This palette of spices includes (from top left) Ethiopian berbere spice blend, cardamom, Chinese five spice blend, ground and stick cinnamon, ground and whole cloves, cumin, curry powder blend, ground mustard, nigella seeds, nutmeg, smoked paprika, fennel seeds and star anise. Mustard, fennel, caraway, fenugreek and cumin are seeds.Cloves are dried buds, chili peppers are fruits, and cardamom and star anise are seed pods. )Ras el hanout is an exotic spice blend from Morocco. It’s sweet and spicy-hot, containing up to as many as 50 flavors, including some rare items not found at the local grocery. Other spices are blended in according to the cook’s taste and whim.A favorite spice blend of mine is Chinese five spice, which contains star anise, cinnamon, cloves, fennel and black pepper.

Source: Ethiopian News January 17, 2021 10:52 UTC