Herbs and spices, like basil, cilantro, and turmeric, enhance dishes with flavor and aroma. They are crucial in global cuisines and offer health benefits. Commonly used in cooking and traditional medicine, they elevate meals and promote well-being.
Cardamom, hailed as the “Queen of Spices†is a perennial herbaceous plant with a pseudo stem and thick irregular shaped rhizomes. The cardamom of commerce is the dried ripe fruit and is one of the most important and valued spices next only to saffron.
Cardamom is mainly used in the food industry as a flavoring agent. It is also used in the extraction of oil and oleoresin. In Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, it is used as a powerful aromatic, stimulant, carminative, stomachic and diuretic
