PMONA Traditional Georgian Spice, Khmeli Suneli

Robust. Tasty. Delightful. It is delicious! I’m intrigued to try more Georgian food after this. I rate this a perfect 5/5! Thank you for reading and rating my review!

I was surprised how good it is! Good quality and price.

The seasoning blend is 5 stars, the packaging is 2-3 stars, so I averaged my review at 4 stars. The spices are great. They are so aromatic that the scent permeates the foil bag that they are in. I could smell them before opening the bubble mailer that they were shipped in. I used the spices as a rub on some tilapia and fried it up. It was delicious. I also put some in the rice that was served alongside said tilapia and served it up with yogurt. It was a very enjoyable dinner. The packaging is rather lackluster. It is a sealed foil bag that is not resealable. After cutting a corner of the foil to pour out the spices, I folded the corner of the bag down and then put the package inside of a zippy bag to keep it fresh and prevent spills. I will likely put the remainder in a spice jar. This is something that we enjoyed enough that I will probably be purchasing some more after we run out. The price point is not too high from my point of view when you consider how much bottles of spices cost in the store. Maybe we live in an area where these things cost more, but McCormick spices here cost at least $4 per bottle, and Penzey's spices are even more than that.

Live the flavor on grilled Salmon.

Excellent product

So being of eastern European descent I was intrigued by this, my grandfather talked about his time in Tbilisi like it was Eden, so I really wanted to try this. It took me a long time to get around to using this, it came with only one recipe and that was for eggplant which wasn't going to go over at all with the kids. For the meals I cook for my family we have been in sort of rut, always the same rotation. I guess being stuck home during this whole Covid thing has forced me to get creative with meals as well as to pull out foods that we have had sitting there for a while that we always passed up for our usuals. This included three cuts of pasture raised lamb (two shoulder chops and a leg chop) that I picked up in the clearance bin and had frozen, these had always been passed over because they were not loin chops. So I took this lamb, trimmed it, cubed it, tossed it with olive oil, salt, and this Khmeli Suneli spice and pan seared it and it was fabulous! I served it with Moroccan stew and it was a perfect pairing, the stew had a similar warmth and savory from its cumin and a little harissa. My husband was impressed with the flavor of this, and one daughter loved this so much she had a second serving. My grandfather would have loved this, and I did set aside a portion and freeze it and will take it to my mother when I am able, she was practically drooling over the phone when I was telling her about this. There is very little salt in this spice mix which is nice because you add your own as everyone has different tastes. This spice mix also reminds me of one that a friend's dad gave me that was a middle eastern spice mix, so if you like middle eastern flavors you will also like this. It wasn't spicy, just flavorful and warm and savory, and the aroma was also just amazing. The packet was smaller than I was expecting, but even after spicing three huge cuts of meat there is still plenty left for a few more meals I'm sure, so packaging can be deceiving size wise. The packaging was not resealable which was little bit of a bummer, luckily I had an empty spice shaker that I put the remainder in. At the time of writing this review the price is $5.49 which is a bargain in my mind. Anyway, a wonderful spice mix, would buy again and would recommend.

It is OK and will work for my dishes that need Khmeli Suneli, but it is by far not the best while being rather expensive. The first time that I purchase it online. The package is really small. Will try some other options on Amazon next time. Still nice to have it sold on Amazon. Hope, the company will be able to improve its quality.

We recently got a new Moroccan tagine pot, and have been experimenting with a variety of recipes and aromatic seasonings. Khmeli Suneli is a seasoning I was generally unfamiliar with in the past. But it has since made for some delicious and aromatic dishes when cooking with our tagine pot. Now, it's not enough for me to knock a star off of the rating. But I do have to say that I'm not a fan of the packaging. It looks like packaging for fake/synthetic drugs behind a glass case at truck stops. So I don't know if I would gift it to someone. Either way, I just took it out of the original packaging and put it in a seasoning jar that I labeled accordingly. As far as the product itself, definitely a good one, and one that I would purchase again.