Spice mix (Redirected from Masala (spice))

Whole spices used to create garam masala

Spice mixes are blended spices or herbs. When a certain combination of herbs or spices is called for in a recipe, it is convenient to blend these ingredients beforehand. Blends such as chili powder, curry powder, herbes de Provence, garlic salt, and other seasoned salts are traditionally sold pre-made by grocers, and sometimes baking blends such as pumpkin pie spice are also available. These spice mixes are also easily made by the home cook for later use.

Masala

Masala (from Hindi/Urdu masalah, based on Arabic masalih) is a term from the Indian subcontinent for a spice mix. A masala can be either a combination of dried (and usually dry-roasted) spices, or a paste (such as vindaloo masala) made from a mixture of spices and other ingredients—often garlic, ginger, onions, chilli paste and tomato. Masalas are used extensively in Indian cuisine to add spice and flavour, most familiarly to Western cuisine in chicken tikka masala and chicken curry, or in masala chai. Other South Asian cuisines including Bangladeshi, Nepali, Pakistani and Sri Lankan, Southeast Asian cuisine such as Burmese and the Caribbean regularly use spice mixes.[citation needed]

Perfume Fixative Ingredients

The Arabic etymology was originally used for perfumery Ingredients only, the word Masalaha مصالحة means reconciliation. In the context of perfumery it's used to refer to fixatives. The Arabic words commonly used for spices are tawābil or bihārāt.

Notable spice mixes by region

Ingredients for a Gulf-style baharat
A container of pumpkin pie spice

Americas

East and Southeast Asian

  • Five-spice powder, a blend of cassia (Chinese cinnamon), star anise, cloves, and two other spices, usually fennel seeds and szechuan peppercorns.
  • Húng lìu, a Vietnamese blend
  • Shichimi, a mix of ground red chili pepper, Japanese pepper, roasted orange peel, black and white sesame seed, hemp seed, ground ginger and nori

European

Middle East and Africa

Asia

  • Wuxiang powder (Chinese: 五香粉, Wǔxiāng Fěn), a widely used spice mix in Chinese cuisine. Its name suggests that Wuxiang powder is made up of five fragrant spices in powder. But in practice, it doesn't have a determinate composition, nor must be made up of five spices. Most often-used spices in Wuxiang powder are laurel leafstar aniseSichuan peppercinammonfennel fruits and clove.
  • Shisan Xiang (Chinese: 十三香, Shísān Xiāng), a kind of Wuxiang powder whose names suggests which being made up of thirteen spices. The most popular Shisan Xiang is produced by Wang Shouyi(王守義), a time-honored brand in He'nan(河南) province of China.

South Asia

See also


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