Panch puran

Name: Panch puran (Five-Spice Blend)
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 1 tbsp cumin seeds; 1 tbsp kalonji seeds (nigella seeds); 1 tbsp kalonji seeds (nigella seeds); 1 tbsp green aniseed; ½ tsp fenugreek seeds; 1 tbsp brown mustard seeds

Five-Spice Blend

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Summers Under the Tamarind Tree

By Sumayya Usmani

Published 2016

About

A blend of five spices (seeds) inspired by Bangladeshi cooking. It’s something my kitchen is never without. It’s wonderful with vegetables – use it to infuse the cooking oil before adding ingredients.

Ingredients

Mix together

1 tbsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp kalonji seeds (nigella seeds)