Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Mexican Herb Mix

Because I have a lot of herbs, but usually no mixed herbs in the house, it's sometimes good to know what is in a mix when recipes refer to it.

Ingredients:
cumin seeds
coriander seeds (a.k.a cilantro)
black pepper
ginger powder
cayenne pepper
red bell pepper powder (a.k.a. paprika powder)
cinnamon powder (or cinnamon stick)

This is put together 'from the wrist'...
If you use everything from powders, just combine everything in a bowl and mix together.
In case you only have non-powder ingredients (or want an even tastier mix), dry roast everything that's not a powder, grind it, think of sunny things like drinking margheritas in a hammock on the beach, and mix everything together.

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