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Dear Steemian lovers, welcome to another post of my fourth week of the 29th session of the Steemit Challenge, today I will participate in the Gastronomic Shopping Route competition of this challenge, this week's topic in this competition is spices and spice shops, this competition is organized by @dasudi, he has given the title of his competition "SLC29-W4" // "La Ruta de Compras Gastronómicas" - Tienda de especies y condimentos.

Full view of the store

Spice is a very important thing in our daily life, we use different types of spices in our food every day, if spices are not used while cooking our food, then the food does not have taste, we use different types of spices in our food to increase the taste of food, today I will share with you one of those spice shops.

The spice shop that I will share with you today is called Siam Masala Ghar, this shop is located in Ratankandi Hat of our Kazipur Upazila, a big market is held in this place every Wednesday of the week, this shop sets up its own shop here and does business, also keeps its shop open from 8 am to 7 pm every day.

My selfie in front of the shop

Customer is buying spices.	Weighing meter

The quality of the products in this shop is very good, the owner of the shop always tries to sell good products, this shop is very old, the father of the current owner of this shop first started this shop, then his son took over the responsibility of managing the shop, since then he has become the owner himself, his father has given up the business, to maintain the tradition of the shop, the number one product is sold in this shop.

And the prices of the products in this shop are kept very low, the owner of the shop sells things that take a little time, due to which the customers of this shop are much more than the shops in the vicinity, the prices of some products are given below.

Turmeric powder	Chili powder

In the shop, you usually have to pay cash to buy things, especially if someone does not bring cash, there is an opportunity to pay through mobile banking, but in most cases all customers buy their necessary things by paying cash.

I think it is relevant to rent a large house for this shop, because the house where this shop is currently operated is basically a small house in the market, there is no fence around this house, every Wednesday of the week, more products are taken here, but on other days the shop has to be operated with less products, because when the shop is closed, the products have to be kept in a safe place in the evening.

Jardar's box

Betel nut

This spice shop is located in the middle of Ratankandi Market, every Wednesday of the week, many other shops are set up around this shop, but on other days there are not many shops around, due to which the sales are very low on other days, on market days the shop has many customers, the surrounding environment on that day is not very good, because there are shops in all directions and many people in all directions, but on all other days the environment is very beautiful, because it is located under a tree.

Currently the owner of the shop is running the shop alone, which is why he is very busy on Wednesdays, but he tries to provide better and faster service to the customers, because of selling less goods, this shop has more customers than the nearby shops, all kinds of spices are available in this shop.

Different types of spices

White cardamom	Black cardamom

This shop has a variety of spices, garam masala, biryani masala, some spices are sealed and labeled, and each product has an expiration date, the price and quality are consistently reliable, which is why I want to rate this shop 5/5 on a scale of one to five, because I usually buy my necessary spices from this shop.

I always have salt, turmeric powder, chili powder, and coriander powder in my pantry, because these are the basic spices, it is never possible to cook without these spices, some other whole spices are used in our cooking at home, they are cumin, coriander, bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, these spices are used whole in cooking, these spices are very important to enhance the taste of cooking.

Also, some additional very useful spices are used, such as garlic, ginger, garam masala powder, these spices are very important in cooking, also for special purposes we use spices like mustard seeds, panchphodan, black pepper etc., all these spices are used to enhance the taste of our cooking.

Cinnamon

Cumin

Turmeric

The most important spice in our country is chili, chili is used dry or raw, sometimes chili powder is used for food color and spiciness, chili is used in almost all cuisines in some way, most of our people in Bangladesh like to eat spiciness, due to which chili is used in all kinds of dishes like fish, stews, pulses, curries, etc.

After death, the main spice is turmeric, usually turmeric is used to color the food and maintain its taste and health, turmeric is used in almost all kinds of curries, hot spices are used for kebabs and biryani, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves are very important among hot spices, they are used in food.