Fennel Seed Dealers in Khar, Mumbai

Fennel seeds is an ancient and common plant known to the Greeks and spread throughout Europe by Imperial Rome. The name comes from the Latin foeniculum, meaning "little hay".

Fennel is both an herb and a spice. All parts of fennel plant are edible like the roots, stalks and leaves with the spice coming from dried seeds. A native to the Mediterranean, fennel is an ancient and common plant known to ancient Greeks. It spread throughout Europe via Rome. It is also grown in India, Australia and South America. Fennel is a dried ripe fruit of a perennial aromatic herbaceous plant, which grows in mild climates. It is approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inches long and has a green food colour. They are oblong, elliptical, straight and slightly curved with prominent ridges. It smells and tastes like amise with slight note of camphor. It has long been used in India and China for its medicinal value and is used as a multi-purpose spice in food, medicines, liquors and perfume. It is also exported in the form of seeds, powder and volatile oil.

From Mumbai(India), India, we delight our valuable patrons by providing quality-centralized products. Buyers are free to place bulk as well as urgent orders with us and we ensure timely delivery of the same.   Available In : Black/White Seeds   Details HS Code/Item Code - 09096139 Price - $ 2164 USD / Ton Payment Mode - Advance, L/C (Letter of Credit), T/T (Bank Transfer) Minimum Order Quantity - 10 MT Delivery Terms - FOB, CFR, CIF.

DescriptionThe fennel seed has sweet agreeable flavor and an odour similar to aniseed. It's a cooling spice. Today, India is by far the largest source of fennel along with Egypt and China. In India it thrives in the sunny, limey well-drained loams of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. UsageIn India, fennel powder is always used without the frying process. In Chettinand cuisine whole fennel seeds are used. Throughout the centuries fennel was prescribed for everything from weight loss to tooth ache to colic to snake bite. Packing DescriptionAvailable in Powder & Whole form in 100 gm PET Bottle, 200 gm Monocartons & 1 Kg Pouch.

Fennel is a hardy, perennial, umbelliferous herb, with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It has a thick, perennial root-stock, stout stems, 4 to 5 feet or more in height, erect and cylindrical, bright green and so smooth as to seem polished, much branched bearing leaves cut into the very finest of segments.   Nutritional Facts The best varieties of Fennel yield from 4 to 5 per cent of volatile oil (sp. gr. 0.960 to 0.930), the principal constituents of which are Anethol (50 to 60 per cent) and Fenchone (18 to 22 per cent). Anethol is also the chief constituent of Anise oil. There are also present in oil of Fennel, d-pinene, phellandrine, anisic acid and anisic aldehyde. Indian Fennel yields only 0.72 per cent of oil, containing only 6.7 per cent of fenchone. The seeds are also used for flavouring and the carminative oil that is distilled from them, which has a sweetish aromatic odour and flavour, is employed in the making of cordials and liqueurs, and is also used in perfumery and for scenting soaps.

Fennel seeds are the dried fruit of Foeniculum vulgare, which belongs to the parsley family. It is oval in shape and green or yellowish brown in color. It has a slightly sweet flavour.Fennel is generally used as a condiment and culinary spice in food and beverages. It is used in some curry powder mixes. Toasting Fennel Seeds accentuates their flavor. It is also known to have medicinal properties.