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Homemade curry powder

 

Homemade curry powder

One of the principles we try to cook by, is knowing what’s in your food. Firstly, because these days it’s often a complete mystery what’s in processed foods. Secondly, because it’s a lot of fun to make things from scratch.

It’s especially for this latter reason that you should consider making your own curry powder. Also, besides exactly knowing the ingredients, you can also tinker with the blend until it’s exactly to your liking.

Curry powder is often associated with Indian curries. Oddly enough though, curry powder, as we can buy it at the local shops, is actually British. Colonials invented it, in an attempt to recreate Indian food back in England. Unfortunately, the “curries” they made with the powder, had very little to do with the real thing. While Indian cuisine does use spice blends, like garam masala for example, curry powder like we know it is not one of them.

So, what actually are the ingredients of the curry powder spice mix? The exact composition varies but it’s mostly a spice mix that contains “Indian” spices, like coriander and cumin. There’s one ingredient that is present in pretty much every version however and that’s turmeric. It’s the ingredient that gives the blend its signature yellow colour.

That all being said, just because curry powder is not “authentic”, doesn’t mean it can’t taste nice. It can add flavour to many types of food. Anything from soups to roast meat can benefit from a bit of curry powder. The turmeric in the blend can even give a nice colour to whatever you’re cooking.

 

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Homemade curry powder
With this recipe you can start making your own curry powder, allowing you to tinker with the blend until it's exactly to your liking.
Homemade curry powder
Servings
Ingredients
  • 6 dried chillies
  • 7 tbsp coriander seeds
  • 4 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 2 tsp black mustard seeds
  • 2 tsp black peppercorns
  • 1 tbsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
Servings
Ingredients
  • 6 dried chillies
  • 7 tbsp coriander seeds
  • 4 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 2 tsp black mustard seeds
  • 2 tsp black peppercorns
  • 1 tbsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
Homemade curry powder
Instructions
  1. Remove and discard the seeds and stalks from the dried chillies.
  2. Dry-roast the chillies, peppercorns and all the various seeds until they start to release their aroma or until the mustard seeds start popping.
    Homemade curry powder
  3. Grind the spices to a powder. This can be done by hand, with a mortar and pestle. Or with the help of a spice grinder, coffee grinder or blender. Finally add in the turmeric and ginger.
  4. Store the spice mix in an airtight container. Don't keep the blend for too long as it will start to loose its aroma.

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