Cardamom or Green Elaichi is popularly known as the Queen of spices & can do wonders to the taste of any cuisine with its intrinsic flavoring ability. This spice gives a strong aromatic as well as pungent flavor. It is the world’s second most expensive spice.It is majorly used in the preparation of ‘gahwa’ – a strong cardamom coffee concoction which is a symbol for hospitality among Arab countries. In Scandinavian countries it is used in baked goods and confectioneries. Cardamom oil and oleoresin has applications in flavoring processed foods, cordials, and liquors and in perfumery. It is used in Ayurvedic medicines to remove fat and as a cure for urinary and skin complaints. In medicine, it is used as powerful aromatic, stimulant, carminative, stomachic and diuretic.