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Playing cooking games help prepare a child deal with the real thing when he or she gets older. He or she could even help you out in the kitchen. Some kids find it amusing to cook a meal for themselves and eventually would be more eager to finish up their food. Psychologically, it’s the sense of contentment that they are going for. This approach is excellent for parents who have kids that are fussy with their food or have poor appetites. Children like to imitate adults’ daily chores such as doing the laundry, driving a car and you have to bet cooking is one of them too!

"Masala" is the Hindi word for "spice". When a combination of spices, herbs and other condiments are ground together, it is also called "masala". Garam (hot) masala is the most important blend masala and an absolute essential to north Indian preparations, added just before serving the dish to enhance its flavour. The rational garam masala is a blend of cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and black pepper. Masala may be in dry, rosted ground or paste form.

When doing Indian cooking there are the basic spices which go into most dishes, so here are the basic spices: