Spice mix/ja

ガラムマサラを作るのに使用されるホールスパイス

スパイスミックスとは、ブレンドされたスパイスまたはハーブのことである。レシピで特定のハーブやスパイスの組み合わせが必要な場合、これらの材料をあらかじめブレンドしておくと便利である。チリパウダー、カレー粉、プロヴァンスハーブ、ガーリックソルト、その他のシーズニングソルトなどのブレンドは、伝統的に食料品店で既製品として販売されており、パンプキンパイスパイスなどの焼き菓子用ブレンドも入手可能である。これらのスパイスミックスは、家庭で簡単に作ることができ、後で使用するために保存しておくことができる。

マサラ

マサラ(ヒンディー語/ウルドゥー語のmasalah、アラビア語のmasalihに基づく)は、インド亜大陸で使われるスパイスミックスの用語である。マサラは、乾燥させた(通常はドライローストした)スパイスの組み合わせ、または (例えば、ビンダルー・マサラ)や、スパイスと他の材料(にんにく、しょうが、玉ねぎ、チリペースト、トマトなど)を混ぜ合わせたペースト状のマサラもある。マサラはインド料理に広く使用され、スパイスと風味を加えるために使用される。西洋料理では、チキンティッカマサラやチキンカレー、マサラチャイなどに使用されるのが最も一般的である。バングラデシュ、ネパール、パキスタン、スリランカなどの南アジア料理や、ミャンマー、カリブ海などの東南アジア料理では、スパイスミックスが日常的に使用されている。

Notable spice mixes by region

Ingredients for a Gulf-style baharat

A container of pumpkin pie spice

Americas

• Jerk, a spicy Jamaican dry-rub for meat primarily made with allspice and Scotch bonnet peppers
• Montreal steak spice, a seasoning mix for steaks and grilled meats
• Old Bay Seasoning, a seasoning mix of celery salt, black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, and paprika originally created in Baltimore and regionally popular in Maryland as well as Mid-Atlantic and Southern states, parts of New England, and the Gulf Coast
• Pumpkin pie spice, a North American blend of cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice
• Italian seasoning, a blend of rosemary, thyme, basil and oregano
• Tajín, a Mexican blend of chili powder, salt, and dehydrated lime juice

European

• Adobo, a mix of spices used in Spain and Latin America
• Fines herbes, a French blend of parsley, chives, tarragon, and chervil for seasoning delicate dishes
• Beau monde seasoning, salt, onion powder and celery powder - sometimes other ingredients
• Garlic salt, a mixture of dried garlic and table salt
• Herbes de Provence, a Provençal blend of thyme, marjoram, rosemary, basil, bay leaf, and sometimes lavender
• Khmeli suneli, a blend used in Georgia and the Caucasus region
• Lemon pepper, a blend of lemon zest, cracked black peppercorns, salt, and spices
• Mixed spice or pudding spice, a British blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and other spices
• Mulling spices, a European spice mixture of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg and dried fruit
• Quatre épices, a French blend of ground pepper, cloves, nutmeg and ginger
• Seasoned salt, a blend of table salt, herbs, spices, other flavourings
• Sharena sol, a Bulgarian mixture of summer savoury, paprika and salt, with other optional ingredients
• Vadouvan, French version of an Indian masala

Middle East and Africa

• Advieh, a spice mixture used in Iranian cuisine and Mesopotamian cuisine
• Afrinj, an Ethiopian blend that is milder than berbere or mitmita
• Baharat, used throughout the Middle East
• Berbere, an Eritrean and Ethiopian blend
• Hawaij, Yemenite ground spice mixtures used primarily for soups and coffee
• Mitmita, an Ethiopian blend of African birdseye chili peppers, cardamom, cloves and salt
• Ras el hanout, a Moroccan blend that includes cinnamon and cumin among other spices
• Yaji, a Hausa spice mix for traditional suya and chichinga kebabs in sahelian West Africa. Made from cayenne, ginger, ground peanuts, dried onion, and chili
• Za'atar, a Middle Eastern mix which is both an individual herb and a blend of that herb with sesame seeds and sometimes dried sumac

East and Southeast Asian

• Bumbu, several Indonesian blends.
• Five-spice powder, a blend of cassia (Chinese cinnamon), star anise, cloves, and two other spices, usually fennel seeds and szechuan peppercorns.
• Húng lìu, a Vietnamese blend
• Shichimi, a mix of ground red chili pepper, Japanese pepper, roasted orange peel, black and white sesame seed, hemp seed, ground ginger and nori.
• Shisan Xiang (Chinese: 十三香, Shísān Xiāng), a kind of Wuxiang powder whose names suggests which being made up of thirteen spices. The most popular Shisan Xiang is produced by Wang Shouyi(王守義), a time-honored brand in He'nan(河南) province of China.

South Asia

• Bafat, used in Mangalorean cuisine
• Chaat masala, ground spices used for flavouring chaat
• Garam masala, most commonly used spice blend in the Indian subcontinent
• Kaala masala, black spice blend used in the Indian subcontinent
• Panch phoron, a five-spice blend of whole fenugreek, nigella, fennel, cumin, and mustard or radhuni seeds originating from the Indian subcontinent
• Tandoori masala, spice blend originating from the Indian subcontinent for tandoor-cooked meats
• Thunapaha, a spice blend of coriander, cumin and fennel seed used in Sri Lankan traditional cuisine

See also

• List of culinary herbs and spices
• Seasoning

External links

• Media related to Spice mixtures at Wikimedia Commons