Sunday, March 2, 2014

Panch Putana/ Panch Phoron- It's a mix of 5 whole spices

Panch Putana is a whole spice blend used primarily in Eastern India like Odisha, Assam, Bengal and Bihar.
This blend of spice includes seeds like mustard, fenugreek, fennel, cumin and kalonji or nigella seeds. All of them are mixed in equal proportions. They are readily available in the market however it can be easily made at home.

This is used with vegetables, santula or shukto, fish curry, lentils, pickles.
As I will be using panch poron in some of the dishes I intend to share here; thought it will be a good idea to share some of the spices used here. I shall keep posting spices which will be used often in my dishes; keep reading :-)

Enjoy cooking!!

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