Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Curry Powder


Not all curries are the same. Anyone who has grown up eating buss-up-shot, doubles, or friedbake knows this. Curry, like chili is not made up of one ingredient, but is a wonderful orchestra of spices.

I’ve notice that a lot of people buy curry sauce from the grocery store and use that as a base, but a trick my mom taught me needs to start with dried, ground up spices. Normally I would buy a bottle of curry powder at the grocery, but a couple of years ago I thought it would be interesting to try making my own curry powder. I still keep a grocery store bought bottle of curry powder for those times I may be out of key ingredients to make my own.

Ingredients
I purchase most of my herbs, spices and teas in bulk from the Monterey Bay Company. They have a plethora of organic and non-organic options.

- 4 tbs ground cumin
- 4 tbs ground coriander
- 4 tsp ground turmeric
- 1tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp mustard powder
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder

Recipe
  1. Combine all ingredients in an air tight container. (I used a small mason jar for all of my spices.)
  2. Shake the container vigorously until all of the spices have blended together.
  3. Use in your favorite curry recipes.



Original Recipe – To many sources so this one is mine. J

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