RECIPE: Vadouvan Curry

If you saw this post on Carrots with Vadouvan Spice and Yogurt you know I've been looking for a homemade recipe for the vadouvan spice blend.  This article at Serious Eats lists several places where you can purchase it, but I wanted to mix my own with organic ingredients. 

There were several recipes for the spice mixture that appealed to me - with my criteria being a good number of different spices which I thought would result in a more complex flavor.  There were two I decided to make, one a DRY powder, the other a WET paste.  

Here is the link for the DRY Vadouvan Curry POWDER.

Here is the link for the WET Vadouvan Curry PASTE.

Next week, I am going to made a dry powder of the spices in this recipe and see how it compares to the dry recipe above.  I may also add some DRY shallot, garlic, ginger, and curry leaf powder and compare that, too.

Another recipe from Feast Magazine.

Another recipe from Ludo Lefebvre which, interestingly, does not have any curry spices.

Another recipe from Le Creuset. 

And another recipe from Tasting Table with several suggestions on how to use it.

Le Sanctuaire Vadouvan adds onion, shallots and garlic to their house blend curry powder and states that it's a powerful blend to be used sparingly.  The one-pound size costs $92 (in Dec 2025) and there is a waiting list!