Swad Cardamom Indian Spice: Perfect for Grocery Cooking and Baking

Kindle Customer: Item arrived on time and was as described. Have not used it yet, but an looking forward to cooking with it.

United States on Jul 11, 2023

Arman: Everything was good. The packaging, the smell and the quality

United States on May 19, 2023

Brandon Hanson: I learned this from an Indian lady in one of my classes in law school. When you add green cardamom to stuff, you’ve gotta break open the shell and get the seeds out first! I’m embarrassed that it took me so long to learn this.

Now what I do is use my mortar and pestle to gently crack the pods open, pick out the shells, then close my eyes and blow into the bowl a few times to get the… chaff(?) out. When I’m done I’m left with the sweet aromatic seeds that adds great a great licorice flavor to whatever you’re putting them into!

United States on Apr 26, 2023

That GuyThat Guy: Such a great price and surprisingly good quality!

Cardamom is one the most expensive spices, so I was suspicious of this product's price point and expected to have to (literally) grind through a lot of pods to get usable seeds, but... wow... there were only a few pods with grey/pale seeds; most revealed the hoped-for black and pungent seeds. There was a bit more pith (the "white stuff" that holds the seeds within the pod,) than I'm used to seeing, but it was papery and easily removed. And a little cardamom goes a long way, and this is a lot of cardamom, especially for the price.

They do arrive in a "cheap" plastic bag, but the pods were crisp and easy to crack, and as stated above, mostly revealed quality seeds ready to grind. (Lose the bag and store the pods you don't use in an air-tight jar, and cardamom will remain good for years.)

The packaging states these are from Guatemala, and offer a guarantee, as well.

I used these for holiday recipes: cardamom meatballs, rye bread, which turned out great, with the expected pungent delayed impact of cardamom upon the taste buds. Oh... and a post-holiday attempt at a turkey masala (ahem... not recommended, but...

United States on Dec 28, 2016

Cuba Rodriguez: I found these pods not having much flavor, although the smell was great. No matter how long I steeped the crushed pods in my medium, the flavor hardly released. Now for my particular purpose of purchasing was to make Masala Chai tea...I've been hooked since an Indian friend made it for me. I wanted to make my own and the health benefits are great. According to him, I didn't need many pods. First tea I made was weak, I mostly tasted the milk and cinnamon. Second time was a little better, but still lacking that Cardamom taste -it's quite specific.

I'm still working on experimenting with different amounts, but I only rated 3 stars due to the fact, the packaging was not like the one pictured, in fact no writing whatsoever. As if someone just vacuum sealed their own pack in the back kitchen. The other reason only 3 stars was because I thought that the pods were more potent then what arrived, I could be wrong. I will compare with some from a local Indian store -which I wasn't looking forward to going to due to their large crowds of people and I'm not fond of crowded places hence ordering online. The delivery of package was very timely and arrived in 5 business days or less of...

United States on Nov 11, 2014