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shipping & paymentsFenugreek is an annual plant in the family Fabaceae, with leaves consisting of three small obovate to oblong leaflets. It is cultivated all across the world and its seeds are a common ingredient in dished from the Indian subcontinent. Some of the common names of fenugreek include greek-hay, mehti, bird's foot, greek-clover, etc.
Fenugreek seeds are tiny and bitter in taste. Toasted gently, they exhibit strongly aromatic and pungent flavor. Traditionally, fenugreek had found use in curing digestive problems and in improving breast milk secretion in the nursing mothers.
Fenugreek is believed to have been brought into cultivation in the Near East and specimens have been recovered from Tell Halal, Iraq, dated back to 4000 BC and desiccated seeds have been recovered from the tomb of Tutankhamen.
Major fenugreek-producing countries are Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, Argentina, Egypt, France, Spain, Turkey and Morocco. The largest producer however is India.
Fenugreek's dried or fresh leaves are used as an herb, the seeds are used as a spice and the fresh leaves, sprouts and microgreens are used freely in cooking. The cuboid-shaped, yellow to amber coloured seeds are frequently encountered in the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent, used both whole and powdered in the preperation of pickles, vegetable dishes, daals and spice mixes such as panch phoron and sambar powder. They are often roasted to reduce bitterness and enhance flavor.
In Turkish cuisine, fenugreek seeds are using in making a paste known as çemen . Cumin, black pepper and other spices are added into the mixture, especially to make pastirma.
Excess intake of fenugreek seeds by pregnant mothers would pose premature childbirth risk in them.
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