Natural Cardamom | നാടൻ ഏലക്കായ - 50 gms

BENEFITS OF AGRITEQUE’S NATURAL CARDAMOM:

o   Cardamom is widely used in traditional Indian & Middle Eastern dishes mainly due to its all natural aromatic flavoring and penetrative taste.

o   They are used to treat insect and snake bites and as a cure to sore throats oral infections, and other lung issues, as well as stomach and kidney ailments.

o   Cardamom pods can be used whole or split. When split, the inside seeds can be used whole or ground.

o   Cardamom is used in Veg curries, rice dishes, and also on pulse dishes. It is also used in desserts and sweet drinks, like lassi. The unique spice is often paired with cinnamon and cloves, and lends a distinct flavor to chai, which is an active ingredient in Agriteque’s Natural Tea Powder.

o   Whole green cardamom pods are wonderful simmered with other spices while making chai tea or when cooking a grain dish such as rice or quinoa. You can use the whole green cardamom in curry dishes, too. The pods gently open a bit, lending the delicate flavor and aroma of the seeds to the entire dish.

o   Cardamom adds a unique flavor to coffee and can quickly enhance your morning coffee. It provides a rich layer of spicy, floral flavor that beautifully complements coffee’s bitterness. Ground cardamom or crush cardamom pods while simmering coffee in a pot with water or milk. Cardamom is an active ingredient in Agriteque’s Roasted Filter Coffee Powder.

o   The fragrance of cardamom blends well with bergamot, rose, cedar, cinnamon, clove, orange and ylang ylang. You can experiment and blend your own special fragrance or choose one of our unique blends to use as a personal all natural perfume or to customize one of our unscented products. Be sure to use a carrier oil with essential oils and avoid putting them directly on your skin.

SUGGESTED USES:

Agriteque Farms Natural cardamom’s are most often used as a taste enhancer in tea, Agriteque’s chicory mix coffee,  flavoring hot drinks, cold food flavorings, powder sprinkling, aromatic powder in spreads, for strong aromatic spicing in meats and curries, as flavor enhancers, aroma enhancer, sautéing, marinating, seasoning blends along with Agriteque’s cloves, ginger & nutmeg.  They are also used for spicing meats along with Agriteque’s organic & extra virgin coconut oil.