home-made garam masala

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How many of you make your garam masala/mix spices powder at home ? please share your recipes

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Ammi and I make chaat masala at home. I don't like bazaari chaat masala

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Automne please can you share how you make the chat masala?

Regards, Garam masala, I dislike the taste of the baahar ka garam masala so I just do a simple one : two tablespoons corriander seeds and one and a half tablespoon zeera .. I mix this up and crush it finely ... this is kept in a bottle .

for other garam masala ingredients I put the whole spices in rather then powdering them .. for example cloves , cinammon etc

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i havent but i guess i will give it a shot once my bazar wala is consumed

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my bhabhi makes all masalas at home...she is old fashioned and she thinks it's the first step in good cooking. she is really really really the best cook that i know of and i know a lot of women who cook good...i'm NOT saying this just because she is my bahbhi...everyone who tastes her food becomes her instant 'MUREED'! ... honest to God! :)

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bhoonify kali mirch seeds,coriander seeds,white zeera,cinnamon stick,long on tawa and then grind....
i use garam masala for pulao only....

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^ My mum grinds all the above mentioned ingredients without bhoonifying.

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Well I take zeera,Kali mirch,long,big ilaichi,dar cheeni, and grind ..

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my bhabhi uses siyaah zeera which is darker and much skinnier and has stronger flavour.

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my recipe of Garam Masala

All ingredients Whole

Coriander: 3tbsp
black pepper: 2 tbsp
black cardamon: 3 to 4
green cardamon: 4
zeera: 2tbsp
cinamon stick: 2 medium
cloves: 1tbsp
bay leaf: 1
nutmeg and mace(crush them together 50 50%): 1tsp
saffron: a little (optional)

Very lightly bhoonify all masalas except saffron on tawa, just for 2 mins so that good smell comes. Let it cool down and then blend them by adding saffron also.

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Once I grinded cumin seeds without bhooning them, and it had a very very minty smell to it...so odd...dunno if anyone else has had this experience.

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If we bhonify the white zeera it will gv the same taste

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Strange .. I grind cumin seeds almost once a week to prepare my weekly corriander / cumin mix .. and never have bhooned them , yet never experienced this :hmmm:

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This is a great mix , the only thing is , black cardamom always overpowers the taste .. I dont know why ..

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Yes right, You can reduce quantity to 1, Now i usually use 2

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my bhabhi does saute all the ingredients...safed zeera [mostly used] is a different variety than siyaah zeera...tastes wise, they are quite different. siyaah zeera is much much better in quallity, texture and flavour...try it once and u'll know! :)

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Please ask her for recipes....and post some tips for us.