Nutmeg is a yellow coloured fruit vastly found in river deltas and banks, mostly in the tropical belt, native to the Moluccas Islands of Indonesia, the same place from where cloves trees were discovered during the early Colonial era. Nutmeg is an evergreen tree and relatively requires a lot of water. The Tree produces yellow round fruits, most of them fall down when ripe. The fruit encapsules a single seed which is covered with a natural web called the Mace. The seed has a natural shell which is often broken before use. They are rich with antioxidants, has anti inflammatory properties, antiba ..read more

Here is a twenty interesting short points listed out for you, so that you have a better understanding about Cardamom - The Queen of Spices. Lets dive straight into it. What is Cardamom? Cardamom is the dried fruit which is otherwise called a pod, harvested from the Cardamom plant which is scientifically called Elettaria Cardamomum. What is the colour of Cardamom? Cardamom is green in colour, which is otherwise called small cardamom. There is a bigger variety bigger in size which is called Black Cardamom, mostly found in Nepal. Where does Cardamom Grow? Cardamom is a native of the Western Ghats ..read more

Here is a twenty interesting short points listed out for you, so that you have a better understanding about Cardamom - The Queen of Spices. Lets dive straight into it. What is Cardamom? Cardamom is the dried fruit which is otherwise called a pod, harvested from the Cardamom plant which is scientifically called Elettaria Cardamomum. What is the colour of Cardamom? Cardamom is green in colour, which is otherwise called small cardamom. There is a bigger variety bigger in size which is called Black Cardamom, mostly found in Nepal. Where does Cardamom Grow? Cardamom is a native of the Western Ghats ..read more

At BBS Spices Malabari we are proud to source and list the best quality of Cloves from Kanyakumari. We directly source from Planters and farmers, check for quality standards, and finally pack using mechanised machines. Best cloves are available online on our website as well as best cloves are available on Amazon India Spices are a very common commodity across ecommerce website. Ecommerce have helped small entities to build products and sell on ecommerce marketplaces. Over time we have and had many ecommerce companies in India like flipkart.com, snapdeal.com, meesho.com, amazon.in etc, an these ..read more

If you are looking to buy the best cloves in India, without any doubt you could bet on the Kanyakumari clove variety which is a geographically indicated Clove produce. Geographically indicated is about the peculiarities the produce from this region has. Now does you need to go all the way to Kanyakumari to get it, of course not! all you need to do is to click on the link and get your purchase done, in a few days time the product is at your doorstep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMTk-zMR8mc Generally not many claim to have Kanyakumari cloves, primarily because the most batches of Cloves used ..read more

Once upon a time Pepper was so precious and it was Arab maritime merchants who sourced pepper from the Malabar coast of India and took it to the traders of Alexandria and the mediterranean. During medieval times, from where did these black granules came was a highly disclosed secret. There were stories that these peppercorns were guarded by demons and dragons and one would need to evade these obstacles to procure these high value commodities. There are many forms of pepper that is available in the market, the point is that all of these peppercorns come from the same vine. These ripe pepper ber ..read more

Kerala is considered to a be blessed state in India, a place from where most of the exotic spices are grown. The state receives just more than 3000 mm of rainfall annually which is considerably a good number compared to many states in India, except for the North Eastern states of India. The Western Ghats, the South West Monsoon, the soil, are all contributing factors to the green vibe of the state. Though Kerala was once an agriculture based economy, today over time the state is a consumer state and agriculture is minimal for local supplies. However the cash crops are abundantly grown across t ..read more

Field experience is something very important for us, specially when we claim that we source the best quality of spices in the world. Pepper is widely grown in most Keralan households and it has a harvest once in a year, mostly between January to April. During one of our trips to the high ranges of Kerala, we met a few pepper farmers and we utilised the opportunity make a video about the difference between Tellicherry Pepper and Malabar Pepper. While Malabar Pepper is a GI tagged cash crop mostly grown in the South West coast of India, Tellicherry Pepper is a graded variety of bolder Pepper co ..read more

Once upon a time, it was a wild plant initially found in the Western Ghats of South West India. A perennial plant, green cardamom falls under the ginger family and comes with numerous medicinal values. It was a native produce of the forest and was considered as a natural wild plant, harvested by the tribal community during their commute through the jungle for food. It was sun-dried and traded with villagers for cloth and salt, which were like essential commodities then. The villagers near to the forests bought it to merchants who took it to the port and traded it with traders who arrive at di ..read more

Once upon a time, Black Pepper was a creeper found in the wilderness that crawled into large trees. Later it became a crop of mass cultivation and farming. Tribals plucked these little green balls from the forest and dried it over rocks and took it to the Princely families in exchange for salt, food and clothes. It was considered as a precious gift that was handed over to other princely delegates and royal visitors. In the Roman Empire Black Pepper was once upon a time considered as an equivalent to a currency or a product that could be bartered for anything, that was how it got its nickname ..read more