Fenugreek seeds are small, roughly angular, brownish yellow seeds and greenish seeds which have a pleasantly bitter flavour and strong aroma. The seeds are often toasted to enhance their pungent aroma, and then powdered alone or with other spices. In Indian cuisine, fenugreek seed is a common ingredient in curry powders and pickle powders. It is also used to temper various vegetable and lentil based dishes to enhance the aroma and taste.
Culinary Uses
- It is used commonly in pickles across India.
- Fenugreek seeds are an essential ingredient in curry powders, especially sambhar powder.
- Add a pinch of ground fenugreek to Indian curries, chickpeas and potato dishes for a tempting aroma and flavour.
- Sprouted fenugreek seeds can also be added to sandwiches and salads, juiced with vegetables, or used as a garnish for soups, rice, pasta dishes and stir-fries.
- To make a tea, add a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds to a cup of boiling water. Strain and relish it with a little honey, plain or with a little milk.
How to Store
- Fenugreek seeds retain their flavour for years.
- Being low in moisture, they can keep for a year or more, in an airtight container, unrefrigerated.
Health Benefits
- It has great cleansing properties. It helps cleanse the blood. By triggering sweat, it also detoxifies the body.
- Fenugreek seeds, soaked overnight in water and consumed in the morning, water, seed and all, helps to control blood sugar levels.
- Even drinking the water that the seeds have been soaked in or rinsed with helps to soften and dissolve accumulated and hardened masses of cellular debris.
- Fenugreek helps travellers affected by abdominal griping pains and gastric upsets due to consumption of contaminated water.
- People find that drinking a cup of fenugreek water before meals can bring relief from numerous ailments.
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