Aromatic Garam Masala

Ingredients :-

1. 175 gms / 6oz green cardamom
2. 125 gms / 4 1/2 oz cumin seeds
3. 125 gms / 4 1/2 oz black peppercorns
4. 20 sticks cinnamon (1")
5. 20 gms / 3/4 oz cloves
6. 2 nutmegs.

Put all the ingredients in a dry grinder and powder it and store in a airtight container. You have the option of using mortar and pestle to powder and sieve it.

Garam Masala - 2

Ingredients:-

1. 90 gms / 3 oz cumin seeds
2. 75 gms / 2 1/2 oz black cardamom seeds
3. 75 gms /2 1/2 oz black peppercorns
4. 45 gms / 1 1/2 oz green cardamom
5. 30 gms/ 1 oz coriander seeds
6. 30 gms/ 1 oz fennel seeds
7. 20 gms / 3/4 oz cloves
8. 20 sticks cinnamon (1")
9. 20 gms / 3/4 oz black cumin seeds
10. 20 gms / 3/4 oz mace
12. 15 gms / 1/2 oz bay leaves
13. 15 gms / 1/2 oz dry rose petals
14. 15 gms / 1/2 oz ginger powder
15. 3 nutmegs

Put all the ingredients in a dry grinder and powder it.

Garam Masala

Years back I used to enjoy reading food columns in Times of India by Jiggs Kalra. One such column regarding different types of Indian masalas and pastes caught my eye and I then stated following his recipes with a little variation here and there. He wrote about three different types of garam masala. So here I go.

Garam Masala -1 Ingredients

1. 200 gms /7 oz cumin seeds
2. 60 gms / 2 oz coriander seeds
3. 45 gms / 1 1/2 oz black cardamoms
4. 35 gms / 1 1/4 oz black peppercorns
5. 30 gms / green cardamoms
6. 20 sticks cinnamon ( 1")
7. 20 gms / 3/4 oz cloves
8. 20 gms / 3/4 oz mace
9. 15 gms / 1/2 oz bay leaves
10. 2 nutmegs
11. 30 gms / 1 oz ginger powder

Mr. Kalra's Method

Put all the ingredients in a mortar and pound with a pestle to make a fine powder. Sieve and store in a airtight container.

I dry roast all the ingredients and run through the dry grinder.

Its been more than a year and a half since I posted any thing new on my blog. Aarti, my daughter persuaded me to revive it and Isha Wakhle's phone call for the garam masala receipe brought me back to this post. Thanks Aarti and Isha. Meanwhile lots of things have happened at my end. Both Aarti and Reva have started blogging. Reva has her baking club with many enthusiastic members. Both of them have surpassed me in cooking and I feel its time for me to take a back seat. But occasionally I will also post something more of Indian cuisine. So folks, here I come with a bang, I hope.