*Current stock is Best Before 08/2024

Cardamom Pods 100g                                

Genus name is Elettaria Cardamomum.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant in the ginger family, native to Southern India. It is the most common of the species whose seeds are used as a spice known as Cardamom.  It is cultivated widely in tropical regions.

The fruit is a three-sided yellow-green pod, containing several black and brown seeds.

The green seed pods of the plant are dried and the seeds inside the pod are used in Indian and other Asian cuisines, either whole or ground. It is the most widely cultivated species of cardamom.

 

Cardamom pods as primarily used as spice. Ground cardamom is an ingredient in many Indian curries and is a primary contributor to the flavour of masala chai. In Iran, cardamom is used to flavour coffee and tea. In Turkey, it is used to flavour the black Turkish tea, kakakule.

Southern India is the main producer of cardamom; it rank highest both in cultivated area and in production. It is also grown in Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Central America. 

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