Garam Masala (Garam= hot; Masala= mixture) is came from India. Garam Masala is spices for cooking. People in India usually add Garam Masala in the middle of cooking as their seasoning ingredients to create a rich flavour, tempting smell and beautiful color.
India has 2 climates. People in the North India are prefer to eat spicy food. Opposite with South India, people are prefer to eat non spicy food because it's hot there.
There are many variants and compositions of Garamasala: white pepper, cloves, bay, java chili, cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, fuli, lawang flower and pekak flower.
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There's some benefit of Garam Masala:
1. Good for health. This can increase your appetite and prevent colds.
2. Improve your brain fuction.
3. Warm your body.
4. Decrease cholesterol.
Every house in India have their own Garam Masala Recipe. Garam Masala is a very flexible spices, you can add or remove some of the spices that you like or don't like. It's totally up to you, all it needs to be called as Garam Masala is containing at least 6 spices.
The Classic Garam Masala: peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon, cumin, seeds and cardamom pods.
Here is a recipe that using garam masala.
Spicy Chicken Masala Curry
You can check out the recipe here: Spicy Chicken Masala Curry
I think that's all i can share to you about Garam Masala. Hope this post can be useful. See you and thanks for reading!
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