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Basic Garam Masala Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Spread all ingredients in a flat pan or baking sheet.
  • Roast in oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-15 minutes. (Use the middle rack to avoid burning the spices.)
  • Grind and store in a closed container.
  • Tip #1: If you can afford to keep an extra coffee grinder in your kitchen set aside for grinding spices, it's a very handy tool. I use mine regularly to grind fresh spices for baking and cooking, and it makes for excellent, fresh flavors in my kitchen.
  • Tip #2: If you don't have a South Asian shop in your area, you may consider going online to purchase these spices. They are very inexpensive in grocery stores that specialize in cuisines that use these spices, but their prices can run very high in conventional American grocery stores. Whatever you do, don't spend $13 on a small bottle of cardamom!

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  • suzalleogram 16 years ago
    thank you for all the details- I perused Mr. Dhar's website and will probably try some recipes. Many thanks~
    Sue
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  • veg 16 years ago
    I HAD A FEW RECIPES WITH THIS IN THEM. I WISH I WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS SOONER. BUT I DID END UP FINDING IT AT A VERY UNIQUE STORE HERE IN FAIRFIELD OH NAMED JUNGLE JIMS. AROUND HERE IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT IN THE GROCERY STORE...YOU GO THERE
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  • zanna 16 years ago
    great spice blend,thanks.
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  • invisiblechef 16 years ago
    Great recipe again!! I love aromatic cooking.
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  • heatherbudapest 16 years ago
    Mr. Dhar also has a website with the recipes from his excellent cookbook. I posted his Saag (Spinach) recipe the other night, too, before I realized he was online! Look and enjoy: http://www.kabobandcurry.com/recipes.htm
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  • sunny 16 years ago
    I love curry and the smell it inparts in the house while I'm cooking. Thanks for posting this as it will get lots of use in my kitchen
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  • shirleyoma 16 years ago
    I love curry's ... I love this spice!! Thank you for posting.. happy cooking
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  • heatherbudapest 16 years ago
    When I had just returned to the United States from a two-and-a-half-month stay in northern India many years ago, I found myself living briefly in Providence, Rhode Island, where I hardly knew a soul and found myself terrifically lonely. Elaborate cooking projects were a source of solace for me. When I decided to try my hand at Indian cooking, I found my way to a wonderful small Indian shop called Kabob-N-Curry, where Sanjiv Dhar and his wife welcomed me as warmly as if I were a visitor in their home, and gave me a small cookbook of his recipes as a gift when I bought the ingredients for a feast I prepared for my friends. His dishes absolutely burst with flavor, largely because of the freshness of the spices in them. This spice blend, garam masala, is one of the most common in Indian cooking, and it has many variations. This one is undoubtedly influenced by Mr. Dhar's Kashmiri background. Try making it and enjoy having a house filled with the glorious aroma of roasting spices, and Indian dishes that sing with beautiful tastes.
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