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Curry Powder Recipe (Kitchiner)

The Healthy Life Cook Book' by Florence Daniel -Year 1915 mentions a recipe for curry powder by Dr. Kitchiner.

This will make a mild curry powder suitable for any westerner's taste.

Apparently, Mr. Daniel was not familiar with either Tamarind or Amchoor, so mentions acid apple. From the notes, he had a south Indian friend who tell him about desiccated coconut. Mr. Daniel notes: 'A writer in Cassell’s Dictionary of Cookery says: “A spoonful of cocoanut kernel dried and powdered gives a delicious flavor to a curry, as does also acid apple.”

3ozs. coriander seed, 2½ ozs. turmeric, 1 oz. black pepper, ½ oz. lesser cardamoms, ¼ oz. cinnamon, ¼ oz. cumin seed

Put the ingredients into a cool oven and let them remain there all night. Next day pound them thoroughly in a marble mortar, and rub through a sieve. Put the powder into a well-corked bottle. A spice machine may be used instead of the mortar, but in that case the turmeric should be obtained ready powdered, as it is so hard that it is apt to break the machine. The various ingredients are generally only to be obtained from a large wholesale druggist.