The recipe for this interesting spice mix comes from Sandeepa, who calls it The Sorceress of Spices. Read Barbara’s lyrical post about it!
Panch Phoron is a classical Bengali spice mix used in tempering. It’s added to the hot oil before other ingredients, to flavour the oil. I used it in a very simple potato, carrot and runner beans curry.
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Panch Phoron
SOURCE: Sandeepa
PREPARATION TIME: 2 min
CUISINE: Indian, Bengali
INGREDIENTS:
Fenugreek seeds
Nigella seeds (Kalonji)
Mustard Seeds – black or brown
Cumin seeds
Fennel seeds
method
Mix together equal amounts of the seeds and store in an airtight container.
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Zlamushka
/ 14 October, 2007That s a beautiful spice mix. I myself make one just like that. I love the color combo,… aand of course it tastes great. What s a runner beans curry? I d love to get a recipe for tht. Sounds funny.
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Maninas
/ 14 October, 2007Runner beans curry? yes, it does sound like a hillarious word combination, doesn’t it? now that you say it 🙂
As for the recipe, I improvised… I’ll try and remember what I did. I think I may have a photo of it, too.
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Kate
/ 15 October, 2007why is kalonji called nigella seeds ???
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arindam gupta
/ 29 May, 2012Kalonji comes from “kalo jeera” which means black cummin and nigella seeds means small black seeds
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Maninas
/ 15 October, 2007Nigella sativa is the Latin name of kalonji. I guess this is where this comes from.
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