Here's Health Magazine March 1994
"Mrs. Bassa's home-made chutneys are divine. With a full, rounded flavour that just dances on the taste buds they have to be tried to be believed. The spicy tomato Ketchup will transform burgers and bangers. The Chilli sauce is tangy and robust, and the Garlic Pickle must be the most delicious way to eat garlic and lower your cholesterol at the same time."

The Daily Telegraph 16 March 1996
"You can smell Mrs. Bassa's garlic pickle as soon as you walk through the door. It entices you up the stairs. If your experience of pickles ranges from the mouth-puckeringly sour taste of a commercial lime pickle to the bland sweetness of a supermarket mango chutney, Mrs. Bassa's are a revelation. Most popular are the garlic pickle - whole cloves of sweet spicy garlic that would drive Dracula to distraction - and an intensely tangy green coriander paste. The mango chutney is unrecognisable - far sharper and far hotter than most commercial versions but people who find it too ferocious can go for the subtly smoky aubergine pickle. For the stoic there is a prawn balichow that will blow your socks off and an eye-watering, throat-catching vindaloo paste.

"Because they are made in small batches they have a real home-made taste."

Europe OnLine 18 March 1996
"Lovers of Indian food must try these jars of ready-made sauces from Mrs. Bassa's Indian Kitchen…they have a natural, wonderfully fresh and real home-made taste. Our favourites are the brilliantly bright green Coriander Paste which has an amazingly fresh concentrated coriander flavour, the mild Brinjal Pickle and Bombay Salsa which is gently spiced and deliciously fruity. Made without any additives, you can really taste the difference from shop-bought products."

The Independent on Sunday 18 August 1996
"The wafted smell of cooking spices draws you from a busy arterial road in Wandsworth and into a first-floor industrial unit, shelved with dozens of kinds of pickle, chutney and paste. The most popular variety, now simmering away on the stove, is the garlic pickle. It requires a great deal of experience and judgement to make finely spiced Indian chutneys to Mrs. Bassa's standard."

"The pedigree of the species, Mrs. B's authentic Indian Mango Chutney. The difference between this and the usual bought variety is taste, texture and quality." 

Homes & Gardens January 1998
"A surfeit of traditional Christmas foods always leaves me craving different flavours, so I use these wonderful hand-made pickles from Mrs. Bassa's Indian Kitchen to transform leftover ham and turkey. The clean taste of the spices comes as a delicious shock if you're used to more mass-produced relishes."

"As we speak, her most popular product, garlic pickle, is bubbling away in a giant saucepan - whole cloves of sweet, spicy garlic that can be eaten as a chutney to accompany a curry or equally with bread and cheese. The tamarind and date paste is gently spiced and deliciously fruity and makes a wonderful dip, while her vivid green coriander paste has a natural tangy flavour so fresh you wouldn't believe it could come in a jar. "

"If you're used to the blander flavour and gloopy texture of mass-produced chutneys and relishes, the bright, fresh taste of Mrs. Bassa's spices will certainly come as a delicious shock."

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