Garam Masala from From Scratch: 10 Meals, 175 Recipes, and Dozens of Techniques You Will Use Over and Over by Michael Ruhlman

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon whole cloves
• 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
• ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 dried red chile
• ⅛ teaspoon ground mace
• 4 bay leaves
• 1 (1-inch/2.5-centimeter) piece cinnamon stick, broken into pieces
• ¼ cup cumin seeds
• ⅓ cup coriander seeds
• 2 brown cardamom pods
• 6 green cardamom pods