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However, some 95% of cardamom produced in India is for domestic purposes, [33] [18] and India is itself by far the most important consuming country for cardamoms in the world. [34] India also imports cardamom from Sri Lanka. In 1903–1904, these imports came to 122,076 kg (269,132 lb), valued at Rs. 1,98,710.
With different climates in different parts of the country, India produces a variety of spices, many of which are native to the subcontinent. Others were imported from similar climates and have since been cultivated locally for centuries. Pepper, turmeric, cardamom, and cumin are some examples of Indian spices.
The Spices Board of India has started an online campaign, called the Spice Train, to educate Indians about the country's rich spice heritage [2] Spices Board provides information on several spices grown and exported from India [3] [4] The Spice Park of Spices Board India for cardamom and pepper is situated at Puttady. [5]
Ingredients and preferred types of dessert vary by region. In the eastern part of India, for example, most are based on milk products. Many are flavoured with almonds and pistachios, spiced with cardamon, nutmeg, cloves and black pepper, and decorated with nuts, or with gold or silver leaf. [1]
Alleppey Green Cardamom is a variety of cardamom that originated from the present day of the Indian state of Kerala. The area of production of this variety of pepper spans across Southern Kerala, Western and Southern Tamil Nadu along the Western Ghats. It finds mention in ancient Hindu texts and is one of the spices traded since antiquity.
Amomum subulatum, also known as black cardamom, hill cardamom, [2] Bengal cardamom, [2] greater cardamom, [2] Indian cardamom, [2] Nepal cardamom, [2] winged cardamom, [2] big cardamon, [3] [4] or brown cardamom, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Zingiberaceae.
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Elettaria cardamomum, commonly known as green cardamom or true cardamom, is a herbaceous, perennial plant in the ginger family, native to southern India.It is the most common of the species whose seeds are used as a spice called cardamom that has a sharp, strong, punchy aroma.