Kitchen King Spice Mix

This is a popular spice mix that can be used in cooking Indian curries although mainly in vegetarian recipes but not exclusively. There are many recipes on-line and this was adapted from one such but changed to make a simpler and smaller quantity. This contains all of the spices found in the more sophisticated versions of Punjabi Garam Masala. This can be purchased at some outlets (eg from MDH).

Ingredients

Makes approx 8 tspn	Continued...
1 tspn coriander seeds	½ star anise
1 tspn cumin seeds	1 black cardamom (seeds only)
1 tspn poppy seeds	3 cloves
1 tspn fenugreek seeds	3 dried birds eye chillies
1 tspn fennel seeds	1 in stick cinnamon
½ tspn black cumin seeds	¼ heaped tspn turmeric
½ tspn black pepper	1/8 tspn heaped ground nutmeg
½ tspn yellow mustard seeds	½ tspn ground ginger
¼ tspn cardamom seeds	½ tspn salt

Preparation

De-seed the black cardamom.
Break the cinnamon stick and star anise into small pieces.
Dry roast the whole spices (ie not the turmeric, ground nutmeg, ground ginger or salt) and when cool, grind to a fine powder in a spice grinder.
Thoroughly mix in the turmeric, ground nutmeg, ground ginger and salt.
Store in a cool and dark place.

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