Chicken Masala Spice Mix

This makes about 4 tspn of spice mix powder. It was greatly reduced from a recipe found online, but the difficulty in scaling by so much meant I had to adjust the spice proportions. As a consequence it will not be an exact match but produces an acceptable blend.

Ingredients

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2 tspn coriander seeds	1 tbspn curry leaves
½ tspn fennel seeds	¼ tspn cardamom seeds
1 tspn cumin seeds	¼ tspn poppy seeds
½ tspn black cumin seeds	¼ tspn turmeric
¼ tspn black peppercorns	¼ tspn garam masala
1 dry red chilli	to taste salt
¼ tspn fenugreek seeds

Preparation

Dry roast the curry leaves until crispy and set aside.
Brteak up the dry red chilli and dry roast until it changes colour, then set aside
Dry roast the rest of the whole spices until they become fragrant, then allow to cool.
Grind all the dry roasted spices to a fine powder.
Thoroughly mix in the turmeric, garam masala and salt, add to a suitable container and keep n a dry and dark location.

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