Zainab's Home Made Zaatar Mix

Recipe by:zainab


Zaatar Seasoning:dry blend of roasted sesame seeds,thyme and sumac,available in Arabic specialty shops.


My Mix:

1 cup dried thyme.
3 tablespoons sumac.
1 teaspoon salt.
1\4 cup roasted sesame seeds.
1\2 teaspoon Lemon salt.

Homemade Garam Masala

Recipe by:zainab

This mix spices is so important ingredients in authentic Indian cooking , Mid-Eastern cooking , & Southeast Asian.

1 cup coriander seeds.
6 Tablespoons cumin seeds.
2 Tablespoons black peppercorns.
2 Tablespoons whole cardamom pods.
1 Tablespoon whole cloves.
1 Tablespoon fennel seeds.
3 cinnamon sticks.

1) Blend or process spices together until crushed.

* You can use ground spice and mix it together.

Daqous mix spice

Recipe by:zainab

1 cup wheat
250 g dried red hot pepper.
1/2 cup cumin seeds.
1/4 cup Coriander seeds.
1/4 cup Sesame seeds.
1/2 Tablespoon salt.
5 dried cloves garlic.


1) Cook wheat in heated dry frying pan until lightly changed color to red.


2) Cook spices, one at a time, in heated dry frying pan until fragrant.

3) Blend or process spices together until crushed.

Saudi Kabsa Mix Spice

Recipe by:zainab

For Saudi Kabsa Mix Spice you will need to use Equal amounts of:

*Turmeric.
* Red pepper.
* coriander seeds.
* black peppercorns.
*whole cloves.
*Black cardamom pods.
*Fennel seeds.
*Ginger.

1) Blend or process spices together until crushed.

* You can use ground spice and mix it together.

If you want your mix spice not too hot , just make only half the amount of Red pepper & black peppercorns.

you can use it in all Arabic gulf dish or in rice dish.
try it in:

Zainab's Easy Saudi Kabsa.

Homemade curry powder

Recipe by:zainab

For Homemade Curry Powder:

2 Tablespoons coriander Seeds.
2 teaspoons cumin seeds.
2 teaspoons ground turmeric.
1 teaspoons Chille powder.
1 teaspoon ground ginger.
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom.

1) Blend or process spices together until crushed.

* You can use ground spice and mix it together.

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.

Homemade mandy mix spice

Resipe by:meedo

To make mandy mix spice:

2 tablespoons cardamom pods.

2 tablespoons cloves.

2 teaspoons black pepper.

1 whole nutmeg .

1 tablespoon deride ginger.

4 bay leaves .

Blend or process spices together until finely crushed.