On Thu, 21 May 2009 18:13:52 -0400, Kajikit >
wrote:

>I ran out of the bought stuff and the brand I was using was pretty
>horrible anyway... and DH wanted chilli so I decided to mix up my own
>in an empty spice jar. I didn't measure, I just used a regular
>teaspoon to scoopy the spices out of their individual jars and into
>the empty one. So my measurements are very rough -
>
>1 heaped tsp garlic powder
>1 heaped tsp onion powder
>1 tsp coriander
>1 tsp cumin powder
>1/2 tsp ground cayenne (if that!)
>a pinch of cinnamon
>1 tbs paprika
>1 tbs smoked paprika
>
>Then I shook everything up and tried it and it tasted pretty darned
>good. I didn't put any salt into it, and once I'd added a can of
>tomato sauce to my meat it didn't need any salt at all.

If you want to make this chilli powder, I forgot an ingredient! As was
pointed out to me, it also needs 1tsp ground oregano. Sorry about
that!