Pantry guide
Best Cardamom for home cooking
What Cardamom is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
Green pods that smell of eucalyptus and citrus — coffee's companion in the east, pastry's secret in the north.
Crack the pod and you have already cooked. Drop three into rice, into coffee, into a syrup. Grind the seeds only when the recipe needs a pale green dust — in a cookie, in a chai, in a meat rub. The husk can go into the pot; pull it out before serving if you want a cleaner bowl.
Cardamom hates a stale jar. Buy pods, not powder, and keep them whole until the guests are almost at the door.
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