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Tandoori Masala

Tandoori masala is a fragrant South Asian spice mixture used to season tandoori dishes, grilled foods, and marinades.

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About Tandoori Masala

Tandoori masala is a South Asian spice mixture associated with tandoori-style cooking. It is used in marinades, seasoning pastes, grilled foods, roasted vegetables, and other dishes described as tandoori, contributing layered spice, savoury aroma, warmth, and sometimes heat.

The blend commonly combines ground spices with warming, earthy, aromatic, and hot elements, but its formula is not fixed. Consequently, flavour may be earthy, warm, aromatic, peppery, or noticeably hot rather than representing one standardized taste or intensity.

It is ordinarily sold as a dry powder, in colours ranging from red or orange-red to tan or brown, especially when colouring or paprika-like ingredients are present. Recipes may mix it with yoghurt, oil, citrus, or other wet ingredients, creating a seasoning paste or marinade and changing its texture and appearance.

Ingredient type
seasoning

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Tandoori Masala nutrition & diet

Tandoori Masala nutritional value

Product example: TANDOORI MASALA (DESAI BROTHERS LTD.)

Per 100 g of this specific product as recorded by USDA, per 100 g.

Calories
375kcal
Protein
12.5g
Carbs
37.5g
Fat
12.5g

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Portions & preparation

Use the exact dry tandoori masala formulation and the amount added to food, rather than treating the finished marinade as the spice itself. Check whether salt, coloring, starch, sugar, or flavoring is included. Oil, yogurt, cream, meat, or vegetables used with it require separate accounting.

Compare the right form: Match the specific dry tandoori masala blend, identifying brand or recipe and serving amount; references must not substitute an unspecified spice mixture.

Diet considerations

Tandoori masala is a plant-based spice blend when composed only of herbs and spices, but commercial recipes vary. Compatibility changes with dairy marinades, animal foods, cereal coatings, additives, or shared prepared dishes. The blend’s carbohydrate pattern is portion-dependent and usually shaped more by the marinated food and cooking ingredients.

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Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
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  • Keto
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  • Paleo
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  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
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What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central branded product — TANDOORI MASALA ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

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