Do you know ? what is saffron?!
Do you know ? what is saffron?
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Saffron is harvested from the fall-flowering plant Crocus sativus, a member of the Iris family. It is native to Asia Minor, where it has been cultivated for thousands of years to be used in medicines, perfumes, dyes, and as a wonderful flavoring for foods and beverages.
The red-gold threads were also highly prized by pharoahs and kings as an aphrodisiac, yet large amounts produce deathly narcotic effects.
Saffron has been used medicinally to reduce fevers, cramps and enlarged livers, and to calm nerves. It has also been used externally to for bruises, rheumatism, and neuralgia. (Warning! Do not use medicinally without consulting your physician.)
Although the majority of the world's saffron is produced in Iran, Spain is the world's largest exporter of saffron.
search in google images for saffron flower, u can see the pics.
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a red spice usually used in spanish cooking
It is a spice derived from the center of a crocus flower. It is the most expensive spice in the world, and commonly used in rice dishes.
safrron is a spice used to flavor and color the food. it can also remdy sore gums fatigue and lower the rate of heart disease!.hope its helpful
it is a type of colour.....the india flag consists of saffron colour in its middle
it is a spice used in making briyani like chicken briyani, mee briyani, etc... It is red in colour
its a dried..flower extract....
n it makes desserts and any food real yummy !!
......apart from its medicinal and cosmetic properties.....
tumeric, usually the orange to red color in Indian and Thai cuisine.
It's a spice used for coloring food. Kind of like mexican achiote, the difference is achiote is a seed, saffron is a stem
it is a very epxensive red spice taken out crocus flower
Saffron is little orange-red threads from the centre of a flower used for cooking. It is very popular in India, where they use it for anything from desserts to curries. It can be very expensive as well though.
Saffron
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For other uses, see Saffron (disambiguation).
Saffron crocus
A saffron crocus flower with red stigma.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species: C. sativus
Binomial name
Crocus sativus
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Saffron (IPA: [?s?f.??n] / [?s?f.??n]) is a spice derived from the flower of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus), a species of crocus in the family Iridaceae. The flower has three stigmas, which are the distal ends of the plant's carpels. Together with its style, the stalk connecting the stigmas to the rest of the plant, these components are often dried and used in cooking as a seasoning and colouring agent. Saffron, which has for decades been the world's most expensive spice by weight,[1][2] is native to Southwest Asia.[2][3] It was first cultivated in the vicinity of Greece.[4]
Saffron is characterised by a bitter taste and an iodoform- or hay-like fragrance; these are caused by the chemicals picrocrocin and safranal.[5][6] It also contains a carotenoid dye, crocin, that gives food a rich golden-yellow hue. These traits make saffron a much-sought ingredient in many foods worldwide. Saffron also has medicinal applications.
The word saffron originated from the 12th-century Old French term safran, which derives from the Latin word safranum. Safranum is also related to the Italian zafferano and Spanish azafrán.[7] Safranum comes from the Arabic word a?far (????????), which means "yellow," via the paronymous za?farān (???????????), the name of the spice in Arabic.[6] Yet, some others believe it has a Persian root, i.e "Zarparan"????????. Zar?? meaning gold + par?? meaning feather, or stigma. Proponents of this theory cite the cultivation in the plateau of Iran as evidence
You can buy it as an essence or little pcs of red thread. In India it is known as KESAR. What ever you do, use it sparlingly.
Saffron threads, R dried parts of a flower, not that expensive about five bucks for a small bag that will last U 4ever. U only use a few threads soaked in water or warm milk in recipes.