Garlic
is a hardy, bulbous, rooted, perennial plant with narrow flat leaves and bears
small white flowers and bulbils. The compound bulb consists of 6 to 34 bulblets
called ‘cloves’ which are surrounded by a common, thin, white or pinkish papery
sheet. Garlic has a strong flavour and taste.
Garlic
is a native of West Asia and Mediterranean area. China, Korea, India, USA,
Spain, Argentina and Egypt are the major garlic growing countries. Garlic
prefers cool weather and grow in a well-drained, moderately clay loam at higher
elevation (900 to 1200 mtrs).
Garlic
is used for flavouring various dishes practically all over the world. In United
States almost half of the produce is dehydrated for use in mayonnaise products,
salad dressings and in several meat preparations. Raw garlic is used in the
preparation of garlic powder, garlic salt, garlic vinegar, garlic cheese croutons,
garlicked potato chips, garlic bread, garlicked bacon etc. Spray dried garlic
products, liquid garlic preparations are other products. In India and other
Asian and Middle East Countries, garlic is used in pickles, curry powders,
curried vegetables, meat preparations etc. Oil of garlic is used as a
flavouring agent in soups, canned foods, sauces etc. The other properties are
anti-bacterial, fungicidal and insecticidal. In the area of medicine, it is
used for various ailments of stomach, skin diseases. It has wider applications
in indigenous medicines and is also considered as highly nutritive.
Spanish
: Ajo French : Ail German : Knoblanch Swedish : Vitlok Arabic : Thum Dutch :
Knoflook Italian : Agilio Portuguese : Alho Russian : Chesnok Japanese :
Ninniku Chinese : Suan Assamese : Naharu Hindi : Lasun, Lessan, Lahsun
Bengali : Rashun Gujarati : Lasan Kannada : Bellulli Kashmiri : Ruhan Malayalam
: Vellulli Marathi : Lusson Oriya : Rasuna Punjabi : Lassan, Lasun Sanskrit :
Lashuna Tamil : Ullipundu, Vellaippundu Telugu : Velluri Urdu : Lassun, Leshun
Size
of Bulb: 25-35mm, 35-40mm, 40mm+ (40-50mm)
Origin: India
Packing: 20/25/40kg mesh bag
Shelf Life: 8-10 month
Shipment: Loading on 40ft Reefer Container with 29mt load