Cardamom seed 1 oz
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- Cardamom has a strong, unique taste, with an intensely aromatic, resinous fragrance.
- Green cardamom is one of the more expensive spices by weight, but little is needed to impart flavor.
- In some Middle Eastern countries, coffee and cardamom are often ground in a wooden mortar, a mihbaj, and cooked together in a skillet, a mehmas, over wood or gas, to produce mixtures as much as 40% cardamom.
- It is a common ingredient in Indian cooking. It is also often used in baking in the Nordic countries, particularly in Sweden and Finland, where it is used in traditional treats such as the Scandinavian Jule bread Julekake, the Swedish kardemummabullar sweet bun, and Finnish sweet bread pulla.
- In the Middle East, green cardamom powder is used as a spice for sweet dishes, as well as traditional flavouring in coffee and tea.