Topic: Garam Masala

[976bar]

I made this the other day based on a recipe from my Indian Cookery Course. It certainly gave a lift to the Chicken Bhuna I made last night.

25g Cloves
25g Black Peppercorns
10g Mace
25g Green Cardamoms - (inner seeds only)
25g Whole Black Cardamom Pods
25g Cinnamon
5 Star Anise
5 Bay Leaves
1/2 Nutmeg - crushed into small pieces

Place all the ingredients into a spice/coffee grinder and grind into a fine powder. Store in an air tight container away from direct sunlight.

[livo]

I just reverse engineered some Whole Garam Masala, made in India by Avon Agro under the brand GREENZ.  I did this so I can make it up in smaller batches as required.

The 200 gram bag contained:
Cumin Seed 70g
Dried Ginger 40g
Cinnamon 35g
Black Peppercorn 25g
Cloves 15g
Black Cardamom 10g
Longi Pepper 4 g
and 1 whole Nutmeg 1 g

[livo]

Garam Masala ( To make 20g)                                     GREENZ       Tarla Dalal     J. Sahni 1   Cumin Seed          7.0 g               8.0g              4.0g 2   Coriander Seed            -                2.5g              4.0g 3   Black Cardamom   1.0 g               -                         - 4   Green Cardamom      -                3.0g               4.0g 5   Ginger                    4.0 g               1.5g                 - 6   Black Pepper           2.5 g            1.5g                4.0g 7   Cloves                    1.5 g             1.0g                1.0g 8   Cinnamon                  3.5 g            1.5g                2.5g 9   Mace                             -              0.5g               - 10   Longi Pepper           0.4g              -                   - 11   Bay Leaf                     -              0.4g                   - 12   Nutmeg                   0.1 g            0.1g                 0.5g

Table insertion is better but still a bit out of whack.

[DalPuri]

You could always do a print screen (prtsc) and upload the image instead.

[livo]

Didn't even consider that.

[Gav Iscon]

I've used this before on another forum

http://www.teamopolis.com/tools/bbcode-table-generator.aspx

		GREENZ	Tarla Dalal	J. Sahni
1	Cumin Seed	7.0g	8.0g	4.0g
2	Coriander Seed	-	2.5g	4.0g
3	Black Cardamom	1.0g	-	-
4	Green Cardamom	-	3.0g	4.0g
5	Ginger	4.0g	1.5g	-
6	Black Pepper	2.5g	1.5g	4.0g
7	Cloves	1.5g	1.0g	1.0g
8	Cinnamon	3.5g	1.5g	2.5g
9	Mace	-	0.5g	-
10	Longi Pepper	0.4g	-	-
11	Bay Leaf	-	0.4g	-
12	Nutmeg	0.1g	0.1g	0.5g

although the screenshot as DalPuri suggested would be easier.

Windows 8 (and I think 7) -  windows key + Prtsc  and the screenshot will be in Pictures/Screenshots

[Peripatetic Phil]

Table insertion is better but still a bit out of whack.

Yes, the problem is you have only one table row ("<tr> ... </tr>") and one table cell ("<td> ... </td>"); you need one table row for each row in your table, and one table cell per row for each column ... (Angle brackets used in prose; you will need square brackets in the source).

** Phil.

P.S.  Well done, GI :  that is exactly what is needed.

[Gav Iscon]

I can actually say, having to do fixture tables every year, I, with a passion, hate tables for web.

[noble ox]

There is a variety of black peppercorn called Tellicherry from India it is much more aromatic than the usual stuff and well worth seeking (fleabay or google) most GMs call for black pepper this stuff makes a huge difference

[DalPuri]

Tesco stocks them. Nearly bought some the other day but opted for the cheaper peppercorns in a plastic container similar to a leather water canteen.