Tandoori massala spice blend

How to Use Tandoori Massala in Your Cooking?

This spice blend originating from India finds its place in many everyday dishes, thanks to its subtle yet flavorful taste.

Ideas for Using Tandoori Massala in Cooking

In India, tandoori massala was primarily used as a key ingredient in chicken tandoori, a traditional dish. It's notably paired with yogurt to mellow its spiciness. However, this blend of spices has now found its place in kitchens all around the world. It pairs wonderfully with vegetables, starches, and complements marinades and sauces perfectly. Whether seasoning white meat, scallops, shrimp, or prawns, tandoori massala will delight your taste buds.

Here are some recipe ideas for using the tandoori massala spice mix:

• - Vegetable and Tandoori Massala Flans: Before adding the vegetables, mix in 1 teaspoon of tandoori massala to the preparation.
• - Tandoori Chicken: Before cooking the chicken, coat it with a mixture of butter and tandoori massala.
• - Shrimp Soup with Tandoori Massala: Before cooking, add coconut milk, chicken broth, leeks, water, and 1 teaspoon of tandoori massala.
• - Homemade Mayonnaise with Tandoori Massala: After making the mayonnaise, add ½ teaspoon of tandoori massala and whisk.

Tandoori Massala: A Blend of Flavors from India

With its reddish hue, this iconic blend from India will captivate your taste buds with its slightly smoky and salty flavor, simultaneously warm and refreshing. It's a perfect harmony of subtlety, delicacy, and potent aroma.

Due to the spices it contains, tandoori massala can be mildly spicy. The aromas of tandoori massala truly come alive during cooking. Tandoori massala, along with Madras curry and garam massala, constitutes the most renowned and used spice blends in India. However, tandoori massala stands out as the spiciest among the three.

What Spices Make Up Tandoori Massala?

The composition of tandoori massala can vary since each Indian family has its own recipe, leading to variations in the spices used.

The Terre Exotique tandoori massala consists of powdered coriander, ginger, cardamom, garlic, oregano, fenugreek, cumin, cinnamon, pepper, chili, nutmeg, cloves, mace, bay leaf, mustard, and salt.

What Are the Origins of Tandoori Massala?

This spice blend gets its name from a traditional clay oven traditionally buried in the ground, originating from northern India and Afghanistan: the tandoor. This oven is used to bake naan bread and especially the famous tandoori chicken. The term "massala" would literally mean "mixture" in Indian, referring to the spice mix that constitutes tandoori massala. Culturally, cooking is an art in India, passed down through generations, following religious traditions that have influenced certain eating habits.