Top larder ingredients:
A good curry paste – korma/Bhuna/Balti or whatever floats your boat
Dried chili mix (Nam Prik Klang Dong)
Tomato puree
Passata
Tins of good quality chopped tomatoes
Assorted dried herbs
Yutaka Japanese miso soup (sachets x 5 per box) Can be the basis for any clear soup to which you can add thinly sliced vegetables of your choice)
Honey (Plain)
Dijon mustard
Tahini paste
Cornflour
Dried pasta shapes, spaghetti and tagliatelli
Noodles – thin and medium
Basmati rice
FOR BAKING:
Plain flour
Self raising flour
Wlolemeal flour (If you are lucky enough to live in Cork buy Macroom flour)
Bread flour (00)
Bread soda
Baking powder
Cream of tartar
Ground: Ginger/Cloves/nutmeg/Cinnamon
Cocoa powder
Arrowroot ( for thickening sweet sauces without turning them opaque)
Vanilla pods and extract (never essence as this is entirely synthetic)