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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Cardamom or Lavender?
The other day, I was going through my spices. When I took a whiff of the cardamom, I was taken aback to notice that it reminded me strongly of lavender, a smell I adore. In a Gujarati Indian cookbook, the author says that cardamon is called elaichi.
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