Vietnamese-Style Curry Powder

Vietnamese curry powder is the only one to include powdered annatto seeds, which lend a reddish hue to foods cooked with it. Sweet hints of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves harmonize with a dominant presence of coriander. Vietnamese curry powder is much higher in this lemony, floral spice than Indian style curry powders. Note the absence of cumin, a spice that the Vietnamese have not embraced fully.