Panch Phoron, Bengali Five-spice

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• 1 teaspoon nigella seeds
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds or 1 teaspoon radhuni seeds or 1 teaspoon celery seed

Recipe

• 1 mix all together, you can use less or more of your favorite seeds so adjust to taste.
• 2 store out of light in a sealed jar.
• 3 this recipe is meant to be used as whole seeds roasted before using in a recipes to release the oils for more fragrance.
• 4 roast in hot oil, until a strong aroma of each spice is released, and use the fragrant oil as a base to cook dal, meats or vegetables.
• 5 roast in vegetable oil (vegan), butter or ghee and add as seasoning to different dals or thick curries.