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Spices
Black Cardamom
Lanxangia tsaoko
Black cardamom (thảo quả) is a perennial herb of the ginger family, up to three metres high, with a thick creeping rhizome and dark green leaves reaching seventy centimetres. Spikes of pale red flowers rise from the base, carrying eight to seventeen fruits that ripen red-brown. Introduced to Vietnam around 1890, it is grown high in the cool northern hills of Lào Cai, Hà Giang, Cao Bằng, Tuyên Quang and Lai Châu. Pods are picked from October to December and dried over a gentle fire until wrinkled and greyish-brown, then broken open only when wanted, since the seeds lose scent quickly. Sweet-scented, with a hot, pungent bite, they season food.
- Origin:
- Vietnam
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