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Where to buy Asian ingredients online?

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  • 05-05-2015 1:49pm
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    gerrybbadd
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    Hi Guys,

    this may have been answered before - I did do a quick search, but without much success.

    I'm wondering about sites for ordering Asian ingredients online (Indian, Japanese, Chinese. Amazon has everything you'd ever want, but Lord - the delivery prices some of the companies charge are outrageous!

    Any help you could give would be much appreciated.
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    MissFlitworth
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    What kinds of Asian ingredients OP? Spices, sauces, grains/legumes? Just thinking that depending on the weight of what you're after or whether it's a liquid or not might factor into what people recommend. I know I've seen sites knocking around here before specially

    You'll have to do a little mucking around with it but if you search the Amazon grocery section for what you need and filter it to 'Free UK Delivery From Amazon' you can use it in combo with Parcel Motel (assuming one near you) or spend up to the limit for free Irish delivery to get it to you.

    Also, this might sound like guff, but sometimes Tesco can be great for delivery of 'speciality' ingredients because they generally delivery from a large store/ 'Extra' sized store with more in it than your local might have, especially for spices.


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    MissFlitworth
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    I've not used these guys myself but they might be useful for you for getting Indian ingredients

    http://www.greensaffron.com/shop.html

    Spices, rice, spice blends. Their spice blends get many thumbs up round these parts. Mainly spices used in Indian cooking.

    Also, just occurred to me that Tiger (the 'fancy' poundshop) have a surprising array of whole & ground spices. Might be worth a look if one near you.


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    gerrybbadd
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    Thanks for the replies guys.

    Generally, what i'm thinking in terms of the different countries:

    Japanese:

    Miso paste, dried seaweed, Dashi granules, dried mushrooms, items of that nature, rice, noodles.

    Indian:

    Garlic / Ginger paste. cumin, tumeric, coriander, paprika, and other dried spices, good quality basmati, chapattis

    Chinese:

    Dumpling wrappers, sauces such as hoisin, satay etc.


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    MissFlitworth
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    (Apologies in advance for advice on how to make things, I know that's annoying as chili-in-your-eye when you just want to buy them! This is just in case you can't find the wrappers & chili/garlic paste)

    Chinese:

    Dumpling wrappers


    I think these are going to be tricky to get delivered if you can't find an Irish supplier, I know the ones I buy you've got to keep them either frozen or refrigerated and use them up pretty quickly.

    They don't look too tricky to make (although admittedly I've not done it myself), I've made the filling from this recipe though and it's mega so I'd be confident their gyoza wrappers are as well.

    http://thedumplingsisters.com/2014/01/31/perfect-potsticker-dumplings-for-food-tube/

    Indian:

    Garlic / Ginger paste.

    (Taken from Curry Addict's Indian Restaurant Curry's post)

    Garlic & ginger paste

    30g ginger
    30g garlic
    2tbs water
    Add the ingredients to a blender and blend to a paste consistency.


    For the Japanese ingredients maybe this place in combination with parcel motel?

    http://www.japanesekitchen.co.uk/

    Parcel motel is my saviour for small orders from UK based shops that I don't want to pay 'European Postage' for .


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    Vic Vinegar
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    MissFlitworth wrote: »
    I've not used these guys myself but they might be useful for you for getting Indian ingredients

    http://www.greensaffron.com/shop.html

    Gees, that site is very expensive!


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    MissFlitworth
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    Vic Vinegar wrote: »
    Gees, that site is very expensive!

    The prices for the individual spices, rice & sauces don't look too bad to me considering they're a speciality shop. Probably wouldn't be buying myself any of the spice kits though!


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    TheKBizzle
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    I got stuff from https://www.wingyipstore.co.uk and got it sent to the post office in belcoo on the border. I found them to be really good and you could use parcel motel either


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