Indonesian 'Seven Seas' Spice

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When I finally saw it being made by chance at a local restaurant, I didn’t pay attention to anything else in the kitchen. Within two generations of my family, I have cousins of every cultural denomination from Chinese and Jewish to Indonesian and Indian. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.

If you’re wondering what you’d use it for, here are a few of my favorite recipes that highlight this Thai Seasoning Blend.

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So you like the looks of that spice rub recipe you ripped out of the newspaper or downloaded into your PDA, but it's intended for pork and you're really rather in the mood for chicken. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.

Be inspired to try something new with our favourite recipes that make the most of these versatile spice mixes. You could replace fenugreek with some garam masala (a blend commonly used in Indian dishes), yellow mustard seeds and brown sugar or just leave it out. I will probably reduce the cumin and maybe the turmeric because I actually don't like curry even though I do cook other things with those spices, and I think those probably make something most curry-like. So, we often refer to the Lebanese seven spice mix simply as baharat and use the terms interchangeably.

If you already have the following spices in powdered/ground form, you’ll be able to whip up this Middle Eastern spice mix in just a few minutes.Add the ‘secret sauce’, soy sauce, coconut milk and lemongrass, bring to the boil and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the meat is very tender. The mix is different across regions, but overall it’s a more chunky mix that is used to blend with onions and bulgur to flavor foods like Kibbeh. He loved the recipe more than what he was familiar with but requests me to make it everytime we bought chicken thighs!