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| Basic Spices > Fennugreek
Seed |
Fenugreek has a strong, pleasant and peculiar odour reminiscent
of maple. It’s a warming spice. The ancient Egyptians
used it as food and as an embalming agent. The Romans
used it as cattle feed. |
In India, fenugreek is a cover crop. Major
producers are Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh &
Tamil Nadu.
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Botanical
name |
Family
name |
Commercial
part |
Trigonella
foenum-
graecum L. |
Fabaceae |
Fruit |
Usage
-: A favourite Indian dish is 'methi aloo'
or potatoes made quite dry in a frying pan, flavoured
with fenugreek. It is found more often in Indian
pickles than curries. Fenugreek leaves are used
only in Indian cooking. Fenugreek stimulates blood
and hair development, as well as weight loss.
It is also used as a female rejuvenative, because
of its rich concentration of B vitamin, folic
acid.
Packing
Available
Consumer
Pack:
1kg, 2kg, 5kg.
Bulk Pack: 10kg,
25kg, 50kg.
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