Paula Wolfert

Middle Eastern Spice Mixture

Preparation info

  • Difficulty

    Easy

  • Makes

    ¼ cup

Appears in

top 1000The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen: Recipes for the Passionate Cook

The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen

By Paula Wolfert

Published 2003

  • About

This popular spice blend called bharat is used in many Turkish dishes. See the stuffed zucchini.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon ground allspice
  • 1½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
  • 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1½ teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric
  • ½ teaspoon cardamom seeds
  • 12 whole cloves
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon dried rose blossoms
Whirl all the spices in a grinder to a powder. Pass through a fine sieve and store in a closed jar in a cool cupboard.

The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen by Paula Wolfert. Copyright © 2003 by Paula Wolfert. Photographs copyright © by Christopher Hirsheimer. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.