Flavours of India

3. Looks like the bark of a tree and is in the shape of small sticks. It is used in dishes to add flavour.
4. Used in most of the Indian and other sweet dishes to give a good flavour and aroma and it helps to control bad breath and digestive disorders.
5. The Indian city known as the “City of Spices”.
9. Which Indian spice company’s founder is known as the “Spice-King”?
10. Spreads its fragrance far and wide. It looks like a thread and is the costliest spice.
12. Looks like a nail but it is a bud, chocolate brown in colour with strong aroma.
13. Fine red coloured powder added to the food to make it hot and spicy.
14. Small and round like a black pearl, can be powdered and is added as a special treat.

1. Mixture of many spices.
2. The country known as “King of Spices”.
6. Brown and sometimes black, when added to hot oil and ghee its fragrance spreads.
7. Makes the food look yellow and sometimes it is mixed in oil and applied on wounds to heal.
8. Fresh or dried leaves used in cooking for distinctive flavour and fragrance. These are not meant to be eaten, although it is safe to do so.
11. Served as mouth freshener and looks like Cumin though it is green.