Perfect Cardamom and Spices Marketing Co.

Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

Clove is one of the oldest spices in the world, is the dried, unopened flower bud of a small evergreen tree. It is indigenous to the Moluccas Islands of Indonesia.

Clove goes mainly as an ingredient of a variety of food specialties, beverages, medicines, cosmetics, perfumery and toiletries.

Either whole or as a powder, Clove finds extensive application in Indian foods.It is an active ingredient of garam masala and several kinds of curry powders. Clove is also highly recommended for making pickles, ketchups, and several kinds of sweets. It is very often used with pan for chewing after meals, and in tooth pastes as a fragrant mouth-freshener.

Among one of the first spices used by mankind, coriander seeds, is the seed of coriandrum sativum, which belongs to the parsley family. The coriander seeds are almost oval in shape and greenish to yellowish in color.

It is a fragrant spice, with a mild, distinctive taste. It is widely used as a condiment in foods, beverages, marinades, desserts and sweet pastries and American cigarettes. It is also valued for its medicinal properties.

This fragrant spice is known for its medicinal properties and used as a condiments in curries; as fresh leaves for garnishing of curries, and in chutney as an appetiser.

Botanical name: Coriandrum sativam L.Family name: Apiaceae