What's the smell of clove spice?

Clove itself has a bitter taste, but after cooking with food, it will turn into a mild sweetness, which can make cooking more mellow. It can be said that it is one of the essential seasonings for stews, and it is very suitable for matching meat and sweets.

Traditional eating methods around the world include: Americans are used to putting cloves directly in ham for roasting, Germans will add cloves to bread or even wine and drinks, and China often stew pig's feet or leg of lamb with fennel.

The famous Indian "spicy rice" will stir-fry fennel seeds, bay leaves, cloves, Ma Sala spice powder and cinnamon sticks with white rice and then cook them. The taste is quite charming! I don't want to bother cooking at home, and there is a simple version: add 1 ~ 2 petals when cooking, and the cooked white rice will have a special aroma and be delicious!

Although spicy, cloves are very suitable for desserts and drinks, matching the tastes of apples, chocolates and coffee. Apple pie, hot spice apple juice that westerners drink every Christmas, chocolate milk porridge, a famous traditional dish of Bolivia in South America, and Indian spice milk tea popular in South Asia.

Besides cooking, cloves are also used in traditional medicine, such as Indian herbalism and Chinese medicine. According to records, clove was used as medicine as early as the Han Dynasty. In modern western medicine, clove essential oil is considered to have the function of relieving pain and become a mild analgesic for dentists. Therefore, if you want to buy cloves in Taiwan Province Province, you can easily find them in Chinese medicine shops and special spice shops.