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Cardamom
Description
Cardamom is the dried, unripened fruit of the perennial Elettaria cardamomum. The fruit pods are filled with tiny, brown, aromatic seeds. They taste slightly pungent. Cardamom pods are generally green but are also available in bleached white pod. Cardamom is available both in the whole pod and as decorticated seeds with the outer hull removed.
Uses
Cardamom is used in Danish pastries, Saudi Arabian, North African, Asian, and Indian cooking and in spice blends such as garam masala, curry powder, and berbere.
Origins
Whole Cardamom pods come from India while the decorticated seeds are imported from Guatemala. Two varieties are indigenous to India but are also cultivated in Guatemala and Sri Lanka. Indian Cardamom is considered to be of premium quality. The Malabar type have a pleasantly mellow flavor generally regarded as superior.
Folklore
Cardamom is one of the most popular spices throughout the Arab world. Cardamom coffee is a symbol of hospitality and prestige. The spice is also very popular in Scandinavian countries where they use it more often than cinnamon.
Cardamom is the dried, unripened fruit of the perennial Elettaria cardamomum. The fruit pods are filled with tiny, brown, aromatic seeds. They taste slightly pungent. Cardamom pods are generally green but are also available in bleached white pod. Cardamom is available both in the whole pod and as decorticated seeds with the outer hull removed.
Uses
Cardamom is used in Danish pastries, Saudi Arabian, North African, Asian, and Indian cooking and in spice blends such as garam masala, curry powder, and berbere.
Origins
Whole Cardamom pods come from India while the decorticated seeds are imported from Guatemala. Two varieties are indigenous to India but are also cultivated in Guatemala and Sri Lanka. Indian Cardamom is considered to be of premium quality. The Malabar type have a pleasantly mellow flavor generally regarded as superior.
Folklore
Cardamom is one of the most popular spices throughout the Arab world. Cardamom coffee is a symbol of hospitality and prestige. The spice is also very popular in Scandinavian countries where they use it more often than cinnamon.
Alternative Medicine
In South Asia, green cardamom called "Elaichi", in Hindi and Urdu, is broadly used to treat infections in teeth and gums, to prevent and treat throat troubles, congestion of the lungs and pulmonary tuberculosis, inflammation of eyelids and also digestive disorders. It is also reportedly used as an antidote for both snake and scorpion venom.
Cardamom cultivated in China, Laos and Vietnam is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat stomach-aches, constipation, dysentery, and other digestion problems. Recently, Nepal has been the world's largest producer of Cardamom.
In South Asia, green cardamom called "Elaichi", in Hindi and Urdu, is broadly used to treat infections in teeth and gums, to prevent and treat throat troubles, congestion of the lungs and pulmonary tuberculosis, inflammation of eyelids and also digestive disorders. It is also reportedly used as an antidote for both snake and scorpion venom.
Cardamom cultivated in China, Laos and Vietnam is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat stomach-aches, constipation, dysentery, and other digestion problems. Recently, Nepal has been the world's largest producer of Cardamom.
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