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Garam Masala in Hot Ghee: The Thirty-Second Rule
By Flavor Explorer · June 4, 2026 · India
Every recipe told me to bloom garam masala in hot fat before adding anything else. I ignored this for years because it seemed precious. Then I did it correctly. Thirty seconds, garam masala in sizzling ghee, moving constantly. The aroma that came out of the pan was the exact aroma I had been trying to replicate in my curries for a decade. Those thirty seconds are the mechanism by which ground spices release their fat-soluble aromatics.
