Explore a world of bold new flavours this summer!
Welcome to Bit Spicy, your gateway to a world of authentic and delicious spice mixes.
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Elevate your cooking
Add proper depth, heat and flavour to every dish with our spice blends — crafted for bold summer cooking. Whether you’re firing up the barbecue or experimenting with marinades, our expertly blended spices make it easy to create tasty dishes that capture the season.
Authentic Flavours, Unforgettable Taste!
From Korma, Dhansak and Madras to Mexican and BBQ, our spices suit every taste.
BARBECUE
(heat 4/10)
Use our blend to make a traditional Malay chicken satay, or a more unusual Indonesian version which is perfect with beef or pork.
Serves: 4-6
(heat 3/10)
Needs no introduction! Don’t expect it to be red, as we don’t add food colouring! Lovely with chicken or prawns.
Serves: 4
CURRIES
(heat 3/10)
This Bangladesh Curry contains fennel seeds and fenugreek leaves, as well as black cardamom and whole nigella and black mustard seeds to give it a very distinct taste. The tomato-based sauce needs a long slow cook to release the flavours, but the end result is incredibly versatile and works with all meat and vegetables.
Serves: 4-6
(heat 5/10)
Biryani is a wonderful celebration dish that can be served with chicken, lamb or vegetables (see our Cook’s Notes). The fried (burnt!) onion is a very important ingredient of Biryani, so don’t skimp! You must also wash the rice VERY thoroughly – at least 3 changes of water – to remove the starch. The rice will absorb all the cooking water, and washing stops the dish from being sticky. The rose water is a lovely addition introduced to us by a restaurant-owner friend, but it is not essential to the flavours nor to the traditions of the dish.
Serves: 4-6
(heat 2/10)
Here is the recipe for the 1970s curry you didn't know you had missed! The perfect army curry too. Also great for mulligatawny soup, kedgeree, Katsu curry or any of those other dishes where a hint of curry is required!
Serves: 4-6
MEXICAN
(heat 6/10)
We use a lot of lovely smoky chipotle chillies in our blend, as well as cumin and smoked paprika. You’ll find our vegetarian recipe here
Serves: 4-6
(heat 3/10 or 9/10)
Use this blend for tacos, fajitas, enchiladas and lots of other dishes. Sometimes you only need a spoonful so we are offering this in a handy big bag size! Available in family-friendly or hot versions. Buy a pot containing 150g of the spice blend, or choose a refill bag to add to your own container.
Serves: 4-6
Hand-mixed, intensely flavoured and ready to use. Stock up now and make this summer taste unforgettable.
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Our Spice Collections
Try Bit Spicy with our handy tins of best-selling spice blends. From fiery hot to mild curry, plus vegetarian and barbecue options, there’s something to excite every palate.
The perfect way to try out our spices mixes, including the Dhansak, Sri Lankan Curry, Cochin Curry and Indonesian Sulawesi Curry.
Four of our hottest curries spice mixes from South Asia and South-East Asia - Sri Lankan, Goan Red, Indonesian Padang and Malay - packaged together as a team.
This family-friendly tin contains a selection of our mildest curry spices including our Korma, Dhansak, Bangladesh and Seletar Yacht Club curries.
A ready-filled tin of delicious curry spices to cook four delicious vegetarian curries: Lentil Dahl, Chickpea and Potato Curry, Keralan Curry and Smoky Chilli.
Four delicious BBQ spice blends in our lovely gift tin. The perfect gift for barbecue lovers!
Our best-selling spices mixes, which cover all flavours, regions and heat levels!
The Bitspicy Recipe Cook Book
Our Recipe Cookbook is full of recipes and ideas for using our spice blends. Want Thai Green Curry? Try our Indonesian Acheh blend. Want more heat? Use the Goan Red for a great Vindaloo. Each Bit Spicy blend works in many dishes - just swap the fresh ingredients.
A Jungle curry is a Thai dish which traditionally would be made from foraged ingredients. This actually covers a very wide range of items, from river fish and wild boar to bamboo shoots and lotus shoots, but the main criteria for the curry is that it must be very hot! We have used our Indonesian Padang blend…
Fried rice is a standard Southeast Asian dish – people eat it for breakfast! The Indonesian version, Nasi Goreng, uses beef instead of pork and is garnished with cucumber - but in reality the ingredients can be as varied as you like!
The Indian curry Dhansak has its origins in Persia, which is why its most familiar ingredient are the lentils which make up its thick, rich sauce. In South East Asia a different version developed which omitted the lentils and instead went for a hotter version with tamarind and curry leaves. Here is our version, using our Dhansak blend with its lovely smoky flavour of black cardamom…
Chicken Dopiaza crops up on many Indian/Bangladeshi restaurant menus. The word Dopiaza is a Persian word meaning 2 onions…This gives the dish its distinctive flavour, so make sure the onions are really browned and sweet.
Learn the secret to cooking with spices
If you’re new to our spice mixes, start with our Secret Sauce recipe – the perfect base for all our mouthwatering dishes.
(heat 5/10)
A spicy rub which can be used with any meat, although it’s perfect with a butterflied leg of lamb.
Serves: 4-6