Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Panch Phoran is a vegetarian Indian spice blend made with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and nigella seeds in about 5 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 10 uses (1 tablespoon each)
  • Category: Spice Blend
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons mustard seeds ((rai))
  • 2 tablespoons cumin seeds ((jeera))
  • 2 tablespoons nigella seeds ((kalonji))
  • 2 tablespoons fennel seeds ((saunf))
  • 2 tablespoons fenugreek seeds ((methi))

Method

  1. Take a small bowl and add equal parts of 5 whole spices: black mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, fennel seeds, and nigella seeds. Mix well.
  2. The Indian five-spice blend is ready.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.