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Green Cardmom :-

Cardamom is native to Thailand where it occurs in the wild. It has been introduced all over all over tropical Asia where it is cultivated.

The plant grows in a thick clump of up to *0 leafy shoots. It can reach a height of between 2 to almost 6 m.

Fruits - pale green to yellow and elongated oval-shape. Each fruit has 3 chambers filled with small aromatic seeds, each about 3 mm long. The fruits and seeds dry to a straw-brown colour and are widely used as flavouring.

Culinary Uses :-

Cardamom powder is widely used in Indian sweet dishes, ice creams, milk specialities, and hot masala milk.

It adds flavour and aroma to many rice dishes, vegetables and other richly-flavoured dishes.

It is used as a traditional flavouring in coffee and tea.