How can I get eatable shipped from India to Ottawa?!
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I think you can bring most kinds of achar with you (just pack them very carefully!). You can probably bring spices too but honestly you can get any spices you need here. The only thing that's hard to find here is amla juice, if you like it. But you can get all your spices/daal/masalas/etc over here!
You probably can't bring fresh fruit/veggies, and certainly not rice...
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Hi,
Tell your parents to check if they have a DTDC courier service near them. My parents frequently use that one to send Diwali stuff (or spices etc, when I was a student). Also, as long as you don't get items like fruits, there shouldn't be any problem getting stuff like spices or even dals with you. I would try to avoid getting jeera and mustard seeds though. Although I never got a problem getting those, I have heard people whose bags were checked and this stuff was thrown away.
Also, from what I get, I think you are a student right? You might want to contact a few of your Indian seniors or other Indians in Ottawa to check for Indian stores. Although the stuff is a little expensive than what you would get in India, but considering the cost of shipping those, you might as well buy them from Ottawa. You might be able to find a couple of spices in Chinese markets as well.
Hope that helps.