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2012Homemade Curry Powder
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Growing up in Singapore and Malaysia, I was used to 2 basic types of curry powders, one for poultry and meat and one for fish. These were essentially combinations of various spices like coriander, cumin, fennel and fenugreek and came in either dry form or wet pastes made fresh. While there were many different types of curries using a host of spices and flavourings, these 2 curry powders were often used not just to make basic curries but also for spicing up a whole host of dishes, vegetarian or otherwise.
I still use these two forms of mixes when making a simple curry or Indian style vegetable dishes. I used to get visitors to bring over packets and as these visits were fairly infrequent, I had to eventually learn to make my own as the ones sold here are awful, to put it mildly!
You have to get a really good spice/coffee grinder to achieve a smooth result but I was always happy with the fairly coarse grind I used to produce before I got my hands on my current “industrial strength” one. So, what I’m doing here is giving you my recipes for the two types of curry powders and 2 recipes that use them. Both can be used for vegetarian dishes.
the whole spices
Click on the individual links above for the recipes.
Have a great week!
Lin xx
balvinder ( Neetu)
There ingredients are almost like our garam masala. but I see that curry powder has fennel seeds and no black cardamom. thanks for sharing.
Anjuli (Connie)
I’m very impressed– home made curry powder!!! I use Baba Curry powder- which I stock up with whenever I go to Singapore– OR when someone comes to visit me from Singapore
…our cupboard ALWAYS has BABA from Mohammed Mustafa! (cheapest there– cheaper than at NTUC)
Maybe one day I’ll try making curry powder from scratch— or maybe not!!
Soni
Wow, never made curry powder from scratch!!This is very informative and a great idea too
Sofie Dittmann @thegermanfoodie
My husband makes his own curry-like spice mix, he calls it “baba masala”. LOL
Katerina
This is so informative! I had no idea that you use different curry for meat and fish. I am keeping them to try!
Asmita
Hi Lin,
This is such a wonderful idea to do a post on making curry powder at home. Making your won masala or powders are always better than the store bought ones which lack that fresh taste. Love this post!!!
CJ at Food Stories
What a great idea to make your own spice blend
Alida
Thank you for sharing this! I never tried making my own podwer and surely this will make a curry taste much nicer than the shop bought one! Interesting post!
simran kamath
hi…thank you for joing up..and the lovely comment on my space,it allowed me to discover yours..and i’m thrilled to bits.i spent 3 years as a child in singapore and can still remember the taste of the food pretty vivedly……now thanks to you i can recreate that……thank you:)
Only Fish Recipes
wow…loved the curry powder !!!!!
Cucina49
Wow, I can’t believe you made your own curry powder. It looks worth all the work!
Nava Krishnan
You so rajin to make the home version of curry powder. I must say its the best compared to buying the ready made ones. My mum used to do the same but I balance between the store bought and when time allows, make my own combo of spices to be added into my cooking.
Maureen @ Orgasmic Chef
I’m going to bookmark these curry powder ideas. Can’t wait to try making my own.
Jenn and Seth (@HomeSkilletCook)
i just love this post, definitely printing this out to make up some curry powders!
Lyn @LovelyPantry
I love all the spices that come together to make curry…and all the wonderful variations. I just shared this on Twitter. I know people would be interested
Choc Chip Uru
This curry powder looks perfect – a great blend of spices and flavours
Bookmarked!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Tina@flourtrader
I always love to find posts like this. I have a bunch of different spices and know I should not be buying spice blends. However, finding the recipe for spice blends is not easy. I am saving this! Thanks so much for this helpful post.
Tina (PinayInTexas)
Thanks for sharing this! I just use Japanese S&B curry roux whenever I make curry. This will definitely be very useful for me!