NAWAB NEEM POWDER 100G

Description

Neem is one of the most widely used plants in the subcontinent and turns up in everything from twigs used as toothbrushes to leaves boiled into a wash. The powder is simply the dried leaf ground fine. We are describing what is in the pack and nothing more, because claims about neem are not ours to make.

On taste it is genuinely bitter, more so than fenugreek or bitter gourd, which is why in cooking it appears in very small quantities and usually in dishes built around bitterness rather than hiding it. It is also widely used externally, mixed into pastes. Whatever you use it for, start with far less than you think, because the flavour carries a long way.

Is it the same as neem patti? Neem patti is the leaf in a coarser form; this is the fine ground powder. Both are on this shelf, so pick the texture that suits what you are doing.

How bitter is it really? Very. It is one of the most bitter things in an Indian kitchen, so it is used by the pinch and not by the spoon.

For the leaf rather than the powder, take the coarser neem patti, and the full range carries the rest. Vegetarian. Keep the pack sealed and always use a dry spoon, because the powder clumps the moment it meets damp. Order online at Panjab Supermarket for same-day delivery across Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Leidsche Rijn, Vleuten, Maarssen, Zeist, Bunnik, IJsselstein, Vianen, and Culemborg. Free delivery on orders over 49 euros.