Where To Get Indian Spices

A lot of people have asked me where to get some of the spices and ingredients in my recipes so this entry is a list of Indian stores that I know of. You can also order ingredients online for those of you that don’t have a store nearby. This online store carries SWAD and MTR products which I like the best.

If you know of any other Indian stores, please write them in the comments and I will add to my list for everyone to see as my knowledge is limited to the places where I have lived: NJ, NY, Berkeley, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

So now there are no excuses – you have to try my recipes! haha

California
Los Angeles
India Sweets and Spices
9409 Venice Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
310.837.5286
(really good prepared food here too)

India Sweets and Spices (and here)
3126 Los Feliz Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039
323.345.0360

San Francisco
New India Bazzar Indian Grocery Store
1107 Polk St
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.928.4553‎

Jai Ho Indian Grocery
1462 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
415.567.1070

Berkeley
Bombay Spice House
1036 University Ave
Berkeley, CA 94710
510.854.5200

Vik’s Distributors
726 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94710
510.644.4412
(serves amazing snacks next door – get chole bhatura!)

Illinois
Chicago
Fresh Farms International Market
2626 West Devon Ave.
Chicago, IL 60659
773-764-3557
(great one stop shop for Indian produce and spices; it also has a sugarcane juice stand in the front)

Patel Brothers Cash & Carry
2610 West Devon Ave.
Chicago, IL 60659
773-764-1857
(this is newly remodeled supermarket style Patel Brothers)

Kamdar Plaza
2646 West Devon Ave
Chicago, IL 60688
773.338.8100
(snack bar in the back has great pani puri)

Massachusetts
Spiceland
120 Cambridge Street
Burlington, MA 01803

Michigan
Detroit
Eastern Market
2934 Russell Street
Detroit, MI 48207
313.833.9300
(year-round farmers market with a spice store. The spices are a bit expensive but you can find everything there. The vegetables are always fresh and reasonably priced. Here is the website.)

New Jersey
Patel Brothers Cash & Carry
1357 Oak Tree Road
Iselin NJ 08830
732.283.7283

Subzi Mandi
1518 Oak Tree Rd # B
Iselin, NJ 08830
732.603.0588

Sabzi Mandi
832 Newark Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07306
201.656.5677

India Market
395 Springfield Ave
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
908.508.9450

New York
Brooklyn (Sunset Park)
Patel Brothers
5303 4th Ave (between 53rd and 54th St.)
718.748.6369

Manhattan – Midtown (Curry Hill)
Little India Store
128 East 28th Street
212.683.1691

Kalustyan’s
123 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212.685-3451
(if you have not gone, you must go – incredible variety of items)

Spice Corner
135 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212.689.5182‎

Manhattan – East Village
India Bazaar
69 1st Avenue New York, NY 10003
212.420.5906‎

Janata Spice Store
85 1st Avenue
New York, NY
10003-2937
800.754.1815‎

Queens
Patel Brothers
42-92 Main Street
Flushing NY 11355
718.661.1112

Patel Brothers
3727 74th St
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
718.898.3445

Subzi Mandi
72-30 37th Avenue,
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
718.457.1848