Indian Sweets and Spices

I’m not sure why I haven’t reviewed this place before…
Parking: Strip mall, plenty
Shelfs packed tightly with everything from bulk lentils to hair dye. You could spend a long time figuring out everything they have. They have packages of curry paste as well as different masalas, they have fresh samosa — 5 for $ 5 — I always get some to go. My new discovery here is the frozen food. They make their own curries and biryani and it’s soooooo good. Butter chicken is the best as well as the biryani. Sometimes they are out of it though and I go home sad :(
Recommendation: Check it out — they’ve got everything Indian here!

Monte and his brother have been tirelessly running their business for years here. I finally went in and was amazed at the variety they carry. They also have take-​away cooked meals. They had a refrigerator full of them but when I tried to buy they told me they were all pre-​sold and heading to customers! That pretty much means that the food is pretty damn good. I got myself an assortment of really good spice snacks and will be back to get some of their curries.

With great selection and very helpful and friendly staff, I had a great shopping experience here. The guy behind the register even helped me carry everything to my car (which was great, especially with the heavy bad of idli rice in tow). While being a bit small, it’s well packed with nearly everything you need for solid Indian cooking. I hope and look forward to shopping by here again!

Such a huge selection of anything you’d need to cook Indian style cuisine and then some. The owner was quite friendly and the fresh ladoos were awesome! Definitely recommend as a stop on your grocery shopping trip.

Died and gone to Indian grocery heaven.
My dna may be Viking/​Magyar, but my stomach is in the East.
Such nice people.
Such a well stocked store.
And such is my complete ignorance of anything beyond the Indian Frito-​Leigh type snacks — but here is a place to experiment and learn.
Found the spices that have bit into at India Bistro! (65^th & Roosevelt. Best food ever). & a local redneck honey (Ron & LaVonne’s) that have only seen in Sedro Woolley. Laughed out loud on that, surround by hundreds of Indian products.
Experiences at other Indian stores have really varied — from scant stock to stock interactions. Last weekend w/​a teenager with a lolly pop sticking out of their mouth, working that other particular store like it was a 7 – 11. Not here.
These gentlemen obviously take pride in their store and service. That says a lot in this time of plastic and veneer interactions with no soul. Just a very special place.
This store is clean, well lit. Feels like a happy parade!
I will & am already recommending this store to co workers and friends.
Looking forward to going back and trying everything once.
Update — Their freshly made to go food is wonderful. Full of flavor, not dumbed (or maybe it is :) for the white bread & baloney for american palate. We made 4 meals out of the servings, even better for breakfast the next day. Highly recommended!

3 stores later I found everything I needed! The other stores were less then helpful in helping get the spices on my list. I come in here, they are friendly and helpful! Very large selection of spices. I will be back!

This place is great, period. Friendly and helpful staff, refrigerated pre-​made dishes to go, sweets, spices, halal meat… Do I need to say any more? If you are looking for some Indian food items, make sure to give this place a try!

This review has been languishing in my Unfinished Reviews box for far too long. Forgive my tardiness, Indian Sweets peeps; you’re the best.
I’m not sure why it took me so long to take my first crack at a lamb roast, but I’m certainly glad I bought the lamb here. I followed a simple recipe using a gremolata rub and it was one of the best things I’ve made this year, in large part due to the quality of the meat.
Fast forward a few weeks, and I’ve just now cooked the lamb shanks I got here, and they, too, were melt-​in-​the-​mouth phenomenal, so it’s time to talk these guys up. This store is tiny and packed to bursting with meats, spices, and other intriguingly unfamiliar things. Many of their meats are kosher and/​or halal, and on some weekdays they have freshly cooked items in their deli case.
The guys who work there are incredibly kind and helpful and have helped me discover a few rubs and marinades that made for simple meat prepping – and ultimately dishes that tasted like a lot more time went into them than actually did.
If you’re anywhere near this little spot, tucked into its strip mall sandwich slot between Subway and… is it a Filipino grocery? I think so, but I’ve since moved away, so I may be wrong… anyway, if on the easterly side of Shoreline, this place is the bomb for kosher /​halal meats and treats.

Very nice people. They have a very good collection of Indian groceries, spices in particular. They told me that they don’t add on butter and other unhealthy stuff just to make the food taste nice, which is kind of rare in Indian grocery stores. I wil definitely visit this place again.

Stellar establishment. The frozen homemade butter chicken is unparalleled and the samosas are the perfect cinnamon spice flavor

Great grocery store. Very friendly owners. We’ve been going for years now. They also sell home cooked food which is delicious!

I’ve been looking for an Indian grocery store since I moved to Seattle… and 2 years later I found one that I really like… yay! I can’t believe it took me so long to find this place. They have almost everything I normally stock up on when I go up to Canada and I was so excited to find that they carry lamb chops and lamb sausages! Now I don’t have to try to smuggle it across border patrol! Prices aren’t bad… some items are a few more dollars than what I’m used to paying up north, but decent enough price considering the convenience. They also have fresh samosas (so yummy!) and fresh indian sweets and curry… haven’t tried those but it’s on my list as I’m sadly domestically challenged in the kitchen… but now that I know this store exists, I may actually try cooking indian food myself!

Can Say «Butter Chicken»? Delicious! They make their own dishes and have them in the display fridge in the back of the store — they are worth every penny — take them home and heat them up for an amazing meal.
Bulk spices and a plethora of other goodness can be found on many shelves and coolers, worth walking around the store.
Mickey is a fun guy and very personable if you take a minute to chat him up.
A real bonus to have in Northcity.

Found this little hidden gem of a store after having breakfast at Leena’s Café one day. It looks rather dingy and unassuming from the outside. Inside, it is crammed full of tasty delights… kind of like Disneyland for the wannabe Indian chef.
I walked up and down the narrow aisles and marveled at the diversity of items stuffed on shelves and back wall racks. They have spices, cookery, bulk items, packaged food, meats, frozen items, and pastries. I came away with several bottles of spices that were very reasonably priced. Even found a bottle of citric acid that I haven’t seen in years. They have non-​food items that are fun to look through.
The owners are very helpful. Such a nice little shop.

I found this place after searching high and low for a decent dry curry spice mix. I live on an Island and have trouble finding good spices, but this place covers more than just the basics. I went in and was overwhelmed and overjoyed at the incredible array of choices they manage to fit into a tiny spot in a strip mall. The outside of this place hides how wonderful the inside is. The people who run the shop are kind, very knowledgeable, and don’t make fun of the stupid American who wants to make fabulous food. Plus, they sell real curry leaves! And paneer! And ready-​made food! Its amazing and worth a visit.

This store is wonderful. I only wish I lived closer to it.
My partner and I are avid cooks, and sometimes it can be really difficult to find the ingredients that middle eastern dishes call for. Things like: fresh curry leaves, panir, whole dried peas, some whole spices … all of these can be found here, and some other things you didn’t even know exsisted.
The whole spices and bulk dry-​goods are what really draw us in. There are colors of lentils I’ve never heard of before, and other dry things … beans, grains, legumes? I don’t even know, to be honest … I just know I can’t wait to cook them.
And the spices! The spices are cheaper than any you’ll ever find in any store. Think of the little shaker of spices you buy at the super market. If it’s a whole spice you can spend up to $ 9. At Indian Sweets & Spices you can get a bag of whole coriander that’s five times the size of those shakers for $ 2.99.
But there’s so much more! Candy, snacks, sodas … all the kind of stuff you could only find in India for the most part. More things I’ve never heard of. Burlap sacks full of rice for great prices, handmade Indian sweets at the deli counter, alongside home made soups and curries you could easily heat up for a cheap lunch on the go.
To top it all off, the guys who run the place are friendly and helpful, but not in your face, which I appreciate. I hate sales people who hover, and they don’t.

Great selection of Indian foods — cans, bottles, some frozen, fresh sweets.
Yum. Friendly folks, good prices, LOTS of exciting stuff.

We went here a couple days ago, mainly to get some cashew barfi… thought we left with more.
I grew up with Indian sweets, and the products here (sold by weight at $ 7.99/lb) are pretty much as good as it gets (unless your Indian grandmother/​aunt/​dad decided to spend hours in the kitchen). I’d have preferred my barfi cut into diamonds instead of squares, but maybe I’m just picky about my shapes.
They also have a large selection of dry ingredients, add water&heat products, and frozen/​refrigerated foods. So much so, that I was in the rare situation of seeing ingredients that I couldn’t identify. There were also freshly prepared veggie samosas for sale on the checkout counter.
They guys at the counter were very friendly, and willing to describe the sweets to us. Be advised, they prefer cash for small purchases, as I learned from the sign displayed on the cash register.
I definitely recommend this place to anyone who isn’t too far away.

I discovered this place when I was having my tires done at Les Schwab.
This is a grocery store where you can buy ready-​made hot food and frozen food (that you can heat up) as well as the best assortment of staples one could hope to have in one’s kitchen pantry.
There is also an AMAZING assortment of «sweets» wow! Pastries that are beautiful and mouth watering! Some are kind of a boring shade of beige and cut into uninteresting blocks. HAH! Don’t let the bland color fool you!
These are quite simply the most delicious beige things you have ever eaten!
In my next life I want to be Indian – that’s all there is to it.
Go to this place and buy yourself some sour pickle or lime pickle, some curry powders, a decent amount of rice, some frozen butter chicken and a large box of sweets – you will find instant happiness!
Happy shopping…

Finally. An Indian/​Middle /​Eastern mart close enough to Shoreline and Edmonds residents to give them both generous selection, fair prices, and genuine customer service (this includes feedback on items you might have questions regarding… judgment and lack of patience NOT included!).
Yes, it’s cluttered and a bit scattered in terms of standard corporate USA grocery-​store layout. Why else would i get such a rush shopping here? They have bizarre pre-​packaged chip-​snacks that could take on H-​Mart in a Snack Battle. They have a small tunnel of «help-​yourself» spice tubs. Instant Indian food in foil packs. Fresh palm oil that looks like something from the garbage dumpster in Fight Club, but much tastier.
THE TEA SECTION. You can’t find your tea? You didn’t come HERE. PG Tips, Tetley, an exhausting amount of green teas, etc etc etc. Alas, i would have lingered but for my pressing schedule, but was delighted to find my Ahmad Ceylon Loose Leaf for 6.99
. This is such a hard loose tea to find in U.S. stores, and it is the loveliest with a splash of milk and bikkies.
And yes, they have tea bikkies here. Digestifs, and a mock-​Peak-​Freans-​type. I miss my tea-​dippers.
I made other purchases, but just to let you know, the canned sardines are the fancy type. 2-​for-​$ 3 right now for some.
AND THEY HAVE CANNED MUTTON HERE. I was tempted… but nearly broke at this point.
On my way out, i bought a fresh, hand-​mad samosa (not hot… it was made earlier) and a fresh, hand-​made chestnut dessert that reminded me of marzipan (but tastier).
The owner was super-​obliging and assisting with feedback, and got all happy when i mentioned my mom was an Englishwoman. Instant tea connection, baby.
*joy