Punjabi Garam Masala Powder Preparation

Ingredients:

½ cup coriander seeds / daniya

¼ cup cumin seeds / jeera

2 tablespoons small green cardamoms/ elaichi

8 black cardamoms

2 tablespoons cloves

1 tablespoon peppercorns

6 to 8 sticks of cinnamon, approx. 2 inch

4 large or 6 to 8 medium bay leaves

1 small nutmeg

Directions:

• Sundry all the ingredients in a paper/plate, or toss them in a pan without oil one after the other until you sense a nice aroma.
• Stay this until cool, Later blend this into a fine powder Sieve this powder and blend the spices again and sieve.
• Remove the left over spices after sieve or add this into a tea powder.
• Now store this in a glass jar to store the aroma.