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Colombo Powder

Mild Ceylon Curry

 

 

Preparation time: Few minutes
Difficulty: Very easy

Gourmet's tips
Some people think that West Indian "colombo" and Indian or Sri Lankan "massala" are related. However if the Singhalese brought this spice mixture to the West Indies in the nineteenth-century, the original recipe must have been lost somewhere in the Atlantic, for today few vestiges of the original remain, except the name Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka.

In the West Indies this spice mixture is used to flavor a favourite local dish called "colombo," made with goat, pork or chicken.

 

Ingredients

 

3 cloves of garlic
A few chives
A few thyme leaves
2 chilies
1/2 tsp. toasted coriander seed
1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 tsp. mustard powder or mustard seed
1/2 tsp. anise
1/2 tsp. cumin
Optional:
Fenugreek
Ginger
Black pepper
Cloves
Saffron
Tamarind

Method

  1. Grind all the ingredients into a coarse powder;
  2. place in an airtight container and store in a cool place; the mixture will keep well for six months.

 
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