Nutmeg (Jaiphal), For Cooking, Restaurants, Form : Solid

nutmeg spice is the kernel which has hard shell and the size of a small arecanut. Spice is supplied both with and without shell. Outside the shell is the aril, which is another spice, mace. Depending on the type, its flavour can vary from a sweetly spicy to a heavier taste.s it has a clove like, spicy, sweet, bitter taste with terpeny, camphor like aroma. It is sweeter in flavour than mace.

nutmeg has been used to treat digestive disorders, such as nausea and diarrhea and kidney ailments. Southeast asians also treat fevers, headaches and bronchial problems with nutmeg. The chinese consider it to be an aphrodisiac. Nutmeg is also popularly used for manufacturing essential oil, used heavily in pharmaceutical and perfumery industry. It is used as a major ingredient in cough syprups and in toothpaste.