SPICE CATALOGUE
India produces a wide range of spices and holds a prominent position in world spice production. Because of the varying climates – from tropical to sub-tropical to temperate-almost all spices grow splendidly in India.In reality almost all the states and union territories of India grow one or the other spices.Under the act of Parliament, a total of 52 spices are brought under the purview of Spices Board.However 109 spices are notified in the ISO list.
Allspice Allspice trees are evergreen medium sized, grow up to a height of 8 to 10 meters and with a slender upright trunk and smooth greyish bark. The mail trees produce only few fruits. The male and femal… | AniseedAniseed is an annual plant with an average height of 30 to 50 cm. The plant is completely covered with fine hairs. Aniseed is ground-grey to greyish brown in colour,3 to 5mm in length, oval in shap… | AsafoetidaAsafoetida is the dried latex (gum oleoresin) exuded from the living underground rhizome or tap root of several species of Ferula (three of which grow in India), which is a perennial herb (1 to 1.5… |
BasilBasil also known as French Basil or Sweet Basil or Tulsi is an erect glabrous herb, 30-90 cm high is indigenous to India. The leaves of basil have numerous oil glands with aromatic volatile oil. Th… | Bay LeafBay Leaf or Laurel Leaf are dried leaves or an evergreen shrub or more rarely a tree attaining a height of 15 to 20 mtrs. The upper surface of the leaf is glabrous and shiny, olive green, and lower… | Bishop’s WeedAn erect, glabrous or minutely pubescent, branched annual. The stems are striate; the leaves are rather distant, 2-3-pinnately divided, the segments linear. The flowers occur in terminal or seeming… |
Cambodge Cambodge is a tropical fruit commonly known as ‘Malabar Tamarind’ is a medium size evergreen dioecious tree with rounded crown and horizontal or drooping branches attaining a height of… | Caper Capers also known as caper berry are immature flower buds of Capparius spinosa. They are small shrubs, reach 1 meter height, leaf stipules are transformed into spines, flowers are borne on first ye… | Caraway Seed Caraway of commerce is the fruit of a biennial herb. The plant has a fleshy root and slender branched stem that attains a height of 0.5 to 0.6 mtrs, with small white flowers in compound umbels. The… |
SPICE CATALOGUE
India produces a wide range of spices and holds a prominent position in world spice production. Because of the varying climates – from tropical to sub-tropical to temperate-almost all spices grow splendidly in India.In reality almost all the states and union territories of India grow one or the other spices.Under the act of Parliament, a total of 52 spices are brought under the purview of Spices Board.However 109 spices are notified in the ISO list.
Cardamom (large) Large Cardamom is a perennial herb with subterranean rhizomes and 50-140 aerial leafy shoots. Each shoot has height of 1.7 to 2.6 mtr and possess 9 to 13 leaves in each tiller. Leaves are glabrous… | Cassia Cinnamomum Cassia (Chinese Cinnamon) is the dried bark of cassia which is a small, bushy, ever green tree, 18-20 mtr high and 40-60 cm diameter with a straight and cylindrical trunk and grey brown… | Celery Celery is an umbelliferous, aromatic, herbaceous plant grown for its leaves, seeds, oleoresin and essential oil. Celery plant is usually 30-60 cm high, erect with conspicuously jointed stems, beari… |
Cinnamon The “True Cinnamon” or Sri Lankan Cinnamon is the dried inner stem bark of Cinnamomum Verum. Cinnamon plants are grown as bushes. When the plants are of two years age, they typically meas… | Clove The clove of commerce is the air-dried unopened flower bud obtained from evergreen medium sized tree. The tree grows to a height of 10-12 mtrs and start flowering in about 7 years. It continues to… | Coriander Coriander is an important spice crop having a prime position in flavouring food. The plant is a thin stemmed, small, bushy herb, 25 to 50 cm in height with many branches and umbels. Leaves are alte… |
Mint Japanese Mint (Mentha Arvensis) is a perennial herb with creeping root stalk and an erect stem, 1-2 quadrangulate branched with short dense hair. Leaves are 2.5 – 5cm long, oblong-ovate. Flow… | Curry Leaf The leaves of curry leaf tree is a spice. The tree is an aromatic deciduous one, five meter in height, 15-40 cm in diameter. It is cultivated mainly in homesteads but to a certain extent on a plant… | Dill Dill is a herbaceous annual with pinnately divided leaves. The ripe, light brown seeds emit an aromatic odour. The leaves have pleasant aromatic odour and warm taste. Both seeds and leaves are valu… |
SPICE CATALOGUE
India produces a wide range of spices and holds a prominent position in world spice production. Because of the varying climates – from tropical to sub-tropical to temperate-almost all spices grow splendidly in India.In reality almost all the states and union territories of India grow one or the other spices.Under the act of Parliament, a total of 52 spices are brought under the purview of Spices Board.However 109 spices are notified in the ISO list.
Fennel It is a biennial, aromatic, stout, glabrous, 1.5 to 1.8 mtr high. The ripe fruit (seed) is small, oblong, cylindrical, 6.8mm long, straight or slightly curved, greenish yellow, deeply furrowed, 5 r… | Fenugreek 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 ye… | Garlic 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’ whi… |
Greater Galanga Greater Galanga is the dried rhizome of a plant Alpenia galanga. This is a perennial, robust, tillering, rhizomatous herb. The plant is 1.8 to 2.1 mtrs high and bears perennial rhizome (2.5 to 10 c… | Horseradish Horseradish is a hardy herb having large leaves, perennial and is grown for its pungent root, which contain oil with strong pungent odour and hot, biting taste. The plant attains a height of 0.6 to… | Hyssop Hyssop is an aromatic perennial herb, 30-60 cm high, grown at higher elevations (above 1500 mtrs.). The branches are erect or defuse, leaves are sessile, linear-oblong, flowers are bluish purple in… |
Juniper Berry Juniper is an evergreen shrub sometimes attaining the height of a small tree up to 3 mtrs with erect trunk and spreading branches, covered with a shreddy bark. The trunk diameter is 25-30 cm. Leave… | Kokam Kokam is a slender evergreen small tree with drooping branches. It is a dioecious tree growing up to 18 mtr high. The fruit is spherical, purple, not grooved having 5-8 seeds compressed in an acid… | Lovage Lovage is a hardy perennial with a height of 90 cm, flowers in summer, dying down in autumn. It bears clusters of yellow flowers with a sharp smell. The roots are dug out in second or third year of…
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SPICE CATALOGUE
India produces a wide range of spices and holds a prominent position in world spice production. Because of the varying climates – from tropical to sub-tropical to temperate-almost all spices grow splendidly in India.In reality almost all the states and union territories of India grow one or the other spices.Under the act of Parliament, a total of 52 spices are brought under the purview of Spices Board.However 109 spices are notified in the ISO list.
Marjoram Marjoram is a perennial aromatic herb. Its dried leaves and flower tops constitutes the spice. The sweet marjoram is characterized by a strong spicy pleasant odour. The flavour is fragrant, slightl… | Mustard Mustard is an annual herb cultivated as oil seed crop or as vegetable or as fodder, of which, 3 species are known for its condiment value. They are pale yellow or white mustard (Brassica hirta), br… | Nutmeg & Mace Nutmeg & Mace are two distinctly different spices produced from a fruit of an evergreen tree usually 9-12 mtr high. Mace is the dried reticulated ‘aril’ of the fruit and nutmeg is t… |
Oregano Oregano is a perennial herb with creeping roots, 30-90 cm high, branched woody stems and opposite, petiolate and hairy leaves (1.5 cm long). The flowers are pale purple and the flowering period ext… | Parsley Parsley is the dried aromatic leaf of a biennial herb with dense foliage and white flowers. The bright green leaves are finely divided and curled. There are two main types of horticultural parsleys… | Pepper Long Pepper long is the dried fruit of Piper longum which is a slender, aromatic plant with creeping jointed stems and perennial woody roots. The leaves are 5-9 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, ovate, cordate with… |
Pomegranate Pomegranate is deciduous shrub or a small tree with a dark grey bark, 5-8 meters high. Leaves are opposite, oblong, 2.5-6 cm long. Flowers at terminals or auxiliary, solitary, large, orange red. Ca… | Poppy Seed Poppy seed is the dried seed of Papaver somniferum, an erect annual herb, 30-150 cm long with 0.5-1.5 cm thick stem. Stem is glabrous with thick waxy coating. Leaves are numerous, alternate, spread… | Rosemary Rosemary of commerce comprises dried leaves of evergreen shrub of Rosmarinus Officinalis. This is a dense, evergreen, hardy, perennial, aromatic herb, 90 cm high with small (2-4 cm) pointed, sticky.. |
SPICE CATALOGUE
India produces a wide range of spices and holds a prominent position in world spice production. Because of the varying climates – from tropical to sub-tropical to temperate-almost all spices grow splendidly in India.In reality almost all the states and union territories of India grow one or the other spices.Under the act of Parliament, a total of 52 spices are brought under the purview of Spices Board.However 109 spices are notified in the ISO list.
Saffron Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world is derived from the dry stigmata of the plant Crocus Sativus. The plant is a bulbous, perennial with globular corms, 15-20 cm high. It has 6 to 10 lea… | Sage Sage is the dried leaf of Salvia officinalis. It is a hardy sub-shrub. Stems are white, wooly, 32-60 cm tall, leaves are greyish green, aromatic, petiolate, oblong, 7-8 cm long. On drying, leaves t… | Star Anise Star anise is the dried, star shaped fruit of Illicium verum. It is an evergreen tree attaining a height of 8-15 meters and a diameter of 25 cm. The leaves are entire, 10-15 cm long, 2.5 – 5… |
Sweet Flag Sweet Flag is a perennial herb, semi aquatic, marshy plant with a creeping and much branched, aromatic rhizome. The rhizome is cylindrical about 19-25 mm in diameter and 10 cm long. It is light bro… | Tamarind The ripe fruit of tamarind tree is used as a condiment. It is a moderate size to large, evergreen tree, up to 24 mtr in high and 7 mtr in girth. Bark is brown or dark gray, longitudinally and horiz… | TarragonIt is a perennial herb. The dried leaves and flowering tops are known for its flavour. It grows to a height of 2 ft. The aroma is warm. Two varieties available in the international market are Frenc… |
Tejpat Indian Cassia also known as Tejpat (Cinnamomum Tamala) is a small to moderately sized ever green tree. The leaves of this tree is the spice having clove like taste and a faintly pepper like odour…. | Thyme Thyme is a hardy perennial shrub, 20-40 cm high, the dried leaves are curled, brownish green colour, 6.7 mm long, marketed in whole or ground form. The flavour is aromatic, warm and pungent. Flower… | Vanilla Vanilla, a member of the orchid family is a climbing monocot possessing a stout, succulent stem; short petioled, oblong leaves; about 20 cm long. The inflorescence is a raceme with 20 or more flowe… |
SPICE CATALOGUE
India produces a wide range of spices and holds a prominent position in world spice production. Because of the varying climates – from tropical to sub-tropical to temperate-almost all spices grow splendidly in India.In reality almost all the states and union territories of India grow one or the other spices.Under the act of Parliament, a total of 52 spices are brought under the purview of Spices Board.However 109 spices are notified in the ISO list.
Ginger Ginger of commerce is the dried underground stem of the herbaceous tropical plant grown as an annual. The whole plant is refreshingly aromatic and the underground rhizome, raw or processed, is valu… | Turmeric Turmeric is the boiled, dried, cleaned and polished rhizomes of Curcuma longa. The plant is a herbaceous perennial, 60-90 cm high, with a short stem and tufted leaf. There are 7 to 12 leaves, the l… | Cumin Cumin is the dried, white fruit with greyish brown colour of a small slender annual herb. The surface of the fruit has 5 primary ridges, alternatively has 4 less distinct secondary ridges bearing n… |
Chilli Indian Chilli Varieties Chilli is the dried ripe fruit of the genus Capsicum. Capsicum annuum is an annual sub –shrub, the fl… | Pepper Black Pepper is the dried mature berry of Piper nigrum, a climbing, perennial shrub mostly found in hot, moist region of Southern India. Under cultivation pepper vines are trailed over support as c… | Cardamom (small) Cardamom of commerce is the dried ripe fruit (capsules of cardamom plant) often referred as the “Queen of Spices” because of its very pleasant aroma and taste. Cardamom is a perennial,… |
WHOLE SPICES
| Whole Spices |
| Aniseed | Ajwanseed | Asafoetida |
| Badian seed | Basil | Bay Leaf |
| Black Pepper | Cassia | Cambodge |
| Caraway | Cardamom(small) | Cardamom(large) |
| Celery | Chilli | Cinnamon |
| Cloves | Coriander | Cumin |
| Curry leaf | Dill Seed | Fennel |
| Fenugreek | Garlic | Ginger |
| Juniper | Kokam | Long Pepper |
| Mace | Mint | Mustard |
| Nutmeg | Poppy | Pomegranate |
| Rosemary | Saffron | Sage |
| Star anise | Sweet Flag | Tamrind |
| Tejpat | Thyme | Tumeric |
| Vanilla |
| Organic |
| Organic Pepper | Organic Vanilla | Organic Ginger |
| Organic Ginger | Organic Turmeric | Organic Cardamom |
| Organic Herbal Spices | Organic Parsley | Organic Rosemary |
| Organic Thyme | Organic Thyme | Organic Sage |
| Organic Marjoram | Organic Black Pepper | Organic Mustard |
| Spice Mixes |
| Curry Powder | Curry Paste | Curry Masala |
| Other Mixtures |
| Spice Blends |
| Tamarind Concentrates | Blend Curry powders likeCurry Masala , Chicken Masala , Meat Masala, Fish Curry, Sambar, Rasam, Instant Pickles. |
| Freeze dried |
| Green Pepper |
| Curry Powders / Mixtures |
| Pepper Powder | Cardamom powder | Chilli Powder |
| Ginger Powder | Turmeric Powder | Coriander Powder |
| Cumin Powder | Celery Powder | Fennel Powder |
| Fenugreek Powder | Dill Powder | Mustard Powder |
| Poppy Powder | Tamarind Powder | Cinnamon Powder |
| Cassia Powder | Tejpat Powder |
| Oleoresins |
| Pepper Oleoresins | Cardamom Oleoresins | Chilli Oleoresins |
| Capsicum Oleoresins | Paprika Oleoresins | Ginger Oleoresins |
| Turmeric Oleoresins | Coriander Oleoresins | Cumin Oleoresins |
| Celery Oleoresins | Fennel Oleoresins | Fenugreek Oleoresins |
| Dill Oleoresins | Mustard Oleoresins | Garcinia Extract |
| Garlic Oleoresins | Clove Oleoresins | Nutmeg Oleoresins |
| Mace Oleoresins | Cinnamon Oleoresins | Cassia Oleoresins |
| Tamarind Oleoresins | Galangal Oleoresins | Rose mary Oleoresins |
| Thyme Oleoresins | Curry leaf Oleoresins | Parsley Oleoresins |
| Curry Powder Oleoresins | Vanilla Oleoresins | Spice Oleoresins (NES) |
| Extracts |
| Essential oils |
| Pepper oil | Cardamom oil | Asafoetida oil |
| Aniseed oil | Paprika oil | Ginger oil |
| Turmeric oil | Coriander seed oil | Cumin seed oil |
| Celery Oleoresins | Fennel seed oil | Ajwan seed oil |
| Dill seed oil | Mustard seed oil | Caraway seed oil |
| Garlic oil | Clove oil | Nutmeg oil |
| Mace oil | Cinnamon oil | Cassia oil |
| Kokam oil | Greater Galanga oil | Rose mary oil |
| Thyme oil | Juniper oil | Parsley oil |
| Basil oil | Horse Radish oil | Star anise oil |
| Spice oils(NES) | Japanese Mintoil | Peppermint oil |
| Spearmint oil | Horsemint oil | Bergomint oil |
| Other mint oil | Menthol Crystal |
| De-hydrated |
| Dehy.Garlic Flakes | Dehy.Garlic Powder | Dehy. Green Pepper |
| Spice in Brine |
| Pepper In brine |
| Other value added products |
| Tamarind Extract | Vanillin Extract | Curcumin |
| Capsaicin |