African Adobo Spice Mix

This is from Canadian Living magazine, from two years ago. I've been going through my magazines and cookbooks to see what I have and was suprised to find this. I guess this is a general spice mix, used throughout Africa, although, if you go from country to country you might find some kind of variations.

• Ready In: 2 mins
• Yields: 1/4 cup

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons  smoked sweet paprika or 2  tablespoons paprika
• 1  tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons  coursely ground pepper
• 1  teaspoon  hot pepper flakes
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 ground cardamom or 1⁄4 clove

Directions

1. In a small bowl combine all the ingredients.
2. Store in an appropiately sized container (you could double or triple the amounts to make more, but start with this amount, before deciding whether you like it).