Having bought the amazing Dishoom cookery book I started making long-game* Indian food.
Virtually every dish requires this amazing garam masala spice combination, which is nothing like you buy ready made in the shops. Ingredients are:
- 1 black cardamom pod
- 4 cloves
- 5g black peppercorns
- 2 large cinnamon sticks
- 10g coriander seeds
- 5g cumin seeds
- 4g fennel seeds
- 2g star anise
- 1 bay leaf
- 2g mace blades
- 1g poppy seeds
- 2g dried rose petals
Put the lot on a baking trak in the oven at 50 degrees Centigrade for 2 and a half hours. Grind to a powder.
* items that take many hours if not days to cook from start to finish. Very satisfying.