Cardamom, the Queen of spices, is a spice that people have used for centuries both in cooking and as a medicine. Widely used in Indian sweet dishes, OATH ORGANIC’s Cardamom has an extraordinary aroma and flavour that complements both sweet and savoury dishes. Growing cardamom is extremely labor intensive. The sweetly aromatic cardamom is the fruit of a tropical plant related to ginger, and is one of the world’s most expensive spices. It flowers for eight or nine months of the year when each pod, ripens slowly, and is plucked when it is three-quarters ripe. After harvest, the pods are washed and dried. OATH ORGANIC’s Cardamom is pure and without any artificial flavouring. It is ideal for use in curries, desserts, and meat dishes, as well as in beverages such as coffee and tea.