Mexico living?

Question

I am a indian (indian as from india) and living in Mexico. I am trying to find some good indian spices (curry etc) and cant find any. Any ideas, where I can get some in Jalisco state. Also, are there any indian communitys in Jalisco or Nayarit. If so where ?.

Answer 1

I don't know of any Indian communities.
There is a supermarket called Superlake that caters to Americans in San Antonio, between Chapala and Ajijic on Lake Chapala. Their ethnic section is getting bigger and bigger. I know they sell Indian curry paste, basmati rice and other related products. They are spendy but if you have a craving it's worth it.
Also, In Guadalajara at the San Juan de Dios market you can get every spice known to mankind. However, you need to know the name in Spanish since they keep a lot under the counter.
Good luck!

Answer 2

In supermarkets as WalMart you cand find most of the spices, I'm not sure how alike as the original Indian they are, but it is not hard to find spices in Mexico.

If there are any Oriental shops in Jalisco maybe they would have even more spices.

Answer 3

Mexico City is where they have everything, I can't picture any other city having Indian spices, unless there's some Indian community in Mexico I don't know about.

Answer 4

Curry and other spices in Mexico? Hmmm, I'm thinking that's going to be hard to find. I would say you'd have to come stateside to purchase those. Or you can try ordering them online from a spice retailer.

Answer 5

There is a Walmart on the highway going in to Guadalajara from Lake Chapala. If you can't find what you are looking for there, go to downtown Guadalajara and wander around the market place or the mall (I think it is called Indepencia). Also try looking up the Spanish names for the spices on freetranslation.com to make them easier to find.

Answer 6

I've seen Curry in WalMart and H.E.B. in Monterrey city, sure there must be that stuff in Mexico City, I don't know about other indian spices.

Answer 7

First off, i praise you for going to mexico and immersing yourself in our culture, i hope you like it.

Second, sorry i dont know of any places specifically in that region that you could find that.

But since your there, i do suggest you try something new and learn from all the diffrent foods and flavors that we have down there, you'll enjoy it. Im in the states, i know i miss the life down there.