Homemade Curry Powder

Submitted by Dancer

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1/4 cup

ingredients

• 4 1⁄2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 2 teaspoons turmeric
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 1⁄2 teaspoon whole black peppercorn (1/2 to 1)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (1/2 to 1)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cardamom, whole,without pods
• 1⁄2 inch cinnamon stick
• 1⁄4 teaspoon whole cloves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger

directions

1. In a blender container, place all.
2. Cover and grind for 1 to 2 minutes or till mixture is a fine powder.
3. Store spice mixture in airtight container in cool dry place.

Reviews

[MyLittleEye]

Here's a tip: When grinding your own spices the flavours are enhanced by briefly "toasting" them first. That is, heating them over the stove in a dry skillet until they begin to brown and their rich aroma begins to be released (but don't overdo it!). Makes grinding them easier too.

 

[Karen From Colorado]

My car is broke down and I am out of curry powder to make my curried chicken recipe. I had all of these ingredients on hand but in the ground form already so decided to give it a shot anyway. I loved it! I will never buy curry powder again. Thanks Dancer.

 

[Julia B.]

Here's a tip: I do just like this recipe but i put a teaspoon of ground sweet red pepper too. Gives a nice colour and taste too.

 

[mdcolby57]

I followed MyLittleEye's advice and toasted some of the spices (just the whole ones) before grinding. It came out nicely. When I make it next, I will grind in two steps: first just the whole spices, then add the rest. I think it makes sense that the whole spices would need more grinding time.

 

[fashehc]

The oldest review is 16 years old and it was the top recipe on google for curry powder. I'm impressed. In my haste to make a vegan curry dish, it didn't occur to me that I had no curry, store-bought prepared. I have another interesting curry recipe somewhere...so much easier to just google it. And so since I have no grinder (what?) and did have the already ground spices, I used them instead and it turned out great. The star rating is missing. I give a 4 1/2. Maybe dry toasting the seeds is the answer to a 5 rating.