Fenugreek
seed is the ripe fruit of an annual herb. This robust herb has light green
leaves, is 30-60 cm tall and produces slender, beaked pods, 10-15 cm long, each
pod contains 10-20 small hard yellowish brown seeds, which are smooth and
oblong, about 3mm long, each grooved across one corner, giving them a hooked
appearance.
Fenugreek
is a native of South Eastern Europe and West Asia, now cultivated in India,
Argentina, Egypt and Mediterranean countries (Southern France, Morocco and
Lebanon). In India it is grown extensively in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab. It is a cold season crop and is
fairly tolerant to frost and very low temperature. It is best suited to tracts
of moderate to low rainfall and is sown in all types of soil but perform better
in loam and clayey loam with proper drainage. It can also be grown on black
cotton soils.
Fenugreek
is used both as a food and food additive as well as in medicines. Fresh tender
pods, leaves and shoots are eaten as curried vegetable. As a spice, it flavours
food. Powder of dried leaves is also used for garnishing and flavouring variety
of food. Fenugreek extract is used as a flavouring agent of imitation maple
syrup. It is one of the principle constituent of curry powder. The seeds are
used in colic flatulence, dysentery, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, chronic cough and
enlargement of liver and spleen, rickets, gout and diabetes. It is also used as
a carminative, tonic, and aphrodisiac. Fenugreek oil is used in the manufacture
of hair tonics.
Spanish
: Alholva French : Fenugrec German : Bockshorklee Swedish : Bockshornklee
Arabic : Hulba Dutch : Fenegriek Italian : Fieno Greco Portuguese : Alforva
Russian : Pazhitnik Japanese : Koroha Chinese : K'u – Tou Hindi : Methe
Bengali : Methe Gujarati : Methe Kannada : Menthya Malayalam : Ventayan, Uluva
Marathi : Methe Oriya : Methe Punjabi : Methe Sanskrit : Methe Tamil : Vendayam
or Venthiyam Telugu : Mentulu or Menthulu Urdu : Methe
Specifications:
Type: Sortex Cleaned/ Machine Cleaned
Purity: 99.5% / 99% / 98%
Total Ash 9.5% Max
Acid Insoluble Ash: 1.25% Max
Flavor: Aromatic Sweet
Moisture: 7% Max
Salmonella: Absent