Jamaican Curry Powder

Caribbean Curry PowderThe concept of curry powder is an anglicized concept. A curry powder per say is not used in true Indian cooking. You will find variations of it in the colonies. This Jamaican Curry Powder, and not it is not called curry is one such variant. Made with fresh and flavorful spices, this blend is bright and vibrant from cayenne and turmeric. What is distinct in this is the use of spices such as allspice. I made this at home recently and feel in love with its vibrant colors.

As with all homestyle blends, they vary from household to household. The recipe I use, is closely adapted from this one.

My Jamaican Curry Powder Story

Our experiments with global cooking, as I move along is putting my spice pantry to good use. Working with different blends is helping me use some relatively infrequent spices such as fenugreek to good use. Since I always have a lot of whole spices on hand, my way of working with this or any blend is to start with my whole spices. Then I gently toast them and then they are ground in my coffee grinder. Good Madhur Jaffrey tip, that has served me so well on my culinary journey. Then I add in an ground spices such as the turmeric in this case.

Jamaican Curry Powder

My recycled container story.

Let me tell you a fun fact. At least, it is fun to others in my household. I recycle all my containers. So I have a lot of mismatched spice containers. They make their own magic and this is a very sustainable idea. More about such ideas are in Spices and Seasons, a book probably extremely useful in these times of frugal cooking in the COVID kitchen. I am down to trying to go to the grocery store every 10 days. This is a challenge because, I do not have loads of storage room in my refrigerator.  However, just the though of dealing with crazy grocery store lines is enough of a turnoff to keep me at home. And, the food quality has been plenty good, even if I say so myself.

Jamaican Curry Powder

More Spice blends and Uses.

Other spice blends that are essential to cooking include, Sri Lankan Curry Powder and Bengali Garam Masala. One of my all time favorite Jamaican recipes on this site include my Jamaican Rice and Peas.

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Jamaican Curry Powder

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 3 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Yield: Makes 1/2 cup

Jamaican Curry Powder

A vibrant and fragrant spice blend perfect for your Island style cooking dishes.

Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons whole cumin seeds
  • 2 teaspoons whole coriander seeds
  • 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
  • 2 dried red whole chilies
  • 1 teaspoon all spice berries
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeks
  • 1 and 1/2 tablespoons ground turmeric
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger

Instructions

  1. Place the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, black peppercorns, whole chilies, all spice berries, mustard seeds and fenugeek seeds in a dry cast iron skillet and toast for about 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant and arromatic.
  2. Place in a spice or coffee grinder and grinder to a smooth powder.
  3. Mix in the turmeric and ginger and stir well until smooth.
  4. Store in a clear bottle in a cool dry place, aka your spice cabinet.
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