Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Malvani Masala Powder

Ingredients:

50 whole dry red chillies (bedgi)
1/4 cup coriander seeds (dhania)
12 cloves (loung)
7-8 black peppercorns
2 tsps fennel seeds (saunf)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
3/4 tsp caraway seeds (shahi jeera)
2 black cardamoms
5 two inch sticks cinnamon
1 1/2 tbsps stone flower (dagad phool)
1/2 tsp nagkeshar
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 inch piece turmeric stick
1/2 tsp asafoetida
1 nutmeg
1/2 star anise

Method:
  • Dry roast all the ingredients one by one.
  • Cool and grind to a fine powder.
  • It makes 100 grams of Malvani masala powder.
  • This masalas is recommended for any coconut based dish and sea food.
Note : It is used widely in the Malvani region on the Western Coast of India.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The recipe for the masala is good,but what is "nagkeshar"? Where & how is it available? What does it look like?

Malvani People said...

I was looking here for some real sambhar masala, unfortunately fonts are not showing up correctly.