Cookbook:Meat Masala

| Spices

Meat masala is a spice mix used in Keralan cuisine, typically as a marinade for various types of meat, especially mutton.

Meat masala can either be rubbed onto pieces of meat as a dry powder mix, or combined with oil to make a paste that more easily coats the meat. Once coated, the meat should be left to marinate for at least 20 minutes, but preferably up to 2 hours, before cooking.

Ingredients

 * 50 g whole dried chillies
 * 100 g coriander seed
 * 2 tbsp black peppercorn
 * 1 tsp cumin seed
 * 1 tsp mustard seed
 * 1 tsp turmeric powder
 * 12 cloves
 * ¼ tsp cardamom seed
 * 2 short pieces of cinnamon

Procedure

 * 1) Toast the chillies, coriander, peppercorn, cumin, and mustard in a frying pan.
 * 2) Grind all ingredients to a powder.
 * 3) Store in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid.