Garam Masala

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🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago
Carribean

Garam Masala, the spice blend that carries Indian cuisine because of its rich, warming flavors and ubiquity in curries. This recipe is for those who own a spice grinder or want to make their own blend. The list of ingredients vary by availability and preferance, but ultimately you toast a bunch of spices and pulverize it once they become fragrant. I left out the amounts in ingredients that go into the roasting pan, with exception to nutmeg as too much can become psychoactive over its mace counterpart. Start with smaller amounts of large raw spices like cinnamon, star anise, and black cardamom to avoid overpowering the blend.

Ravi Bajnath

Published on:
October 29, 2024

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🌾 Ingredients

Whole Raw Ingredients

  • Cinnamon
  • Green Cardamom
  • Black Cardamom
  • Dried Bay Leaves
  • Star Anise
  • Clove
  • Allspice Berry
  • Black Peppercorns
  • Jeera (Cumin) Seeds
  • Fenugreek Seeds
  • Fennel Seeds
  • Nutmeg (grated)
  • Salt

🔪 Kitchenware

  • Mortar and Pestle
  • Spice/Coffee Grinder
Prep Time
2
Cook Time
5
Recipe By:
Ravi Bajnath

🍽️ Instructions

Toast Whole Raw Ingredients

  1. In a dry pan, add your ingredients with exception to grated nutmeg and salt.
  2. Toast spices until fragrant on medium heat, move occasionally while avoiding smoke from appearing.
    • Oils release from the seed and cause a bitter taste when heated too hot, too fast.
  3. Once fragrant, add to your mortar or spice grinder.

Ground and Pound

  1. Use your pestle to take out your stress on the toasted seeds and pound it to a fine dust.
  2. If you have a grinder dedicated to spices, blend it to a fine powder.
  3. Once blended, pour spices through a fine mesh strainer to collect any large pieces of seed husk.

Combine Everything Else

  1. Add remaining ingredients to your toasted, ground spices.
  2. Salt is added to preserve spice powder.

📦 Storage Instructions

Mason Jar

  • Typically stores up to a year

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