Topic: What's in your Spice Draw/Cupboard ?

[mak]

Hi all, just wondering what the average curry guru has in his/her spice inventory
Spices - whole & ground, spice mixes and anything else.

Do you have anything unusual in there? 

Fire away..

I currently have...


CORRIANDER POWDER
AJWAIN/LOVAGE SEEDS
BLACK CARDOMON PODS
CORRIANDER SEEDS
TURMERIC
WHOLE ANNISEED
METHI POWER
CHILLI POWDER
GINGER POWDER
CUMIN
GARAM MASALA
METHI / FENUGREEK SEEDS
MILD MADRAS POWDER
TANDOORI MASALA
STAR ANISE
MUSTARD SEEDS
DRIED CORRIANDER LEAF
CURRY LEAVES
CINNAMON STICK
ASFOETIDA
BAY LEAVES

IG SPICE MIX
CA's SPICE MIX


Not a massive list but maybe I might pick up something nice from this thread

Cheers

Mak

[PaulP]

My list is similar with these as well:

CASSIA STICKS
MACE GROUND
MACE WHOLE
FENNEL SEEDS
GARLIC POWDER
ONION POWDER
GREEN CARDAMOM SEEDS
GROUND GREEN CARDAMOM SEEDS
POPPY SEEDS
BLACK PEPPER GROUND AND WHOLE
CUMIN SEEDS
BLACK CUMIN SEEDS
CLOVES
SAFFRON

Probably a few more lurking in my spice cupboard and boxes. 

Cheers,

Paul

[mak]

ooh that reminds me I need some cumin and fennel seeds

What do you use Mace in Paul ?

Cheers Paul

[PaulP]

ooh that reminds me I need some cumin and fennel seeds

What do you use Mace in Paul ?

Cheers Paul

Hi Paul (mak),

I bought the mace for the base sauce in the Authentic Balti Cookbook. I've also used it in some traditional Indian recipes. TBH I'm not too keen on mace. Put too much in and it ruins the dish for me. I'm not too keen on nutmeg either which is a related spice.

Cheers,

Paul

[Razor]

Dya know, I bet we all have very similar store cupboard ingredients, accumilated over time to try many of the splendid dishes from this amazing forum;

Here's mine;

CUMIN SEEDS
CORIANDER SEED
AJWAIN SEEDS
MUSTARD SEEDS
ONION SEEDS

GINGER POWDER
GARLIC POWDER
CUMIN POWDER
CORIANDER POWDER
METHIS POWDER
PAPRIKA
GARAM MASALA
KASMIRI MIRCH
DEGGI MIRCH
CHILLI POWDER
CURRY POWDER
ALL PURPOSE SEASONING
TURMERIC POWDER

CINNAMON STICKS
NURMEG
MACE
CASSIA BARK
CLOVES
BLACK CARDAMOMS
GREEN CARDAMONS
STAR ANISE

And loads of other stuff

Ray

[DalPuri]

i searched 3 or 4 cash & carry's (while visiting near  blackburn ) for kashmiri powder, not one place had it!
only to  find out days later that it
mostly comes in a box : ;D