Abu-Dhabi, UAE and my mum and sister joined him leaving myself and my brother in the care of the relatives, maids and for a while in boarding schools. But mum always made sure she wrote down all the home recipes for the Indian food she learnt from her mum; so I could cook myself and not depend on a food store while she was away. She also made plenty of homemade Indian meat and fish pickles in big jars for us to enjoy while she was away. These meat and fish pickles were a blessing and the next best thing to mum’s cooking for us at that time. My love for Indian spices, Indian curry pastes, Indian pickles, Indian chutneys and Indian cuisine in general started here. Later she taught me to make these delicious pickles myself. The meat and fish pickles I learnt from my mum has inspired me to create the jars I have developed today. The magical meat and fish jars branded ‘India in a Jar’ with a ‘Dash of Devon’.
Reviews
My family loved India in a Jar Fresh Root Turmeric with Black Pepper in Coconut Oil
I came to shop indian spices to make Indian cuisine from my local market (Exeter Farmers Market at South Street every Thursday) which I try and visit every week ..... with the Fresh Root Turmeric with Black Pepper in Coconut Oil by India in a Jar... ..I made a lovely parsnip dish with the Indian curry paste and my family loved it.....I add some coconut milk too and it was amazing....My sister is a nutritionist and she has already been telling me about Indian food from this food store ...
India In a Jar is an excellent addition to my curries and I love cooking curries
I have been using Indian spices and eating Indian food for a very long time. The Indian cuisine on offer at this food store especially the GINGER AND TAMARIND, FRESH GARLIC AND WITH MILD AND WRINKLED KASHMIR CHILIES and FRESH TURMERIC ROOT WITH BLACK PEPPER IN COCONUT OIL by INDIA IN A JAR is amazing/. India In a Jar is an excellent addition to my curry. I am a great curry maker and I love cooking curries with authentic indian curry pastes ........I find India in a Jar very good to add fantastic flavor to my curries that I cook.....and I sometime use them with cheese as a relish as they are both ready to eat and can be used in cooking.........
Best Sweet Aubergine chutney in the world from India in a Jar Devotee Review Sweet Brinjal Eggplant
"I used the mass-market version of this product for years, at various food stores but the flavors that are available here made it an easy choice to buy Indian cuisine from here instead. I love the variety of Indian spices and Indian curry pastes used as an ingedient in the Indian food on offer here!"
ABOUT CHEF COLLIN PEREIRA
The Top Hat Fun Chef
Namaste! A culinary enthusiast, a restaurateur, a retailer, a visionary, a philanthropist, a movie extra, and the alchemist Top Hat Fun Chef of India in a Jar with a Dash of Devon. With a sound schooling background from Infant Jesus Anglo-Indian Boys High School, a Degree in Hotel Management and an MBA in marketing and human resources, Chef Collin Pereira entered the UK food scene in 2000. He has been involved in hospitality from a very young age, working in all areas from kitchens, bars, restaurants, and conferencing. He has over 35 years’ experience in the hospitality, finance, and training sectors. He has worked with major industry brands both in India and in the UK.
He was the brains behind the Cilantro and Lavani restaurants in Devon, UK. A no-nonsense; non-celebrity chef finally moving to the retail and manufacturing sector with an online Indian food boutique featuring artisan Indian cuisine using secret spice concoctions and magical mixes with a dash of Devon. Embark upon the most versatile, innovative, and pioneering (VIP) Indian food products to hit the UK shores!
Also featuring 100% plant-based vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free Indian curry pastes and masala mixes, ready-to-cook instant Indian spice powder blends, Indian marinades and rubs, Indian pickles, Indian chutneys, Indian relishes and accompaniments, Indian cooking ingredients, whole spices with SSS Secret Spice Society, and DIY (Do-Indian-Yourself) Indian recipes. He places a big emphasis on the full marketing mix; utilizing digital, PR campaigns and creative tactics to drive customers into the business to deliver results. Also the founder of ‘IN NEED INDEED’ charity.
A treat to the senses! Dig in! Be thrilled! Let the spirit of ‘India in a Jar' Indian food store enliven your taste buds! Let's celebrate the diversity of Great Britain. Om Santi!
Representing the culinary heritage of India and celebrating the gastronomic diversity of Great Britain by supporting local charities, markets, events, shows, and community projects.️
THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE CHEF ENTERS THE FOOD AND INFLUENCES THE EATER!
A CURRY A DAY KEEPS WORRY AWAY!
The Alchemist Chef
THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE CHEF ENTERS THE FOOD AND INFLUENCES THE EATER. Indian food made with secret mixures of ancient Indian spices and Indian curry pastes are sold at this food store. The Indian cuisine boutique.
A Visionary, a Philanthropist and a Movie Extra
The founder of ‘INNEED INDEED’ charity. Discover the magic of culinary India, Indian food, Indian curry pastes made with authentic Indian spices and the power of Indian cuisine at this food store.
christmas offers
Namaste! Break Tradition this Christmas!
A treat to the senses! Dig in! Be thrilled! Let the spirit of the ‘India in a Jar' enliven your tastebuds this festive Season!