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EveryMasala

Spices of Central Asia and the Caucasus

Caravan country: cumin and barberry in the plov of Uzbekistan, and the walnut, coriander and marigold blends of Georgia. 5 spices on EveryMasala so far.

Spice cities, markets and growing areas

Holland 1 Svanetia 1 Upper Svaneti 1 Baku Samarkand Tashkent Tbilisi Yerevan

Blends of the region

Khmeli suneli Adjika Svan salt (svanuri marili)Plov spice mix

Countries

🇦🇲 Armenia 4 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 1 🇬🇪 Georgia 5 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 1

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Svan salt: Jelger Groeneveld, CC BY 2.0, source

The weekly digest

Every Monday: seven spices you may not know, what is cooking this week, and one blend explained step by step.