Essential Pantry Black Cardamom Pods

Available from Chef Shop when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Essential Pantry Black Cardamom Pods 1.5 oz bag - India There are two main types of cardamom - black and green. Green cardamom pods come from the Elettaria cardamomum plant and are harvested before they mature, while black pods (Amomum subulatum) grow on an herbaceous plant belonging to the Zingiberaceae (ginger) family and are picked much later, and then dried over a fire giving them a smokey flavor. Because the two pods have extremely different tastes, one cannot be necessarily substitute one