Garam masala from Dishoom: From Bombay with Love: Cookery Book and Highly Subjective Guide to Bombay with Map (page 356) by Shamil Thakrar and Kavi Thakrar and Naved Nasir

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  • dmdmdmmm on April 05, 2026

    I’m excited to use this as I cook through the book. It is so fragrant!

  • MarieMacCheese on January 01, 2026

    I put this on a nearly embarrassing number of foods. By far my favourite garam masala.

  • Astrid5555 on January 13, 2023

    Best garam masala recipe ever, worth the effort of toasting and grinding the spices yourself.

  • coryelizabeth on June 03, 2022

    Wonderful, wonderful stuff. Easily the best garam masala I've ever tasted.

  • metacritic on December 19, 2021

    This is excellent. All the heat comes from the black peppercorn, so it is important to have good quality pepper. It has great depth and earthiness. I might prefer a little chili. It doesn't have ginger or green cardamom but doesn't suffer from those absences.

  • rmardel on October 15, 2021

    I made this using the oven-roasting technique which worked very well, with no chance of burning. I do truly like the flavor of this garam masala; it is more complex than store-bought, and more complex than the version I have been making for years, with a well-rounded flavor profile and a nice fruity/floral note. it does not have much of a peppery afterburn, but heat can always be added separately to dishes if desired. This looks promising to be my new pantry basic.

  • SheilaS on October 14, 2021

    I really liked the oven roasting method for the spices. The rose petals bring a lovely floral note. A very special garam masala, worth the effort to make.

  • VineTomato on April 11, 2020

    A nice blend and I used the oven method which brings out the fragrance of the spices with no chance of burning. I didn't have any rose petals on hand so left them out.

  • Foodycat on December 26, 2019

    So different to bought garam masala. The fragrance is incredible.

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