Think you know about spices? Wait until you've been to Khari Baoli in India

By Amrit Dhillon
Updated December 9 2016 - 6:08pm, first published 12:49pm
Cristeta Comerford, Chef to the President of the United States, third left, and chefs for several other heads of states, visit Khari Baoli in October. Photo: Altaf Qadri
Cristeta Comerford, Chef to the President of the United States, third left, and chefs for several other heads of states, visit Khari Baoli in October. Photo: Altaf Qadri
Asia's biggest wholesale spice market is concentrated in a small area in Old Delhi. Photo: Amrit Dhillon
Asia's biggest wholesale spice market is concentrated in a small area in Old Delhi. Photo: Amrit Dhillon

Delhi: So you think you know about spices because you're familiar with cinnamon, cardamom, turmeric, cumin and star anise? Think again. Walk around the wholesale spice market in Old Delhi, the Muslim quarter of the Indian capital, and trust me, you will feel pig-ignorant.

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