Green cardamom is the most common variety you’ll see sold in supermarkets. The pods are picked while they’re still green and then dried to make them brown. So, if you see a jar of brown pods ...

That's about $90 for a kilogram. But getting that little bit of cardamom requires a lot of work. Harvesters need to collect 6 kilograms of raw pods by hand to produce just 1 kilogram of green ...

One of the most complex and deep flavors in my spice cabinet is cardamom. Found in a variety of cuisines around the world from Middle Eastern to Indian to Scandinavian, cardamom can enhance both ...

I only had ground cardamom in the cupboard and used ... After these are harvested, when the pods are actually pinkish, they are dried over charcoal to preserve them — hence the smokiness.