Known as the “queen of spices” and the second most expensive spice, after saffron, the use of cardamom in cooking ... shaped pods can be whole or ground. The plant grows mostly in India ...

White cardmom pods are simply the bleached form of green pods. This process dates back centuries and has a practical purpose in cooking and baking.

Cardamom is widely used in Indian cooking and in Scandinavian baking. It can be bought in the pod, as seeds or ground but the ground seeds soon lose their flavour so it's preferable to buy the ...

If you can find ground cardamom then it will save you a little effort, but it’s simple enough to grind the seeds with a pestle and mortar. Use a rolling pin or pestle and mortar to lightly crush ...

Put the milk, sugar and cream into a stainless-steel saucepan with the ground cardamom, stir until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is warm to the touch. Remove from the heat and leave to ...

Sieve in the flour, add the ground cardamom and baking powder and fold carefully into the batter so that no lumps of flour remain. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Peel and core the apples ...