Kabsa Spice Mix
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A versatile, homemade blend of spices. The Authentic Kabsa Spice Mix to make the Arabian fragrant Rice, Kabsa.
The Recipe Intro↓ has a lot more information about Kabsa and has links to a variety of Kabsa recipes. It also contains a basic guide on how to use this Kabsa Spice Mix to make Kabsa and also other dishes, that you can make with it in a series of recipes called the ‘fi Har’ Series. well as the Recipe Video. It also contains the link to the simplified, quick version of INSTANT Kabsa Spice (for one or two uses) Mix Don’t forget to check it out.
Ingredients:
| Coriander seeds | 3 Tbsp (10 gms) | |
| Cumin seeds | 1 1/4 Tbsp ( 5 gms) | |
| Black peppercorns | 1 Tbsp (5 gm) | |
| Fennel seeds | 1 Tbsp (5 gm) | |
| Cloves | 1 tsp (2 gms) | |
| Cinnamon | 2 two-inch quills (6 gms) | |
| Black Cardamom | 4 | |
| Green Cardamom | 4 | |
| Black Lime (dried) / Loomi | 2 | |
| White pepper powder (or 3/4 tsp white peppercorns) | 1/2 tsp | |
| Paprika or Mild chilli powder | 1 tsp | |
| Black stone flower (Shaiba leaves / Dagad phool / Kalpasi ) | 1 Tbsp | |
| ground Ginger (dry powder) | 1/4 tsp | |
| Turmeric powder | 1/4 tsp |
Method:
- Measure and add the ingredients from Coriander seeds to White pepper to a non-stick pan.
- Toast these spices while stirring on medium heat for3-4 minutes. Make sure there is no darkening of the spices. It should be very fragrant between 3 and 4 minutes.
- Add to a dry spice grinder. Add the remaining ingredients (paprika, stone flower, ground ginger and turmeric powder) to this mix while still hot. These spices are not toasted as it tends to change the aroma of the spice mix. However, they should be added to the other toasted spices while they are still hot, to help release the natural aroma better.
- Grind to a fine powder. Allow Kabsa Spice Mix to cool and store in a small glass jar.
Kabsa Spice Mix
Notes:
- This makes roughly 3/4 cup of the spice mix. Make a small quantity first. Most likely next time you will want to make more. It is so useful.
- For a more exotic blend of Kabsa spice, add some saffron before grinding.
- Although black lime is essential in authentic Kabsa Spice preparation if you don’t have it a substitute would be dried pomegranate seeds or powder. Or else you may omit it. The spice mix will lack that punch of sour, bitter and smoke provided by the dried black lime but it will still be good.
- Check our recipes that make use of this spice mix (other than Kabsa) in the ‘fi Har’ Series.
- The recipe Intro page contains a basic guide on how to use this Kabsa Spice Mix to make Kabsa.
Key Ingredients: Mixed Whole Spices
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I follow the procedure so now im down to cooking 🥰 may i know how many cups of basmati rice i’ll be needing to make a chicken kabsa?
Hi! have you had a look at the Intro page for this recipe?
There is a rough guide on how to make Kabsa using Kabsa spice mix as well as links to my Kabsa recipes, posted. Most of them use 4 cups of Rice/Basmati. I recommend you try the one labeled Chicken Kabsa 2, to start with.