I am taking part in a month long blogging marathon Buffet on Table for this month. For the first week it was international combo dishes and for second week, it was recipes from Indian states. For the third week, the theme is condiments. So, what are condiments. According to wiki, a condiment is a spice, sauce or other food preparation that is added to food to impart or enhance particular flavour or to compliment a dish. Any spread, sauce, spice mix comes under this category. In Indian cuisine chutneys and spice powders can be labelled as condiments. For the first day, I will be writing about the spice powder popular in Eritrea, a country in Africa. When I made the Ethiopian meal, this berber spice also featured in the dishes. Eritrea and Ethiopia are neighbour countries and there are so many similar dishes in both cuisine. This spice powder is one among them. This is a mix of various powders and was so easy to prepare. And it had an unique flavour and the dish I used this spice powder also had nice flavour due to this spice powder. I usually have ground spices in my fridge and so it was so easy for me to put together this spice powder.
Recipe Source: The Sour Dough
Ingredients:
Red Chilly Powder-1/3 cup
Garlic Powder-2 1/2 tsp
Onion Flakes-1 tsp
Ground Ginger-1 tsp
Ground Clove-1 tsp
Salt-1 tsp
Ground Cumin-1/2 tsp
Ground Fennel-1/2 tsp
Ground Cinnamon-1/2 tsp
Ground Cardamom-1/2 tsp
Ground Black Pepper-1/2 tsp
Procedure:
In a bowl take all the ingredients.
Mix them well.
Store in an airtight jar.
Use in recipes as suggested.
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Berbere Spice Mix Recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Red Chilly Powder-1/3 cup
- Garlic Powder-2 1/2 tsp
- Onion Flakes-1 tsp
- Ground Ginger-1 tsp
- Ground Clove-1 tsp
- Salt-1 tsp
- Ground Cumin-1/2 tsp
- Ground Fennel-1/2 tsp
- Ground Cinnamon-1/2 tsp
- Ground Cardamom-1/2 tsp
- Ground Black Pepper-1/2 tsp
Instructions
Procedure
- In a bowl take all the ingredients.
- Mix them well.
- Store in an airtight jar.
- Use in recipes as suggested.
the spice powder looks absolutely beautiful, love the spices going in there..feel like taking a pinch to try it..
That’s a fantastic spice powder Gayathri!..it looks so spicy too..
Looks spicy and flavorful. It has a a fiery red color.
I remember reading up on this spice powder before the International BM. Lovely color and I am sure very flavorful as well.
Very flavorful and aromatic spice powder.
Looks like flavorful powder and lovely color
Love this powder… very aromatic and handy too
I had this in my list too.. but then changed it at the last moment as I couldnt fine chile.
Such an interesting spice mix, love all the spice powders went in it.
This is a very flavorful and delicious berbere spice.
delicious blend of spices!!! so yummy!!!
Full of flavor, right? I too made this for this BM>
i went to dinner once at ethiopian restaurant and this spiced mix featured in most of the dishes – your homemade version must be aweosme