Inspired, full of enthusiasm and with countless spices and recipes, she came back to Zurich. From the first moment on it was clear to Margrith Hiltl, that Indian dishes would be an expansion to the kitchen and she decided, you should also be able to order Indian dishes at Hiltl. However, curry, coriander, turmeric, jeera and cardamom were not so easy to find in the cosmopolitan Zurich of the 1950s.