Garam Masala Powder

Posted On 11-Mar-2008 at 3:44 PM by Seena  



Garam masala powder Ingredients
Cloves / Karayampoo / Gramboo 2 Tbsp
Cardamoms / Elakka 20 (with the light green color outer cover )
Cinnamon / Karuvappatta 2 " pieces 10
Pepper corns / Kurumulaku 2 tsp
Fennel seeds / Perumjeerakam 1 tsp
Black Cardamoms 10 (with the black outer cover)
Bay leaves / Tejappatta 6
Nutmeg / Jaathikka 1
Star anise / Thakkolam 6



Dry roast all the ingredients together in a heated pan.If the spices are enough hot to touch with your hands, then remove it from the fire. No need to roast for long. Powder them together when it is little warm. Keep in an air tight container.



If you don't like, no need to add pepper corns and fennel seeds in this preparation. And if a recipe asks for pepper powder or fennel seeds powder with garam masala, you can add it according to the recipe, since this powder contains only less quantity of them and won't have that much effect.

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  1. Nags Says: 11 March 2008 16:35  

    wow! thats a heady mix of spices.. i can almost the aroma of the powder :)

  2. Happy cook Says: 11 March 2008 18:58  

    I have bookmarked it. I will make them.We can use this garam masala powder for the Non veg dishes too?

  3. Asha Says: 11 March 2008 19:01  

    Beautiful GM pd Seena. Photos are great and blog has really cool colors!:)

  4. Seena Says: 11 March 2008 19:48  

    Thanks friends!
    Yeah Happy, this powder is mainly for preparing non veg dishes..But for veg dishes too, you can use this.. :)

  5. Jeena Says: 12 March 2008 02:32  

    Seena this looks and sounds a tasty garam masala recipe. I already have a huge jar full of garam but I have bookmarked this post to try sometime for sure.

  6. Uma Says: 12 March 2008 04:04  

    That was a nice instruction, seena! I can smell the garam masala powder from the picture. Thanks.

  7. Richa Says: 12 March 2008 04:31  

    garam masala pic is so tempting :)

  8. Dhivya Says: 12 March 2008 05:28  

    wow!home made garam masala...bookmarked it..

  9. Sagari Says: 12 March 2008 08:28  

    everything will taste soooo good with fresh garam masala powder hmmmmm

  10. Rachel Says: 12 March 2008 10:28  

    this is one spice powder that i use a lot....but wait for amma to send me the rightly powdered one...

  11. A kitchen scientist & a white rat hubby!!! Says: 12 March 2008 12:30  

    Hi Seena, long time, isnt it..hey hey hey, i was goin thru ur blog, my!!!,,soooo many recipies, great goin girl!!!i have taken down the yellow cookie recipie, will def try it out, was my fav during childhood, and still is....keep in touch ok, dear...me running 6 months now, but still have vomitting , with less frequency thou...once in 3-4 days..by, god blesss

  12. Anamika:The Sugarcrafter Says: 12 March 2008 14:52  

    seena
    first of all..great pictures and lovely detailed description..perfectly user friendly write-up. Nice to know more about garam masala powder ingredients.

  13. Cham Says: 12 March 2008 19:26  

    Homemade garam masala should be aromatic and the spices are so attractive :)

  14. maimoona Says: 12 March 2008 19:50  

    nice recipe! my garam masala recipe is slightly different from urs(i just add cloves,cinnamon,shazeera Cardamom and grind them.)

  15. Roopa Says: 13 March 2008 01:26  

    Looks colorful Seena:) I can feel the masala aroma from my computer :)

  16. Laavanya Says: 14 March 2008 01:00  

    Fresh home-made garam masala must be awesome... and I love the color of that cabbage pickle.

  17. RAKS KITCHEN Says: 15 March 2008 00:08  

    I too tried makin this powder at home and it did came out great! Thanks for sharing Seena!

  18. Jayashree Says: 15 March 2008 11:23  

    I've never tried anything other than store bought garam masala....nice recipe.

  19. ANJALI JOSHI Says: 16 March 2008 20:04  

    hey thanks seena.keep visiting. i will put up more recipes this week.

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