Homemade Spice & Herb Blends From Around the World

Discover how easy it is to make your own spice blends, seasoning mixes and dry rubs using everyday herbs and spices.

From curry powders and garam masalas to Cajun seasonings, taco blends, barbecue rubs and everyday favourites, you'll find recipes inspired by cuisines from around the world — all designed to bring more flavour and aroma to your home cooking.

Choose a collection below to get started.

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Make Your Own Spice Blends

Making your own seasonings gives you complete control over the ingredients and allows you to adjust each blend to suit your own taste.

Explore recipes for traditional and everyday blends from around the world, together with practical advice on preparing, toasting, grinding, mixing and storing herbs and spices.

Explore the Site

• Spice and herb blends from around the world
• Curry powders and garam masalas
• Cajun, Creole, taco and other regional seasonings
• Barbecue rubs and grilling blends
• Chilli powders and poultry seasonings
• Herbal and spiced tea recipes
• Guides to toasting and grinding whole spices
• Information about herbs, spices and other ingredients
  
  

Why Make Your Own Seasonings?

Commercial blends are convenient, but making your own gives you much greater control over what goes into them.

You can adjust the heat, salt and individual spices to your taste, leave out ingredients you don't enjoy, and make smaller batches so your seasonings remain fresh and aromatic.

Using whole spices where appropriate also gives you the option of lightly toasting and freshly grinding them, bringing out flavours and aromas that can fade during prolonged storage.

Most importantly, making your own blends is enjoyable. A relatively small collection of herbs and spices can be combined in countless ways, allowing you to explore the characteristic seasonings of cuisines from across the world.

Whether you're making a simple everyday seasoning or preparing a traditional spice blend from scratch, you'll find plenty of recipes here to get you started.