Indonesian 'Seven Seas' Spice

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Before you start to make your favourite curry house style curry like chicken tikka masala, chicken Madras or lamb vindaloo, you are going to want to make this special blend of spices.

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Popular in festive cooking, mixed spice is a combination of cinnamon, coriander seeds, nutmeg, cloves, pimento and ginger. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. If you purchase ground spices, then it should be used soon as once spices are ground, they lose their flavour quickly. This may affect nutrition and allergen information therefore you should always check product labels and not rely solely on the information presented here. It may not be reproduced in any way whatsoever without the prior consent of Waitrose Limited nor without due acknowledgement.

Chinese five-spice is a great way to easily add a variety of flavour profiles to your meals, and, unsurprisingly, consists of five spices; star anise, cinnamon, fennel, cloves and peppercorns. uk accepts no liability for inaccuracies or misstatements about products by manufacturers or other third parties. With paprika, garlic and a whole load of chilli, it’s great for flavouring meat, like these pork kebabs and chicken liver wraps, and also adds fiery flavour to fish, such as barbecued salmon. INGREDIENTS: Roasted chickpeas (22%), toased crushed cumin seeds (15%), toasted crushed coriander seeds (15%), sea salt, cumin seeds (5%), coriander seeds, roasted garlic granules, garlic granules, nigella seeds, caraway seeds (5%), red pepper flakes (red pepper flakes, salt, sunflower oil), chilli flakes, ground cardamom (3%), smoked sea salt.It’s great for cooking into meat dishes, like this lamb curry or slow-cooked chicken, or to spice up eggs as in this Indian-inspired omelette. The mix is different across regions, but overall it’s a more chunky mix that is used to blend with onions and bulgur to flavor foods like Kibbeh. Introducing pre-made spice mixes into your cooking is a great way to experiment with authentic flavours from around the globe.