Ras el Hanout (Moroccan Seasoning)
From Couscous and Other Good Foods from Morocco, by Paula Wolfert
www.ochef.com/587.htm

Ingredients:

4 whole nutmegs
10 rosebuds (dried)
12 cinnamon sticks
12 blades of mace
1 tsp aniseed
8 pieces of turmeric
2 small pieces orrisroot
2 dried cayenne peppers
1/2 tsp lavender
1 Tbsp white peppercorns
2 pieces galingale
2 Tbsp whole gingerroot
6 cloves
24 allspice berries
20 white or green cardamom pods
4 wild (black) cardamom pods

Instructions:

Grind all the ingredients in a blender until you obtain a fine mix, and pass it through a strainer.