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Cardamom futures remain up on firm spot demand

Press Trust of India/New Delhi - Jul 20,2012 16:02 PM

Cardamom rose by Rs 4 to Rs 1,337.60 per kg in futures trading today as speculators engaged in enlarging positions amid rising spot market demand.

Merit Trade Cardamom At the Multi Commodity Exchange, cardamom for delivery in August added Rs 4, or 0.30%, to Rs 1,337.60 per kg, with a business turnover of 57 lots. September cardamom gained Rs 2.40, or 0.18%, to Rs 1,317 per kg in 16 lots. Market analysts said besides rising demand in the spot market, tight stocks availability in the physical market following restricted arrivals from producing belts also influenced cardamom prices, traders said.

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Ayurvedic Apple Crisp Dessert

Apple crisp recipe
(4-6 servings)

Ingredients--
2 organic apples thinly sliced
1 tablespoon organic lemon juice
1/3 cup of organic raisins soaked in water overnite
1 cup organic whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup organic rolled oats
1 tsp of organic cinnamon powder
1/4 cup of organic sucanat sugar
1 tablespoon organic sucanat sugar reserved for topping
2-3 organic cardamon pods
1/2 teaspoon organic dry ginger
1 tablespoon organic ghee
Raw milk to make crisp topping
Sea salt
Mint leaves for garnish

Method

Arrange the apple slices in a small rectangular baking dish. Sprinkle with lemon juice on top. Sprinkle ginger powder, cinnamon and sucanat sugar on top. Top with rasins.

Add the cardamon pods to the motar pestle. Take the green pods out and ground the black seeds finely.

In a mixing bowl add the whole wheat pastry flour, organic rolled oats, sea salt, cardamom powder, one tablespoon sucanat sugar, organic ghee to it. Incorporate the raw milk slowly to obtain a crumb like consistency.

Spread on top of the apple mixture to cover evenly.

Place in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 20-25 mins or till topping light brown in color and apples cooked.

Serve warm. Scoop with spoon into parfait glass and decorate with mint leaves for garnish.

Peachy Cardamom Scones

Ingredients:

Serving: 7 scones

Dry Ingredients:
1/2 cup buckwheat flour
1/4 cup oats
1 tsp baking powder
3 Tbsp coconut sugar
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp cardamom

Liquid Ingredients:
2 Tbsp coconut milk
1 egg
3 Tbsp coconut oil (hardened) or butter
1-1.5 cups fruit (peaches and/or apple)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Blend dry in the food processor!!
3. Add 3 Tbsp coconut oil (hardened) and pulse
4. Add in coconut milk and egg and pulse a few times
5. Fold in the batter with fruit!!
6. Bake on oiled or parchment covered baking sheet for 10-12 minutes.

MANGO CHUTNEY RECIPE

* I n g r e d i e n t s *

— 1 handful Dried Mango Slices
— 1 handful Dried Turkish Apricots
— Spring Water
— 1 handful Medjool Dates
— a dash of Cloves
— ⅛ teaspoon Cinnamon
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— ⅛ teaspoon Ginger Powder (or fresh)
— ⅛ teaspoon Cardamom
— 1 teaspoon Vanilla Powder
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— 1 teaspoon Agave Syrup
— LOVE!



* P r e p *

— 1) Soak the dried mango slices, as well as the dried Turkish apricots for at least 20 minutes in spring water to rehydrate them (you can soak them separately or together, it doesn't matter).

— 2) Toss the rehydrated mango slices, Turkish apricots & some of their "syrups" that were created through the rehydration process into your Vita-mix blender http://BLEND.life-regenerator.com , or whatever blender is the best blender for you.

— 3) Add the dates, cloves, cinnamon, ginger powder, cardamom, vanilla powder, agave syrup, and first just a *splash* of spring water to the blender as well, and blend until the consistency of a chutney is reached—adding a bit more spring water along the way, as needed.

Cardamom prices extend gains, rise on limited supply

Friday, July 13, 2012, 13:31 [IST]
Cardamom prices extended gains, rising for the second day on Friday at the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) as a result of the restricted arrivals from producing belts of Chandausi in Uttar Pradesh. At MCX, Cardamom futures for July 2012 contract were trading at Rs. 1,490 per kg, up by 0.36 per cent, after opening at Rs. 1,498.90 against the previous closing price of Rs. 1,484.60. It touched the intra-day high of Rs. 1,505 till the trading. (At 11.18 AM today). 

Moreover, prices also rose as traders increased their positions tracking a pick up in the demand for the commodity in the midst of low arrivals.

Important markets for cardamom in India are Vandanmendu, Bodinayakanur, Kumily, Thekkady, Kumbum and Pattiveeran Patti in Kerala.
Kerala (70 per cent), Karnataka (20 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (10 per cent) are the cardamom growing states in India while about 90 per cent of the produce is consumed within the nation.

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Cardamom prices reverse previous day's losses, rise on strong demand

Thursday, July 12, 2012, 13:31 [IST]

Cardamom prices snapped its previous day's losses, rising by 0.85 per cent on Thursday at the domestic markets as traders increased their positions tracking a pick up in the demand for the commodity in the midst of low arrivals. At MCX, Cardamom futures for July 2012 contract were trading at Rs. 1,461.70 per kg, up by 0.85 per cent, after opening at Rs. 1,432 against the previous closing price of Rs. 1,449.40. It touched the intra-day high of Rs. 1,468 till the trading. (At 11.236 AM today).

Moreover, restricted arrivals from producing belts of Chandausi in Uttar Pradesh also supported the uptrend in cardamom futures prices

Important markets for cardamom in India are Vandanmendu, Bodinayakanur, Kumily, Thekkady, Kumbum and Pattiveeran Patti in Kerala.

Kerala (70 per cent), Karnataka (20 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (10 per cent) are the cardamom growing states in India while about 90 per cent of the produce is consumed within the nation.

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