Wonder Spice

Wonder 

Use them to decorate your home made recipe or to simply enrich the taste of our Indian cuisine, They may seem to be small in size but there roles in our day to day life mark their importance and that is the reason why their absence is always noticed in Indian homes and recipes, we are talking about no other than bunch of small seeds packed in an emerald green shell, one of the most important spice of Indian homes, Cardamom. There are certain facts which highlight the advantage of this spice:

• Cardamom is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genera elettaria and amomum, both genera are native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and Pakistan.
• German coffee planter Oscar Majus Kloeffer introduced Indian cardamom in Guatemala before World War I. Now the country has become the biggest producer and exporter of the spice in the world, followed by India.
• It is the world’s third-most expensive spice, surpassed in price per weight only by saffron and vanilla.
• Cardamom is largely used in ayurveda for the treatment of mouth ulcers, digestive problems etc.
• Copper, iron and essential vitamins like riboflavin, vitamin C and niacin, present in cardamom, are extremely important for the production of red blood cells, for cellular metabolism and prevent anemia
• Cardamom essential oil be used to heal and cure chapped and dry lips.
• Black cardamoms, by virtue of their anti-oxidative properties, also play a fantastic role as a scalp nourisher by providing nourishment to the scalp and hair follicles and its anti-bacterial properties prevent the scalp from infections and irritation.
• Cardamom prevents danger blood clots by preventing platelet aggregation and the sticking to the artery walls.
• In Ancient Rome, cardamom was prized as a breath freshener. Romans, along with ancient Egyptians and Greeks, used cardamom as a tooth cleaner after meals. Do the same by skipping gum and chewing on a cardamom pod instead.
• Kick up your chicken recipe by using cardamom. It work wonders in savory dishes. Next time you make a tomato-based sauce for chicken, throw a split cardamom seed and a stick of cinnamon into the mix. You’ll end up with an intriguing dish that is not overly sweet at all.