Ceylon Cardamom

Ceylon Cardamom

Cardamom, known as the “Queen of Spices” is a perennial herbaceous plant with a pseudo stem and thick irregular shaped rhizomes. Many historical texts mention cardamom as a flavouring and medicinal crop. Dried fruit or Cardamom capsule is the commodity of trade. Cardamom can be found as whole cardamom or in the ground form. It is also used in the extraction of oil and oleoresin. Cardamom is mainly used in the food industry as a flavoring agent in curry or meat dishes, sweets, confectionaries, in bakery products, and as an ingredient of curry (masala) powder. Cardamom Oil is used for flavoring of beverages and drinks such as coffee and tea.