This blend is mild, aromatic and tastes amazing. It is perfect for making a mild curry for the boys, adding to a kedgeree or for making my Curried Lemon Butter Shrimp.
It is a slightly sweet and super mild powder. Those who want some spice can add cayenne pepper to the mix. I would start at ½ teaspoon and see how you get on. Alternatively add some fresh chilli to your curry. I like to use this to make a mild (and totally inauthentic) chicken and apple curry for the boys. It is also great added to a chicken mayo for a tasty coronation chicken.
Have you ever looked at the jar of curry powder you buy in the supermarket? With so many of them the first ingredient on the list is cereal or maize. Then most have salt in them! It is so easy to make at home without these ingredients!
I measured all the spices out onto a plate so I could get a before shot, Mr 4 said to me "Mum are we just having powder for lunch?" It made me smile 😉
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Homemade Curry Powder
Ingredients
- 3 teaspoon turmeric
- 2 teaspoon coriander
- ¾ teaspoon yellow mustard
- ½ teaspoon ginger
- ½ teaspoon white pepper
- ½ teaspoon fenugreek
- 1 ½ teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon mixed spice - see notes
Instructions
- Measure the spices out into an airtight jar.
- Close the lid and shake well.
- Store in a cool dry place.
Notes
Nutrition is per serving
Sandra says
Hi, I see you're from Australia - where do you get your fenugreek? I tried to find it once for an Indian recipe and couldn't find it....maybe it's because I'm in a regional area. Do you think the curry powder would work okay without it? Otherwise I'll order it online and make your Indian meatballs another day. Thanks.
Claire McEwen says
Hi Sandra, I find it at a local IGA store (Whittingtons is the brand they stock)
You could definitely just leave it out of the blend, especially for the meatballs 🙂
(I know my sister makes the meatballs all the time with storebought curry powder)
Hope that helps
Cx
Kerry Buechler says
HI
Have you ever mixed spice recipes before to make a new spice? I'm trying to figure out favors for my wedding and we're from Baltimore, and love Old Bay. My fiance is Indian, so we're trying to fuse Baltimore and Indian together for our wedding. Do you think it would be possible to mix a curry and old bay recipe in a way that it would still taste good??
Thanks!
Kerry
Claire McEwen says
Hi Kerry,
Congratulations for you wedding 😀
I haven't tried it, but I am thinking that old bay shrimp with a very thick onion based curry served as sort of a dip/sauce might work. Sort of somewhere between a chutney and a sauce. Sweet and thick and packed full of aromatic spices, I think that could work with the salty spice of old bay.
Or maybe some sweet curried chicken skewers served with an old bay cocktail sauce. (I would add some mayonnaise/sour cream to the cocktail sauce to give it a creamy edge that would be beautiful with the old bay.
Hope that helps Cx
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Claire McEwen says
Hi Brenda,
Thank you so much for your message!
My sign up form wasn't working and I would never have known.
It should be at the bottom of the post now.
Barbara says
What is the mixed spice?
Claire McEwen says
Hi Barbara over here in Australia you can buy jars of mixed spice; a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. It is used in baking quite a lot. I think it is similar to pumpkin spice in the US, although I am not sure if pumpkin spice has sugar in?
I find the flavour to be quite strong so I only add small amount of mixed spice, but you could just add a pinch of cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the question, I will update the notes on the recipe to give an explanation as well 🙂
Nancy | Plus Ate Six says
I've never looked at the ingredients before on a packet of curry powder - it never occurred to me there would be anything other than just spices in it. Will be making up a batch of my own curry powder asap.
PS chicken & apple curry is a throw back to my childhood - totally authentic 🙂
Claire McEwen says
I know I was shocked too when I realised that some have fillers etc in. It is very dependant on brand, I have a couple of hot blends in my pantry that are just spices, but some have the cereals in, which is not what I want to be feeding the the boys (or my gluten intolerant dad!!)
Missy says
Your curry powder is so pretty! I've tried before, but the proportions were off and it tasted weird. I'm glad to see the large amount of tumeric here.
A question though, what is mixed spice? It isn't something that I've heard of before. Thanks so much for your recipe!
Claire McEwen says
Hi Missy, thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoy the curry powder. It is a nice mild curry powder and we use it all the time in curry for the boys as well as coronation chicken or kedgeree.
Over here in Australia mixed spice is made up of cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. It is used in baking quite a lot. I think it is similar to pumpkin spice in the US, although I am not sure if pumpkin spice has sugar in?
I find the flavour to be quite strong so I only add small amount of mixed spice, but you could just add a pinch of cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. Hope that helps 🙂 x
Nagi@RecipeTinEats says
Noooo....homemade curry powder? What the...? Never crossed my mind, and WHY NOT? YOU LEGEND! 🙂 Pinning!
Claire McEwen says
Hehe, thank you.
I bet you have loads of amazing things you make with curry powder 🙂
Katalina@ Peas and Peonies says
haha powder for lunch, that's funny, made me smile too! You have a loaded pantry if you have all these spices 🙂 love the homemade version of this curry!
Claire McEwen says
Katalina, I am a bit of a pantry hoarder. I like to know I could survive a siege 😉
Rachel Pattison (Little Chef Big Appetite) says
What a great idea to make your own! I've never done this.
Claire McEwen says
Thank you Rachel. It is so simple to mix up a bowl and has so many uses aside from making 'curry'. Thank you for popping by 🙂
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I've made homemade curry paste often but never powder. I'm eager to give this a try!
Claire McEwen says
How are you feeling now Maureen?
Give it a go 🙂 I love that you can customise the spice level and there are no added cereal powders etc.