Shopping List: Maya Kaimal's Fresh Indian Simmer Sauces (The Food Section)

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February 20, 2004

Shopping List: Maya Kaimal's Fresh Indian Simmer Sauces

Cookbook author Maya Kaimal has created a line of heat-and-serve sauces that offer a shortcut to a home-cooked Indian meal. Her Fresh Indian Simmer Sauces come in three flavors: Tikka Masala (above), Coconut Curry, and Vindaloo. Combine one of the sauces with chicken or shrimp and vegetables, simmer for 20 minutes (or less), and dinner is served.

I mixed the Tikka Masala version with lightly sautéed chicken, carrots, onion, and zucchini, let it simmer uncovered over a low flame, and then served the dish alongside steamed basmati rice, but the flavorful sauces may also be put to other uses. As Florence Fabricant suggests, "Consider spreading the Vindaloo on a sandwich of cold roast lamb, slathering the Coconut Curry on fish before broiling it, or making huevos rancheros Indian style with the Tikka Masala on an Indian flat bread like nan." Mmmm.

Maya Kaimal's Fresh Indian Simmer Sauces are $4.99 for a 15 ounce container at Gourmet Garage stores, multiple locations.

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i remember having a tikka massala chicken sandwich were the tikka sauce was mixed with mayonnaise and later mixed with chicken. chill it in the fridge and put it in the sandwich for the meal.

wah...

Posted by: Wena at Feb 20, 2004 10:29:26 AM

Wena,

Now I'm feeling the inspiration to make a grilled chicken tikka masala panini on nan! They make such nanini (or nanwiches) at a place here called the Indian Bread Company, though I've never been.

Link: http://tinyurl.com/3e7nd

Posted by: Josh at Feb 20, 2004 12:28:30 PM

we live in san jose, california and would like to know where we can purchase these delicious sauces???
maggie

Posted by: maggie donoso at May 18, 2004 7:54:50 PM

Maggie,

Thanks for your interest in our sauce! We should be in stores in Northern California in about a month. Check Whole Foods soon. But you could help speed this along by requesting it from your local specialty stores.

Best,
Maya

Posted by: maya kaimal at May 19, 2004 9:39:41 AM

how can i purchase the tikka masala sauce? i live in new york.

how much is the jar plus the shipping?

(my mouth is watering just thinking of this...yum yum )

Thank you,

margaret walz

Posted by: margaret walz at Jun 5, 2004 3:30:12 PM

Hi Margararet,
I just bought this sauce at Bierkraft in Brooklyn for $5.95, and believe me, it's worth the markup. I guess you can also get it at Gourmet Garage for $4.99, which has outlets in Soho, the East Village, and some other parts of Manhattan. Good luck!

Posted by: Nina at Jun 5, 2004 5:31:51 PM

For dinner last night, I made chicken tikka masala with Maya Kaimal's prepared sauce. It was superb; as good as any at an upscale Indian restaurant. I've also tried making my own curries but it is no longer worth the effort. Next, I plan to marinate shrimp in the coconut curry and then cook them on a barbecue grill. I'm looking forward to seeing more sauces avaiable (e.g.korma, dhansak).

Thank you Maya Kaimal for a breakthrough in home cooking.

Danella Schiffer

Posted by: Danella Schiffer at Jul 28, 2004 7:31:42 AM

We bought the vindaloo and coconut sauces last night at Whole Foods in Cambridge MA and had a great dinner last night. They are selling fast there, and I am so glad I can have indian food without having to slave over the stove all day.

Posted by: narayan at Sep 16, 2004 2:05:50 PM

Dear Maya: We just received received your parents' New Year letter. We were friends in Seattle. Now we are in Eugene, Oregon.You slept on our bed in Seattle one evening when they came for dinner. Where do you suggest that we shop for your sauces? We congratulate you on your wonderful family and your impressive success. All the best. Pierre and Mary Lou

Posted by: Pierre & Mary Lou Van Rysselberghe at Jan 7, 2005 6:27:46 PM

Posted by: Pierre & Mary Lou Van Rysselberghe at Jan 8, 2005 12:06:59 AM

I'm at my desk devouring leftovers from last night's delish coconut curry dinner, and it is still spectacular! The sauce has a delicate flavor, and enhances rather than overwhelms the veggies.

I'm looking forward to trying the other varieties--I haven't seen them at my local Whole Foods in the Santa Rosa area, but they are available in our local high-end grocery store, Fiesta Market (Sebastopol).

Posted by: suzanne at Jan 10, 2005 3:28:29 PM