Fenugreek

Latin name : Trigonela foenum graecum

Family : Leguminoseae

Local Name : Methi, Fenugreek, Alhova,Bird's Foot,Greek Clover,Greek Hay.

Parts Used : Seeds, Leaves.

Introduction :
Fenugreek seeds is used as a spice and fenugreek leaves are eaten as vegetable in India, China and the Middle East for centuries. The practitioners of Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine have used and documented Methi seeds for its many medicinal uses. The spice is exported in its whole and powdered forms as well as in the form of extracted oil which is extensively used as Herbal supplements, Therapeutic applications, Culinary, Tea, Perfumery and Dye. The major importers of Indian fenugreek are Saudi Arabia, Japan, Malaysia, USA, The UK, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

Plant Description :

Fenugreek plant is a quick growing annual leguminous herb about 2 feet in height. Leaves are light green in color. Plant stems are long and slender. Fenugreek leaves are tripartite, toothed, grey-green obovate leaves, 20-25 mm long. Fenugreek plant blooms white flowers in the summer. Fenugreek seed pods contain ten to twenty small, flat, yellow-brown, pungent, aromatic seeds. Fenugreek seeds are small and stony; about 1/8 inch long, oblong, rhomboidal, with a deep furrow dividing them into two unequal lobes. Fenugreek seeds have a strong aroma and bitter in taste. Plants mature in about four months. The whole plant is uprooted and allowed to dry. The seeds are threshed out and further dried.

Uses of Fenugreek :

Fenugreek seeds are rich in vitamin E and is one of the earliest spices known to man.

Fresh fenugreek leaves are beneficial in the treatment of indigestion, flatulence and a sluggish liver.

The dried leaves of the fenugreek is used as a quality flavour for meat, fish and vegetable dishes.

An infusion of the leaves is used as a gargle for recurrent mouth ulcers. A gargle made from the seeds is best for ordinary sore throat.

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4 - Hydroxyisoleucine - 4 - Hydroxyisoleucine is an amino acid extracted from the Fenugreek seeds which is devoid of characteristic smell and bitter taste that of fenugreek seeds and leaves. These natural active chemicals extracted from Fenugreek seed is highly unstabilised and once exposed to air and moisture starts to degrade. Hence it is stabilised for long shelf life and packed under Nitrogen atmosphere.
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Fenugreek Powder - The seeds of fenugreek contain many active biological chemicals many it a potent medicinal and nutraceutical supplement. Fenugreek seeds are bitter in taste and has a strong and quite peculiar odor, hence, used in a very small quantity as a spice. The Powdered fenugreek seed has a beautiful golden yellow color due to its coloring agent called coumadine. That is why fenugreek seeds were used for a yellow dye by ancient Indians and Egyptians.
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