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  Date: 4/2/2006 10:51:00 PM
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Methi or Fenugreek
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Methi or Fenugreek
It is a crop plant grown as a potherb and for the spice made from its seeds.
The fenugreek plant grows wild from the eastern Mediterranean area to China; it is cultivated worldwide.

The name fenugreek or foenum-graecum is from Latin for "Greek hay".

Fenugreek is used both as a
herb (the leaves)
spice (the seed).
The yellow, rhombic fenugreek seed is frequently used in the preparation of pickles, curry powders and pastes
The young leaves and sprouts of fenugreek are eaten as greens and the fresh or dried leaves are used to flavor other dishes.
In the Arabian nation of Yemen it is the main condiment and an ingredient added to the national dish called Saltah.
The similarity in the Arabic word Hulba and Mandarin Chinese word Hu lu ba reveal the significance of fenugreek in history. Fenugreek is also one of four herbs used for the Iranian recipe Ghormeh Sabzi.

Fenugreek is frequently used in the production of flavouring for artificial syrups. The taste of toasted fenugreek is additionally based on substituted pyrazines, as is cumin. By itself, it has a somewhat bitter taste.

Fenugreek seed is widely used as a galactagogue (milk producing agent) by nursing mothers to increase inadequate breast milk supply.

In India it is mixed with yogurt and used as a conditioner for hair.
In natural medicine it is also used to treat diabetes.
The fenugreek seeds help get rid of the mucous from the body, it is given as a tea by boiling the fenugreek seeds in water.
As rice normally cause more mucous in people who are susceptible to it, add some fenugreek seeds while cooking rice will neutralise this effect.
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