Five-spice powder is available from Chinese grocers, and is becoming more widely available in supermarkets too. A good blend should be fragrant and spicy but also slightly sweet.
But if you haven’t got hours to chop up and sweat down a kilo of onions (or you can’t cope with the crying it induces *raises hand*) then Dishoom’s recipe for gunpowder potatoes, taken from ...
This sambar recipe is made with ... Add tomato, ground masala and the powder ingredients with some water. Stir well. 4. Add the drumsticks, tur dal and the tamarind extract. Mix well. Add two cups of ...
You can make your own baking powder by combining 15ml/1tbsp bicarbonate of soda with 30ml/2tbsp cream of tartar. Measure carefully as too much or too little can upset a recipe’s balance.