🔵 All About Cardamom

All About Cardamom There are three main commercial types of cardamom: Black, Green, and White. All are members of the ginger family. Black Cardamom: Amomum subulatum & A. costatum Family: Zingiberaceae Black cardamom, is also known as hill cardamom, Bengal cardamom, greater cardamom, Nepal cardamom, winged cardamom, or brown cardamom. A member of the ginger family, black cardamom is a close relative of green cardamom. Black cardamom has a strong camphor-like flavour, with a smoky character derived from the method of drying. Not suited to sweet baked goods - better suited to savoury recipes like long slow braised meet dishes. Pop a whole pod in a rice cooker next time you make rice. The pods are often used in Vietnam when making phở. Plays a prominent role in North India Curries. Would be a great addition to a BBQ dry rub, it would bring a smokey something that you can’t quiet describe. Can be used whole, ground whole, or remove the pod and just grind the seeds. Great pairings would be basil, fennel, garlic, lemongrass. Green / White Cardamom: Elettaria cardamomum (L.) or Amomum cardamomum L. Family: Zingiberaceae Origin: India Green pod with black seeds. Works well in savoury as well as sweet recipes. Great flavouring addition to coffee and tea, major component in Indian Masala Chai Major component of Garam Masala mix White cardamom is mostly seen in Scandinavian cooking. When first introduced to Scandinavia, (the story goes) cardamom had been on a lengthy sea voyage where exposure to sun, salt and air bleached the pods white and altered their flavour. Today bleaching green cardamom to white is a chemical process, that removes colour and the strongest menthol components, leaving a lighter sweeter fragrance. Can be used whole, ground whole, or remove the pod and just grind the seeds. -10 pods roughly equals  1 1⁄2 tsp of ground cardamom. Store whole. -Pairings: caraway, cinnamon, cumin, dill, juniper. Both are ‘Warming’ spices #GlenAndFriendsCooking #LeGourmetTV #LeGourmetTVRecipes Glen & Friends Cooking Glen And Friends Cooking #GlenCooking #GlenCooks