Organic Green Cardamom

In the culinary arts, cardamom is a spice made from the seed pods of various plants in the ginger family. Cardamom has a strong, pungent flavor and aroma, with hints of lemon, mint, and smoke.

Cardamom pods contain a number of seeds, but the entire cardamom pod can be used whole or ground. There are two main types of cardamom.black cardamom and green cardamom.

Cardamom is used mainly in Indian cooking as well as middle eastern cuisine. In Indian recipes, whole cardamom pods are used in preparing basmati rice and various curries. In middle eastern recipes, ground cardamom is used in preparing certain desserts. Interestingly enough, one of the countries that consume the most cardamom is Sweden, where cardamom is employed to season everything from baked goods to hamburgers and meatloaves.