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Fenugreek seed is the ripe fruit of an annual herb. This robust herb has light green leaves, is 30-60 cm tall and produces slender, beaked pods, 10-15 cm long, each pod contains 10-20 small hard yellowish brown seeds, which are smooth and oblong, about 3mm long, each grooved across one corner, giving them a hooked appearance.
Fenugreek seed whole consist of dried ripe seed of trigonella foenumgraecum. The colour is carramel to light brownish-yellow. Odour and taste are typical, a bit of cellery and bitter. Free from foregn odour and taste, such as mustiness or rancidity. |