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Herbals spices are those spices whose vegetative parts are used to flavour the food. There are a large number of such book on herbal spices authored by V.A. Parthasarathy, Utpala Parthasarathy and K.N. Shiva consists of chapters on various important herbal spices such as Celery, Chervil and Coriander, Curry leaf, Dill, Fenugreek, Hyssop, Lovage, Mint, Oregano, Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Savory, Sweet Marjoram and Sweet Basil. Each crop is covered under different ...
India is the land of spices. The flavour and fragrance of Indian species had a magic spell in human civilization and culture since very ancient days. The lure for spices attracted the Greeks, Turks, Arabs, Romans, Chinese and Europeans to India, ultimately leading to colonial rule. The species trading history is thus entwined with world history itself. Annals of history reveal the importance of Indian spices growing at a magnificent pace across the nations. ...
The present volume contains the details of tree species. As in case of volume 1, which dealt with major spices, this volume contains 9 tree spices. Even though, there are about 17 tree spcies listed, some of them such as mango, pomegranate etc are treated more as fruits. The tree spices like clove, nutmeg, tamarind and cinnamon are relatively more important and they are grown in an area of 81189 ha with a production of 208445 tonnes. India also imports tree ...