Merguez Spice mix – use with chips, crisps or nachos

This is a spice mix that is based on the flavours of the North African sausage. You can use this spice mix to enhance your meat, chicken, home made oven chips or home made Nachos by simply sprinkling on your meat, chicken, home made oven chips or home made Nachos before you place in the oven.

If you double up the quantiles you can keep stored in an air tight container for another day.

	Serves: N/A Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: N/A minutes Total time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp fennel seeds 1 tsp coriander seeds 1 tsp black peppercorns 1 tsp paprika (smoked and spicy if available) 1/4 tsp chilli powder 1/4 tsp salt
Preparation method

Step 1	grind the cumin,fennel, coriander, peppercorns in a mortar and pestle to a fine powder.
Step 2	add the paprika , chilli powder and salt and mix
Step 3	Ta-dah! all done.  Just sprinkle on your meat, chicken, chips or nachos before you cook in the oven