A Fancy Curry Powder

Recipes Ingredients:

2 1/2 ts Fenugreek
1 3 in cinnamon stick, thin
1 ts (about 20 pods) cardamom
And broken into pieces
Seeds (cracked with a 1/4
ts Ground mace
Cleaver to release seeds) 1/4
ts Nutmeg, grated
3 tb Coriander seeds
1 Big pinch cayenne
1 tb Cumin seeds
2 tb Turmeric, ground
1 tb Mustard seeds
Hot pepper, toasted and
6 Cloves, whole
Dried (to taste)

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat Oven to 225 degree F. In a small pan, combine fenugreek, cardamom, coriander, cumin and mustard seeds, cloves, and broken cinnamon stick. Bake for 15 minutes, shaking the pan a few times. Let cool. In bowl, combine the toasted spices with the mace, nutmeg, cayenne, tumeric and peppers. Place in a spice mill and grind to a powder. Store in an airtight container. Makes a 1/2 cup of curry powder. Recipe: Chuck Ozburn in Pok, New York