Name: Garam masala recipe | How to make garam masala
Prep time: 360 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 370 min
Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients: ½ cup coriander seeds (or daniya); ¼ cup cumin seeds (or jeera); 2 tablespoons green cardamoms (or elaichi); 2 tablespoons cloves (or laung); 1 tablespoon pepper corns (or kali mirch); 6 to 8 pieces cinnamon (or dalchini , approx. 2 inch (prefer ceylon cinnamon)); 1 tablespoon fennel seeds (or saunf (avoids acidity)); 1 small nutmeg (or jai phal (avoids indigestion)); 1 star anise (or chakri phool (avoids indigestion)); 3 strands mace (or javitri (for flavor)); 2 to 4 black cardamoms (or badi elaichi (for flavor, refer notes)); 4 medium dried bay leaves (or tej patta)