Ras El Hanout Incense, Three Ways
![Ras El Hanout Incense, Three Ways](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7876/46575629124_c4da5515a2_k.jpg)
I ran out of my Ras El Hanout mixture (which I always make myself, using very peculiar spices from my overflowing spice rack). You can see some of them in the images below (how many of them can you guess?).
![Ras El Hanout](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7849/33422973688_1e8437ec04_k.jpg)
![Ras El Hanout](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7852/33422967928_4db2f72b51_k.jpg)
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Most of the grinding is done the old fashioned way using mortar and pestle, as it should be. I believe it is a more direct connection to the material because this way I can smell them as I crrrrrrrush them! Whatever I'm unable to grind fine enough, I will pass on to the electric grinder. I kept most of it for my cooking (nothing beats a homemade couscous topped with a homemade couscous stew spiced with my very own Ras El Hanout!). But some I just felt compelled to burn as incense.
![Ras El Hanout Nerikoh Snake](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7872/32357022457_7cf74caec5_k.jpg)
My first idea was making it into nerikoh (kneaded incense, which is not actually burnt but placed on a hot micah plate). Nerikoh traditionally uses honey or plum paste. For this experiment I used a combination of dates and honey. I named these Oasis Nerikoh.
In the picture you are seeing the incense dough shaped as a spiral, and waiting to be hand-rolled into tiny balls.
![Ras El Hanout Nerikoh](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7871/32357021997_cd4c8c64b0_k.jpg)
Ras El Hanout Nerikoh (kneaded incense balls), rolled into a mixture of ras el hanout and sandalwood powder.
![Ras El Hanout Incense Sticks](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7804/32357024227_22717c706d_k.jpg)
My second attempt at making incense sticks! Practice will eventually make perfect I hope.
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The whole line up, from top to bottom: Ras El Hanout Incense cones, norikoh, incense sticks.
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Here they are, all dried up and ready to use! The ornamental brown ceramic dish in the background is my aromatherapy diffuser, which I use to heat up nerikoh.
Labels: Ayala Moriel Incense, Combustible Incense, Handmade Incense, Incense, Incense Sticks, Japanese Incense, Natural Incense, Nerikoh, Noriko, Oasis Nerikoh, Ras El Hanout
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