Hyderabadi masala (Spice mix)

I really love Hyderabadi cuisine and have prepared a lot of Hyderabadi dishes. I love them as they are spicy and the perfect flavor of sweet and spice. This is a Hyderabadi spice mix which can be added to the dishes instead of the usual garam masala to enhance the flavor of dishes manifold. Not just in Hyderabadi dishes, a bit of this can also be added to the usual dishes to redefine the flavors.

Ingredients:

Cinnamon: 4 sticks (big)
Black pepper: 4 tsp.
Green cardamom: 6
Saffron: 1 tsp.
Cloves: 8
Nigella seeds: 2 tsp.

1. Dry roast all the ingredients except saffron. Don't discard the covers of cardamom. 
2. Let cool. 
3. Grind all the dry roasted ingredients along with saffron to form a coarse powder. 
4. Store in air tight container at room temperature. 
5. Use in Hyderabadi dishes in place of garam masala. 

Hyderabadi dishes from the blog:

Hyderabadi kofta curry

Hyderabadi vegetable dum biryani

Baby onion ka salan

Hyderabadi mirch ka salan

Qubooli biryani (Hyderabadi layered biryani)

Hyderabadi chicken curry

Hyderabadi chicken biryani