I highly recommend grinding your own cumin and cardamom at the time of use. Don’t get the store bought ground kind get the cardamom pods and the whole cumin seeds They both have micronutrients that start to degrade the longer they sit in a ground state. Also the flavor is way more intense when you grind your own so you might want to start by adding less than the recipe states they are probably using the store bought ground stuff.
I'll keep that in mind when I run out of my pre-ground stuff, which will probably be awhile. The nearest store that would carry seeds and pods is over an hour away.
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