Saturday, September 15, 2007

Arabic Gulf mix spice

Recipe by:zainab

500g or 4 1/4 cups black peppercorns.
250g or 6 cups dried red chili con.
50g or 1 cup cinnamon.
500g or 6 1/2 cups coriander seeds.
500g or 5 3/4 cups cumin seeds.
12g or 1/8 cup cloves.
20g or 4 nutmeg.
30g cardamom seeds.
180g or 1 1/4 cup turmeric .

1) Blend or process spices together until crushed.

* You can use ground spice and mix it together.

5 comments:

Anonymous said... 1

that's a lot of spices! LOL. is this the same as baharat?

Arabic Bites said... 2

Hi burekaboy,
We call spices in Arabic baharat.
Every home in the Gulf region is characterized by make their own mix spices.
You right we use a lot of spices in gulf area and that what make our dishes so unusual and unique.
zainab

burekaboy — said... 3

thanks for the answer :) same idea as indian garam masala, every family or region has its own mix. i actually have a bag of baharat in my freezer from dubai from my friend's mother i need to use up!

Ann said... 4

I made a batch of this Gulf spice mix, and now use it when making any middle eastern dishes that call for a mix of spices. This is so similar to the India garam amsala. Thanks for the recipe! I used it when preparing the meat for Lissan al kadi....

Ann said... 5

Ladies, I just used this spice mix again for chicken mansaf - this time I actually posted it on my blog - thanks for the spice recipe!

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