Indian spices Falls Church VA

Chef Vikram Sunderam shares his favorite selections associated with the season—and where you might get all of them.

By Jennifer Sergent

Many amazing produce is coming into period now that it really is hotter, but when you may get hothouse products virtually any time of year at the grocery store, it really is difficult to inform which fruits and veggies tend to be undoubtedly at their particular normal top.

Mango fans, i am here to share with you-this is your time. And I'm not only dealing with any old mangoes. I am talking Alphonso mangoes, which rank quite on top of that nectar food chain associated with the gods.

Vikram Sunderam, the recommended chef at Rasika (places in D.C.'s Penn Quarter and West End), tells us we could get these Indian delicacies at regional areas from now through Summer.

Indian Spices in Falls Church (1067 western Broad Street, 703-532-1777) is anticipating its very first delivery may 14, even though store owners suggest phoning very first to confirm the goods have been in stock. Main point here: get 'em before they're gone.

What's so excellent towards Alphonso? It's normally nice and not whatsoever fibrous, says Sunderam, a James Beard Award champion which life in McLean. He enjoys the good fresh fruit simple, but is also limited to a beneficial mango lassi, that refreshing Indian drink made with yogurt.

Discover their meal:

1 pound. full-fat unflavored yogurt
4 Alphonso mangoes
4 tablespoons granulated sugar