Testimonials

  • "Hello, Just a word to let you know that I received my order in a record time. Not only do you have the best blends of Indian spices I ever tasted but you also have the best tracking and customer notification system I have ever encountered. Thank you again."

    – Jacques, Montréal, QC

  • "Hi Arvinda’s! I really love your products (your cookbook and your spice blends!). Thank you for teaching me to become a competent home cook for a few key dishes."

    – Christina, Bronx, NY

  • "Bonjour, Après 40 ans j'arrive enfin à faire de la bonne cuisine indienne. Sauf que j'ai l'impression d'être un imposteur. Vos épices sont un bonheur quotidien."

    – Jean, Saint Adrien, QC

  • "I’ve been cooking with Arvinda’s products for nearly eight years. They’re a staple in my spice pantry. Authentic & delicious—every meal earns rave reviews from family and friends."

    – Carrie, Calgary, AB

  • "I received your Garam Masala in an EatFeedLove gourmet food box, and it is absolutely divine! I am so happy to hear you're from Canada, and I am really looking forward to trying more of your spice blends and your recipe book!"

    – Lori, Victoria, BC

  • "My brother, two sisters, and I go to Montreal once a year and I picked up the Tandoori Masala and Chai Masala. One almost feels one could survive on the aroma alone. I hope you begin distributing in the States soon."

    – Matthew, Brookfield, MA

  • “Hello friends at Arvinda’s, I had told you that that my order was for friends bringing the spices to me in Tahiti. I just wanted to tell you they landed safely. Proof in pictures. Yesterday I cooked a butter chicken…amazing as usual. Whenever you want to come and cook in Tahiti, give me a shout ;-) I love your products. Keep up what you are doing, a big part of my cooking comes from you ;-) Cheers”

    – Nico, Tahiti, French Polynesia

  • “I received my order yesterday noon to my absolute delight. The spices in a word, extraordinary. There so fresh and the fragrance intoxicating. I baked a salmon fillet with the Garam Masala, which turned out outstanding. I served it with Basmati rice with cumin seeds and peas, and curry coconut carrots. My husband loved it Incidentally, the cookbook is wonderful."

    – Adriana, Santa Teresa, NM

  • “Absolutely LOVE the spice mixes. We will not let people leave our house without making them smell them and then giving them your website!”

    – Kate, Halifax, NS

  • "You are the “Chuck Norris” of spices, everything you make has been amazing. I recommend your mixes to everyone."

    – Ian, Cobourg, ON

  • “I just want to say that all the spices I ordered a few weeks ago have been amazing along with your recipes. Were blown away how amazing our food is tasting."

    – Nicola, Omemee, ON

  • "I absolutely love your products. They exude quality, freshness and authenticity."

    – Renee, Loring, ON

  • “I have rarely eaten Indian food in my life as I have trouble with hot spices and used both the Curry Masala with a chicken dish from your website as well as a cod recipe using the Tandoori Masala and we just loved them both. Being able to purchase authentic, Non-GMO spices from you is amazing. I tried the channa masala last night and I can say that my 3rd meal using your spices was yet another success!! I used a combination of your chickpea recipe and a recipe for chickpea and sausage that I found online and it was just so easy to add a tablespoon of your spice to completely transform the meal. I am such a happy customer! It is wonderful that you have so many recipes on your site, I will definitely be trying more of them with your fantastic spices!"

    – Christine, Whitby, ON

  • “When I realized, late last night, I was almost out of my Greek seasoning, I immediately went and ordered some more expecting it to arrive in a week or so. It is one of our favourite seasoning mixes (although it is very difficult to choose just one), I make Greek salad several times a week and this spice mix is what makes the salad. I placed the order last night and was surprised and THRILLED that the order arrived at my doorstep early this morning. I don't know how you managed to get it here so quickly. I also ordered a few new mixes, thanks for the mystery mix, I haven't tired before and am really looking forward to trying them all out. Thank you so much for the delicious spice mixes and making my cooking so much tastier."

    – Diane, Cambridge, ON

  • “I am writing today to tell you how amazed I am. Yesterday and today I made all three dishes (Butter Chicken, Mattar Pallao, and Indian Spiced Chickpeas and Potatoes) after finding the spices at the store where I shop regularly. I used your Butter Chicken recipe (doubled) and the other two dishes I followed recipes I found online and used your spices. I CANNOT begin to tell you how amazed I am to have made these and how terrific they turned out. The first time!!! Your spices are magnificent and until I had asked for some Garam Masala, for the chickpea recipe, I had not a clue what any of them were about. To open the packages and inhale the aromas is marvelous. So fresh. So tasty. So easy. Colourful and even beautiful to look at. I am really impressed. And surprised I could do it all so easily. Wanted you to know I am amazed and thankful to have found your products. And I intend to keep on cooking as often as I can. I am looking, now at Vindaloo! Thank you."

    – Lillian, ON

  • “I just want to thank Arvinda and Preena for their wonderful spices. It has probably been about 15 years since I took the first (cooking) class in downtown Toronto and the Little India tours. When I opened the box of spices just arrived today and see the pretty paper and smell the wonderful spices it really puts a smile on my face to smell that aroma and have such wonderful memories of my classes with you. Thank you for teaching your cooking to us."

    – Janet, Oshawa, ON

  • "I appear to have such outstanding talents in the kitchen preparing Indian dishes...but much of the acclaim goes to your spice blends. I "knocked over" some friends with Curry Masala potatoes...they could not believe how tasty they were! I gifted some Curry Masala to a fellow foodie and she was over the moon about the flavor. I'm excited to try the Bombay Shake and I can't wait to get up there to take a cooking class. Hoping for next year...maybe in the fall. Fingers crossed! Arvinda's spices are the BEST."

    – Sue, Marquette, MI

  • "My friend sent me one of your 4 tin case pack back in May. I have absolutely loved them and I am looking forward to these new spices to make even more of the recipes in your cookbook, which she also sent me. I am also excited to be sending the other orders I just placed to my friends and family, so that they may enjoy cooking with these wonderful spices as well."

    – Mildred, Fonthill, ON

  • "Vous avez les meilleurs épices au monde!!!!”

    – Marie-Noelle, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, QC

  • "I'm still loving Arvinda's spices and this is the one and only brand I buy. It is absolutely the best!"

    – Ramona, Mississauga, ON

  • "Best Indian spices this side of India!!"

    – Andrew Muto, Create Healthy Food, Woodbridge, ON

  • “Just a quick note to say thank you for your amazing service. I recently started to learn to cook a few Indian dishes after purchasing some of your spices at Remark here in London. I placed my first online order with you this week. Your website is great, delivery was quick, and the products smell amazing. I can’t wait to start cooking ! We have two teenagers who are home from school due to the pandemic. Cooking and enjoying some new dishes will brighten up our family’s day. Thinking of you and your staff and passing along our best wishes.”

    – Steven, London, ON

  • “I love your masalas; they are some of the best I have used in my cooking. I love Indian food, but it is prepared with much more heat than Americans are used to. I can get masalas at the markets in “Little India”, but overall, they have too much heat for my palate. I would rather have control over the amount of heat in my food. As I said, your masalas are very well done, fresh and of high quality. Best of all, the masalas I have used thus far are not too hot. I will continue using and recommending your products. Thank you.”

    – Suzanne, Long Beach, CA

  • “My husband and I have been using your spices for many years and were purchasing them in Ottawa and Gatineau. We have recently moved to Thunder Bay and our stockpile of spices is almost gone. We were delighted that we are able to purchase the spices on line. From a big fan!”

    – Bonnie, Thunder Bay, ON

  • “We found your spices during a recent vacation to Toronto and bought a tin of Butter Chicken Masala and loved it. I make something like it but no where nearly as tasty. We look forward to trying the others!”

    – Roger, Seattle, WA

  • "I received the spice order today. Thank you! I made the vindaloo curry as per the included recipe. First time that I had used that spice blend. All that I can say is WOW! Really appreciate the prompt delivery and your note. Many thanks. I will be ordering again. Your spices are without a doubt the best!!"

    – Andrew, Fredericton, NB

  • "Thank you so much for the experience of a life time, it was an experience we will all treasure for a very long time. The event has been a family topic since you and Preena worked your special magic. Everyone is set to prepare a feast on their own. It was truly a pleasure and to have you share the interesting facts and secrets of your culture. We all learned from the experience and will always think of you as we develop our skills and venture further into Indian cooking. Wishing you both the very best, with all our thanks for sharing your talent and enthusiasm."

    – Marieanne, Mississauga, ON

  • “J'ai reçu mes épices...merci beaucoup! J'adore vos produits, vous êtes les meilleurs! :)”

    – Stéphanie, Dieppe, NB

  • “I dearly love your spices, I tell all of my curry loving friends about them!”

    – Andrea, Paradise, NL

  • “Bonjour, I just received your EXCELLENT curry powder. Thank you, for your excellent products and very good service."

    – Louise, Orford, QC

  • "I'd like to let you know that my recipe (Channa Masala) came out delicious!! I've been trying to cook Indian food for a while, and it never tasted as good as the restaurant. I followed your recipe (Chana Masala, from the arvindas website), using your ingredients, and it came out perfectly!! I am very happy with it."

    – Rodrigo, Newmarket, ON

  • "Just used your excellent e-commerce site to restock my pantry with your masala and thought I'd take a minute to says thank-you for making such wonderful products. This morning, I told my family we were "eating Indian" tonight. I hadn't yet decided everything that would be on the menu, but my family was sure that there would be butter chicken. And for me that means using Arvinda's amazing Butter Chicken Masala. Using your spice blend and the simple recipe for butter chicken that comes in the can, I can serve my gang the most amazing butter chicken we have ever eaten, right here in small town Quebec. I see all the jarred sauces and frozen dinners claiming to be butter chicken in our supermarkets and I can only feel sad for the people who think that is all that butter chicken can be. Great work!"

    – Greg, Shawinigan, QC

  • “Thank you for the best Curry Masala ever. I use it in everything that I want to add an Indian flavour to and it is so simple to use. Please never change the formula, the heat level is perfect, not like other store bought spice mixes that have minimal heat and lack complexity. Eggplant, chick peas, potato and cabbage, you name it, I add it.”

    – Teresa, Oakville, ON

  • “It’s quite funny - we discovered your incredible spices a few years ago at a winery in Kamloops, BC and were so excited when we found out you are from Mississauga. We recently ran out and wanted to also give them as gifts. Thanks for making such delicious blends.”

    – Amy, St. Catharine’s, ON

  • “I love Arvinda's spices and so do my friends, family and guests."

    – Akash, Burlington, ON

  • "Hello Preena: Met your brother at the market to-day, purchased what I needed, and tonight I made the curried noodles with chicken, and was so surprised at how easy they were to prepare and how delicious mine turned out. Just the right amount of heat, and I learned to balance the 4 flavours. Thanks again, Preena for your hard work and work ethic to produce and promote a product of which we can all be proud, and be happy to recommend. Cheers to you."

    – Judy, Oakville, ON

  • “Thank you for the extra care of the beautifully packaged case of spices. These days one would not expect such a beautifully and carefully packaged order. The whole experience of ordering, the quality of the website, communication throughout shipping and the quality of the products are amazing. Thank you, we will recommend!”

    – Anonymous, Wolfville, NS

  • “Hello Arvinda and Preena, Congratulations on your cookbook! I took one of your classes some years ago at Nella Cucina in Toronto. I am now living in Spain and brought with me many of your masalas and spices! I'm making a big Indian dinner for 8 on Saturday for Spanish and Italian friends. Wish your spices were available here in Spain!"

    – Mara, Valencia, Spain

  • “The best spices I’ve ever used. Ever.”

    – Mohamed, ON

  • “My daughter is a foodie like me, so when she moved out a couple of months ago, she was really sad to be moving away from all of our spices. She actually came over a couple of weeks ago to do meal prep so she could use my Arvinda's! :)”

    – Lori, Vancouver, BC

  • “I just want to say thank you ... for your great spices and recipes. The biryani was delicious! The butter chicken is wow wow wow every time ... Keep it up!”

    – Daniel, Montréal, QC

  • "My mother & I attended your North Meets South Class and it was absolutely delicious!!!! Prior to the class I liked Indian food, but I was not the biggest fan. After taking your class and sampling the meals, Indian foods are now on my top favourite types of cuisine! Keep up the good work!"

    – Vic, Mississauga, ON

  • "I made your Beet, Carrot and Cabbage Salad, Raita and Halibut with your masala sprinkled over the top - delicious! Just had a cup of your chai - yum yum ... When I opened your little round container of Curry Masala - the smell was intoxicating - wow. Spices in this country are never like that! It reminded me of when my parents lived in Zimbabwe - the spices were so fragrant. Delightful!"

    – Brenda, Etobicoke, ON

  • "A long time ago I got one of your garam masala tins. I honestly would open the garam masala tin several times a week just to sniff it. Aromatherapy! Of course I also used it for cooking."

    – Ezzie B.

  • "I made a wonderful Fragrant Beef Curry with Rice in the microwave with your curry masala and it was divine. Thanks again for a product much superior to the regular curries we see in the grocery store!! ... the curry masala and the garam masala...wonderful. Can't say enough about the fresh flavour of the product. The site (arvindas.com) also has some wonderful recipes as well..Indian of course!! Again, thanks for such truly wonderful products!!"

    – Phyllis, Mississauga, ON

  • "Last Thursday I went to Harrods for lunch on my way to the Chelsea Flower Show and in the Food Hall, I saw Arvinda's spices and bought the Butter Chicken Masala to try out. When I got home I opened the tin and it gave out the most intense, beautiful, exotic aroma of spices and couldn't wait to try them in a chicken curry. I looked up Preena's video for Butter Chicken as I am a novice at cooking and the result was mouth watering. I must congratulate Arvinda for crafting such wonderful spice mixes. They are simply divine. In the south of England you can only buy Arvinda's at Harrod's so I have ordered the whole set of seven spice tins from your UK distributor and that will set me up for trying out different dishes. Companies here are already selling their products in these supermarkets and their spices are not as brilliant as Arvinda's. Preena is doing extremely well in promoting Arvinda's spices and she does it so beautifully. I wish you all the success in the future."

    – Natu, Reading, UK

  • "We had your perfect butter chicken for dinner tonight. Thank you so much for all you do!!!!!”

    – Teresa, Newmarket, ON

  • "Arvinda's spice blends are excellent. For me, Indian spicing can seem complicated and intimidating, but these spice blends makes cooking Indian food simple and easy. I used the curry masala in a chick pea and tomato curry and everyone at the table loved it. It takes the stress out of cooking. Your blends make cooking really good Indian meals easy without taking away the pleasure or the pride that comes with cooking. I still got to make the meal but the curry masala helped to make the food that much better. Your garam masala blend is beautiful. It's better than any I've tried before. The curry masala and garam masala blends make amazing food."

    – Carole, Toronto, ON

  • "Thank you very much. We all had a great time and have already begun preparing our own Indian dishes. Everyone was very pleased with the class that your mother and yourself put on for us. We just got back from a camping trip last night and actually did some Indian while camping that turned out great! Thank you, best wishes."

    – Marieanne, Oakville, ON

  • “I have many of your spice sets, and they are wonderful. They have made staying at home all the time much more tolerable!”

    – Melinda, Toronto, ON

  • "I just wanted to thank you both very much for a wonderful evening. We all had a fabulous time at the cooking class and I know my sister especially enjoyed herself. Your kitchen was warm and inviting, and you had everything organized so well. I really liked the personalized menus; those were such a nice touch. I know we all appreciated the extra information and explanations you provided about Indian cooking and the ingredients we were using. It truly was a great evening and I hope that I will have an opportunity to attend some more of your classes in the future."

    – Carmen, Mississauga, ON

  • "I wanted to say thanks for such a wonderful class on Wednesday evening (Rich & Creamy Butter Chicken) to you and your Mom. I thought the class was very well presented and organized. I found that you gave a lot of useful tips and background info about the spices etc., and most of all the food was delicious. Will definitely have to sign up for another class in the future. Warmest thanks."

    – Gina, Oakville, ON

  • "I also wanted to let you and Paresh and the rest of the team at Arvinda's know that the cooking class with the LCBO was a HIT!! They loved the product as well the beautiful packaging. The organizers of the LCBO in Windsor hope to continue this Indian series in the coming months. I will continue to showcase your product and recommend that people contact you and buy as much of your spice blends as possible. Once again, Thank-you for your wonderful product, hard work and support."

    – AnnaMaria, Windsor, ON

  • "Our family is enjoying your spices and recipes. We made the madras masala one evening for dinner, and my sister and her husband were thrilled with it. You have a very tasty product, and it is so easy to make."

    – Heather, Oakville, ON

  • "During the weekend, I cooked a half-salmon, à l'unilatéral, as we say in French. I covered the salmon with a curry paste, made with your curry powder, with olive oil. It was simply delicious. A French recipe, transformed with Indian products. Fantastic. Thanks for the quality products."

    – Paul, Montreal, QC

  • "We made the Madras curry ... and it was delicious; we made a big pot using the entire can of spice and it was very much enjoyed on a cold winter's night. Word is spreading fast in my family about the recipes and your spices ..."

    – Becky, Oakville, ON

  • "Please tell me that I can order your spices and you will send them to me in Tampa, Florida. We just moved here and I bought the curry masala at the Asian Expo in Toronto in September. My 16 month old loves it, I put it in almost everything I cook."

    – Trish, Tampa, FL

  • "Oh and I made the Madras Chicken, the rice and the Aloo Gobi a couple of days ago and they were ALL resounding hits! Delectable actually - thanks to the spice blends I bought - I saved a ton of time when cooking during the week. Gracias!"

    – Mary, Toronto, ON