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Pepper and Salt
In India, Pepper is the King of Spices and Cardamom the Queen! Recipes say "Season to taste" and people ask "With what?" Answer: to season always means with salt. We were visited by a lovely customer, David. David wanted to know what are the best peppercorns, and all the food shops he visited told him that they had all kinds of salt, but "Yeah,
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Cardamom Seed Green Ground
Freshly ground, this powder is delicious in curries and with desserts.
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Cardamom Pods Green Whole
These bright green pods yield many dark-brown seeds called ‘green cardamom seeds’.
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Cardamom Pods Brown (Black) Indian
A strong, smokey taste that is quite different from traditional green cardamom.
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Cardamom Seed Green Whole
The little dark-brown seeds actually come from the green cardamom pod.
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Cardamom Pods Brown Chinese
A strong, camphoraceous taste that is quite different from traditional green cardamom.
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For the Love of Cardamom!
In January 1997, Liz and I spent a month in Cochin, South India to take a Spice Sabbatical in preparation for opening Herbie’s Spices on the 7th of July 1997 – 20 years ago. Cardamom remains one of my favourite spices, therefore it seems appropriate to share this experience with you, one that I wrote about in my book Spice Travels that was published in 2001.
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Cardamom Rocky Road
Print @herbiesspices Making this at home? Don’t forget to tag us! @herbiesspices, use the hashtag #herbiesspices Share Print Pin Cardamom Rocky Road This cardamom-spiced rocky road is chock full of macadamias, pistachios, cardamom and Turkish delight (no marshmallows, sorry!). Topped with our heavenly Spice Dust, it’s the perfect sweet treat to have on hand. It will last for up to 4 weeks in the
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Know Your Cardamoms
Cardamom is featured in many recipes, however are you using the right one? Cardamom Green Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) is the most common and we refer to it as your ‘default’ cardamom when a recipe simply calls for ‘cardamom’. Green cardamom is native to the mountain ranges of the south western Indian state of Kerala, known as the western ghats, (ghat being the name given to steep
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Cardamom Ice Cream
Print @herbiesspices Making this at home? Don’t forget to tag us! @herbiesspices, use the hashtag #herbiesspices Share Print Pin Cardamom Ice Cream Cardamom is one of those spices that is at home in sweet or savoury dishes and is found in dishes from Northern Europe to Southern India. This delicious ice cream is wonderful served with Christmas pudding, apple crumble or a chocolate orange
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Peach & Cardamom Crisp
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