IndiaOrganix (Brighton)
| Name | Prakash Omari |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | www.indiaorganix.org |
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IndiaOrganix is an Indian food brand created by Sanjay Kumar of MIKA & Co in Brighton, Sussex. IndiaOrganix was set up to promote & market the organic produce of India's traditional spice gardens, spice workers cooperatives, tribal spice producers and street traders, and SAARC funded tribal wildcrafting projects. IndiaOrganix works in partnership with traditional Indian spice houses sourcing the finest organic spice produce grown and harvested by grass-roots farmer's groups. We also work with the best British curry houses in promoting the fine spice ingredients grown in North East India and the distictive cooking styles of the 'seven sister states' of the Indian subcontinent. The Seven Sister States are a region in northeastern India, comprising the tea and spice growing regions of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. The core business activity of IndiaOrganix is the Indian spice trade; a commercial activity of ancient origin which involves the merchandising and marketing of India's culinary spices and herbs. IndiaOrganix is a traditional British Asian family business based in Brighton and Tripura (India). This i-genius profile is maintained by and for the staff of IndiaOrganix. We hope you enjoy reading the blogs. For further details about IndiaOrganix visit www.indiaorganix.org
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September:
03.09.2008
No need to spice it up: a product that sells itself
03.09.2008
The delicious diversity of Indian nosh....
02.09.2008
Mughlai food cooked the IndiaOrganix way.....
01.09.2008
Why have you named the IndiaOrganix curry house in Brighton Maharaja of Tripura?
August:
Cardamom, Sebastian, and a drop of scorpion venom!
posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 03:59 AM
The name cardamom (or cardamon) is used for herbs within two genera of the ginger family Zingiberaceae, namely Elettaria and Amomum. Both varieties take the form of a small seedpod, triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a thin papery outer shell and small black seeds. Elettaria pods are light green in color, while Amomum pods are larger and dark brown.
Njallani, also known as "rup-ree-t" is a unique high-yielding cardamom variety developed by an Indian farmer Sebastian Joseph at Kattappana in the South Indian state of Kerala.
Sebastian Joseph and his son Regimon let bees cross-pollinate the cardamom plants and came up with a new high-yielding variety that he named Njallani, after his ancestral home. This variety yields 1500 kg/hectare as compared to the conventional 200 kg/ha. The increased yield revolutionised cardamom cultivation in the state of Kerala.
In India and South Asia, green cardamom is often used in traditional Indian sweets and in tea, or chai. Black cardamom is sometimes used in garam masala for curries. It also occasionally as garnish in basmati rice and other dishes. It is often referred to by its size as being 'Moti Elaichi' or fat cardamom.
In Hindi, Urdu, and Gujarati cardamom is called elaichi, and "yelakki" in Kannada and other South Indian languages. It is called Elakka in Malayalam, which is the language of Kerala an Indian province that accounts for 70% of Indian cardamom.
Individual seeds are sometimes chewed, in much the same way as chewing-gum. It has also been known to be used for making gin.
In South Asia green cardamom, called "Elaichi" in Telugu, Hindi and Urdu. It is called "elakkaay" (à®à®²à®•à¯à®•à®¾à®¯à¯) or "elam" (à®à®²à®®à¯) in Tamil. It is broadly used to treat infections in teeth and gums, to prevent and treat throat troubles, congestion of the lungs and pulmonary tuberculosis, inflammation of eyelids and also digestive disorders. It is also reportedly used as an antidote for both snake and scorpion venom.
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