Black cardamom

This is a great spice to flavour Indian rice dishes and curry dishes that use red meat. The spice has a smoky taste and aroma as it’s dried over a smoke fire before being packed. You do not eat this spice whole, it is usually added to dishes to release flavour and then taken out before being served. The spicy cardamom pods contain many essential oils which are released during cooking and the spice is known to be a good source of calcium, potassium and magnesium as well as iron.