Description
Ground coriander seeds
Coriander is able to combine a wide variety of herbs and spices across its aroma spectrum. No wonder the seeds are often a component of spice mixtures around the world or an essential ingredient in ethnic cuisines.
Coriander is an aromatic component of many spice mixtures. It goes well with curry dishes, chutney, dhal, bread etc.
Effect on doshas:
Vata, Pitta, Kapha: lowering
Rasa (taste): spicy/katu, bitter/tikta, sweet/madhura, astringent/kashaya
Guna (quality): oily/snigda, light/laghu
Virya (power): hot/ushna
Vipaka (taste after digestion): sweet/madhura