Garam Masala Ala Madhur Jaffrey

magpie diner's Note:

I know that garam masala recipe often vary family to family and region to region. I couldn't say where this one is specifically from but it comes courtesy of the fabulous Madhur Jaffrey, her World of the East Vegetarian Cooking book. This is quite heavy in cardamom, so if that's not a flavour you enjoy, this might not be the mix for you. Note that when it says cardamom seeds, that doesn't mean the pods, it means the seeds inside.

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 3 tbsp

• 1 tablespoon cardamom seed
• 1 inch stick cinnamon bark
• 1 teaspoon whole cumin seed
• 1 teaspoon whole cloves
• 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorn
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

1. Place all the ingredients in the container of an electric coffee grinder and grind until even and powdery.

Reviews

[breezermom]

This garam masala was easy to mix together, and tastes wonderful. I'm not sure about cinnamon bark, so I used a whole cinnamon stick. Otherwise, I followed the recipe as posted. Thanks for sharing!

[Rinshinomori]

This is another excellent garam masala recipe. Like many seasoning recipes, there are many regional variations and like magpie diner said, it's one of them with a pronounced cardamom taste. I used about 2/3 T cardamom seeds for this recipe and I could certainly taste cardamom as a predominant taste in this garam masala. Thank you for posting this excellent recipe. Made for Asian Forum India tag game Mar 2010.