Mekelesha

Name: Mekelesha
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Makes: about 140–150 g/5–5½oz spice mix
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons black peppercorns; 2 tablespoons green cardamom pods; 1 tablespoon whole cloves; 1 tablespoon cumin/jeera seeds; 1 tablespoon cumin/jeera seeds; 2 x 5 cm/2 in cinnamon sticks, broken into pieces; 4 pieces of timiz (Indian long pepper) (optional but recommended); 4 pieces of timiz (Indian long pepper) (optional but recommended); 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg

Preparation info

Makes: about
140–150
g spice mix

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 min

Appears in

We Cook Plants

By Sarah Bentley

Published 2025

About

Ingredients

2 tablespoons green cardamom pods
2 tablespoons black peppercorns
2 x 5

Spice Mix
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Lightly toast all the spices in a dry frying pan on a medium heat for 3–4 minutes until they release their aroma. Leave to cool.
Add all the toasted spices to a spice grinder, clean coffee grinder or blender and blend together into a ground mixture. You can use a pestle and mortar to do this, but it will take a while to grind everything down.
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