Cooking can be so easy, at least with our chicken in yogurt sauce. Serve it over rice or naan for full effect.

While garam masala and curry powder can be found in many home kitchens, you may not know which to use in your next recipe. Here's everything you need to know.

Essentially, garam masala tastes like a complex blend of all the ingredients listed above. The fragrant, sweet, warm, and spicy blend is used to add a unique depth of flavor to all sorts of dishes.

Recently, chefs have started adding garam masala to marinades, salad dressings and other dishes. I always add it to my vegetable sautes, and a touch works wonders in soups and stews.

1 teaspoon whole cloves 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg ½ teaspoon ground saffron (optional) Put the cumin, coriander, cardamom, peppercorns, cinnamon and cloves in a dry heavy skillet over medium-high ...

Curry powder is used as a seasoning, adding flavor and color to a dish. Common ingredients include cardamom, dried chile, cinnamon, clove, coriander, cumin, fennel, fenugreek, mace, nutmeg, red ...

And this recipe for garam masala, one of three featured in her new, beautifully photographed cookbook, “Feast: Food of the Islamic World” (HarperCollins, $60), is just what you and any serious ...

Garam masala is a warming spice blend born in Indian cuisine, and it’s usually composed of cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, peppercorns, and cumin, though depending on the maker, there might be a ...