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| Culinary Uses of AsafoetidaFor centuries, it has been widely used as a tenderizer and preservative for meat. Asafoetida was a popular spice in Europe since the Roman times and a much-preferred spice of the Middle Ages. In Indian cuisine, it is used mostly in vegetarian cooking, in which the strong onion-garlic flavour enhances many dishes. It is pretty common among Brahmins and Jains where onions and garlic are prohibited. Iranian cuisine uses it for flavoring meatballs and in Afghanistan it is used in the preparation of dried meat. Asafoetida is also suited to many fish dishes and some pappadums are seasoned with asafoetida. It is also used as a flavouring agent in pickles and sauces. This is a very powerful spice and even in its ground state lasts well over a year if stored properly. | |
| Attributed Medicinal PropertiesToday, asafoetida is widely used as a spice, it also contains innumerable medicinal properties. It was widely recommended as a herbal medicine for simple digestive problems such as gas, bloating, indigestion and constipation in thetraditional medicinal systems of the Middle East and India.It is also helpful in respiratory problems such as bronchitis, asthma and whooping cough. Like garlic, asafoetida's volatile oil contains components such as disulphides that leave the body via the respiratory system and aid in the coughing up of congested mucus.It also thins the blood and lowers blood pressure. | |
Hing is perfect for a subtler flavour in vegetable dishes. | |
| Other Uses of Asafoetida* Because of its extremely pungent and bitter smell, it can be used as a natural pesticide* In magic and mythology, asafoetida is used to gain insight and to banish all negative energy, evil spirits and demons* It is used to invoke male gods, especially those of a phallic nature. |
| Parts Used | |
| Most parts The tamarind is very useful. The seeds, fruit, leaves, flowers and bark are all used medicinally as well as for other uses. | |
| Origin: | |
| The Tamarind, scientific name Tamarin-dus indica is the only species of the genus Tamarindus in the family Fabaceae. It is a tropical tree, native to eastern Africa, including parts of the Madagascar dry deciduous forests. It grows wild throughout the Sudan but has now been introduced into most of tropical Asia as well as Latin America and the Caribbean. The tree can grow up to 20m in height, and stays evergreen in regions without a dry season. Tamarind timber consists of hard, dark red heartwood and softer, yellowish sapwood. The leaves consist of 10-40 leaflets. The flowers are produced in racemes. The fruit is a brown pod-like legume, which contains a soft pulp and many hard-coated seeds. The seeds can be scarified to enhance germination. The fruit pulp is edible and popular. It is used as a spice in both Asian and Latin American cuisines, and is also an important ingredient in Worcestershire sauce. | |
| Description: | |
| Tamarind (Imli) fruit is used for its tart sour taste. It especially used in South Indian cuisine in dishes such as Sambhar, Rasam, etc. Nowadays, it is common to find Tamarind (Imli) fruit pulp in the Indian grocery stores. You may substitute Tamarind (Imli) with lime if unavailable, but expect minor change in taste. | |
| Plant Description | |
| Tamarind is the sour fruit pod of a tall, semi-evergreen tree which grows widely in the tropics and particularly in India. Tamarind trees reach a height of 30 m and are topped with a crown of feathery foliage. Their grey bark clad trunks can grow up to 2 m in diameter. Leaves -long and feathery. Each leaf is equally divided into many smaller, finely-cut leaflets. Flowers -yellow and streaked with pink. They are shaped like small sweet peas and smell sweet. They dangle in small clusters from the ends of leafy twigs during March to May in India. Fruits -brown, fleshy pods that are fibrous, thick and sticky. They are sausage shaped and covered in faint fuzz, like a kiwi fruit. Inside they contain a sharp-tasting pulp and several flat shiny brown seeds. They are an important food used to provide a sour flavouring for drinks, sauces, curries, preserves and chutney. In India the pods are ripe for harvesting from April to June. |
| Ajamoda (Trachyspermum ammi Linn. Sprague) is much used as a medical plant in Ayurvedic & Unani medicine. It is called Carum, Ajwan, Lovage; in Sanskrit as Yavani, Yavana, Yavanaka, Ajamoda, Ajamodika; in Hindi as Ajowanj, Ajwain; in Tamil as Omum; in Telugu as Omamu and in Kannada as Omu, Ajamoda. |
| Plant Description |
| Ajmoda grows well in a wide variety of soils and sun exposures. Plant the seeds in the spring after the last frost by first soaking them overnight in water to increase the germination rate. Sow the seeds about 1/4 inch deep and 4 to 6 inches apart, and in rows about 12 to 18 inches apart in the garden. |
| Ajmoda (Parsley) in Other Languages |
| Cardamom is said to be thequeen of spices. It is a perennial herb with thick, fleshy rhizomes or underground stems, shooting leaf roots and white or pale green tree-celled flowers. The flowers produce green husklike pod capsules that contain seeds. The seeds are small black and sticky. Cardamom is commercially used as the dried fruit of Elettaria Cardamom. | ||
| Cardamom Plant | ||
| Cardamom is a perennial herb that can reach a height of between 2 to almost 6 m. The sword shaped leaves of the plant are dark green in colour which are about 2 inches long. The small, yellowish flowers grow in loose racemes on prostrate flower stems. The fruit has 3 chambers filled with small aromatic seeds, each about 3 mm long. It is better to store the fruit in pod form, because once the seeds are exposed or ground, they quickly lose their flavour. | ||
| Cardamom in Other Languages |
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