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Fenugreek is a well-known culinary spice - either alone or as part of spice mixes, the most famous one being curry.
- Well-known spice that adds a curry-like flavour to food
- For external and internal use
Recommended use:. ½-1 tsp with water, juice, etc. with each main meal. Can also be used as a spice after grinding. For external use fenugreek seeds can be used as e.g. cover.
Fenugreek is an annual herb originating in Western Asia. Fruits are small pods with 10-20 seeds each. All plant parts have a strong, spicy smell.
Fresh shoots and dried seeds are used as a culinary spice - in itself or as part of spice mixtures. Fenugreek seeds are a fixed ingredient in curry - which exists in numerous variations, especially in India. When used by itself, fenugreek will leave a curry-like flavour.
Fenugreek seeds have been found at archaeological excavations in Tel Halal in present-day Iraq - evidence of millenium-old use by humans.
| Latin navn | Trigonella foenum-graecum |
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Organic fenugreek seeds (Trigonella foenum-graecum)
| Nutrition facts | per 100 g |
| Energy |
1,529 kJ 363 kcal |
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Fats - saturated fatty acids
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6.4 g 0.7 g |
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Carbohydrates - sugars |
48 g 24 g |
| Dietary fibres | 10 g |
| Protein | 23 g |
| Salt | 0.18 g |