Cloves

More or less in all Indian recipes cloves are used. It is been used in whole or ground form mainly for culinary purposes and as a flavouring agent in food industry and its flavour blends well with both sweet and savory dishes but as they are extremely strong so they are used sparingly, Cloves have an intense fragrance.

The clove is an air-dried unopened flower bud obtained from evergreen medium sized tree, which start flowering in about 7 years and continues to produce flower buds for 80 or more years, its clusters are plucked by hand when the buds are fully developed with a pronounced pink flush and then dried over several days in the sun.

It is also been used as the antiseptic and antibiotic the clove oil are used in medicine especially in dentistry, oral and pharyngeal treatments. It is also been used in Ayurveda called Lavang. Its essential oil is used in aromatherapy when stimulation and warming is needed, especially for digestive problems, and also widely used in preparations of toothpaste and mouthwashes, soaps and perfumes. It is also reported to help diabetics in sugar assimilations.