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  • iCook - cardamom is basically an Indian spice known as "elaichi"; it has a sweet fragrance and taste and pairs well with cinnamon and fruits:

    Cardamom-Flavored Plum Compote (With Walnuts and Raisins) 2008

  • Cook the chanas in the pressure cooker along with the badi elaichi for flavor.

    Weekend Lunch Series: Amritsari Chhole & Bhature Cardamom 2007

  • Other optional additions are keshar, elaichi, and almonds.

    Archive 2009-05-01 TheCooker 2009

  • Other optional additions are keshar, elaichi, and almonds.

    Sweets TheCooker 2009

  • Add the chickpeas, along with their water, discarding the elaichi.

    Weekend Lunch Series: Amritsari Chhole & Bhature Cardamom 2007

  • The ladoo mix should be still warm enough to shape into ladoos add elaichi powder and mix again.

    Mast Ladoo Anjali 2006

  • The ladoo mix should be still warm enough to shape into ladoos add elaichi powder and mix again.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Anjali 2006

  • Add milk, sugar, a pinch of elaichi, and a strand or two of keshar and cook for about 10 minutes on medium-low heat.

    Archive 2008-02-01 TheCooker 2008

  • In its simplest form calls for just three ingredients, ricotta cheese and condensed milk and elaichi.

    Sweets For A Sweetie TheCooker 2008

  • In its simplest form calls for just three ingredients, ricotta cheese and condensed milk and elaichi.

    Archive 2008-07-01 TheCooker 2008

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  • also lachi, meaning "cardamom". used as a breath-freshener in the Indic regions for centuries, it is also a metaphor for the invitation of love (e.g. "he comes bearing the cardamom").

    June 15, 2009