Description
Cardamom whole
Cardamom is an all-round spice that complements fish and meat as well as vegetable dishes and desserts. Green cardamom has a penetrating and very multifaceted taste with sweet, spicy, resinous and floral notes and citrus elements. The aroma profile is characterized by the herbaceous, eucalyptus-like cinol, which we also find in allspice, nutmeg or laurel.
So that the aroma can fully develop, the capsules/seeds are crushed with a mortar and warmed in a little oil.
Effect on doshas:
Vata, Pitta, Kapha: lowering
Rasa (taste): spicy/katu, sweet/madhura
Guna (quality): light/laghu
Virya (power): cold/shita
Vipaka (taste after digestion): sweet/madhura
Agni (metabolic energy): strengthens Agni
Ojas (finest life energy): increases Ojas
Sattva, Rajas, Tamas (mental effect): increases Sattva