Curry powder recipe

Recipe ingredients

2 1/2 teaspoons fenugreek
1 teaspoon, about 20 pods, cardamom seeds, cracked with a cleaver to release seeds
3 tablespoons coriander seeds
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
1 tablespoon mustard seeds
6 cloves, whole
1 cinnamon stick, thin and broken into pieces
1/4 teaspoon ground mace
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, grated
1 big pinch cayenne
2 tablespoons turmeric, ground
1 hot pepper, toasted and dried, to taste

How to make curry powder

Preheat oven to 225 degrees F.
In a small pan, combine fenugreek, cardamom, coriander, cumin and mustard seeds, cloves and broken cinnamon stick.
Bake for 15 minutes, shaking the pan a few times. Let cool.
In bowl, combine the toasted spices with the mace, nutmeg, cayenne, tumeric and peppers.
Place in a spice mill and grind to a powder.
Store in an airtight container.
Makes a 1/2 cup of curry powder.