Cardamom, ground 250gr

250 gr Cardamom, ground

Cardamom - spice for sweet and savory dishes with meat, rice , vegetables, fruit for pies, casseroles , cakes , breads , coffee, tea and more.

Cardamom is an exotic spice that is widely applied in Eastern cuisine , but also in treating certain health ailments . Over the past decades and found good soil in Bulgarian cuisine. Taste is spicy cardamom spice with flavor.

The ground cardamom is an essential ingredient of curry . Trademark of the Middle East Cardamom is put in coffee and in other countries like Iran use it in tea. Particularly common in Bedouin culture is to treat your guests with coffee with cardamom . In India, it added as an ingredient in herbal tea called Yogi tea. The Indian state of Sikkim is the first cultivation and production of the spice in the country.

Because of its strong flavor cardamom should be used in small quantities. Scandinavian cuisine is a favorite in the preparation of baked dishes . In Arab countries is used to flavor both the local as oriental sweet halva, and savory rice and meat, known as pilaf .

In India, cardamom is a vital ingredient for karitata and garam - masala . Although in Europe cardamom is less known , it is widely used in Germany, where it is used to flavor sweet . Scandinavian countries remain the biggest European importers of cardamom . There eastern spice used to flavor both the cakes, breads and baked pastries, and so on certain types of sausages.

Benefits of cardamom

Cardamom besides unique culinary spice is also used as medicine. According to ancient Hindu doctrine Ayurveda cardamom has the power to make human nature more gentle , he manages to avoid conflicts and to forgive insults. Through its use to overcome conflicts in the family and build tolerance of unpleasant people.

Cardamom and removes intrusive thoughts on unnecessary purchases, says the doctrine of Ayurveda . According to Indian folk medicine cardamom treat upset stomach , sore throat , migraine , and combined with milk and honey - impotence. Just a pinch of cardamom in coffee and tea drinks changed radically , they are far more refreshing , energizing , and ex post facto act as an aphrodisiac .

In Bulgarian medicine used cardamom in small quantities as an effective carminative . In Asia, it is applied very widely in the treatment of infections of the oral cavity , throat problems , respiratory problems , gastric disorders, and even inflammation of the eyelids. Applied in cases of kidney stones and gall bladder , as well as an antidote for snakebites.

Origin: Guatemala