Meat Masala

Name: Meat Masala
Ingredients: 50 g whole dried chillies; 100 g coriander seed; 2 tbsp black peppercorn; 1 tsp cumin seed; 1 tsp mustard seed; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 12 cloves; ¼ tsp cardamom seed; 2 short pieces of cinnamon

Meat masala is a spice mix used in Keralan cuisine, typically as a marinade for various types of meat, especially mutton.

Ingredients

50 g whole dried chillies
100 g coriander seed
2 tbsp black peppercorn
1 tsp cumin seed
1 tsp mustard seed
1 tsp turmeric powder
12 cloves
¼ tsp cardamom seed
2 short pieces of cinnamon

Steps

Toast the chillies, coriander, peppercorn, cumin, and mustard in a frying pan.
Grind all ingredients to a powder.
Store in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid.

More recipes with chile peppers, coriander, cumin, mustard seed, turmeric, cloves, cardamom or cinnamon

Adapted from “Meat Masala” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.