Description
- Stone Flower, also known as Chharila or Phattar Phool, is lichen generally used as a spice to enhance the flavor and taste of food.
- FLAVOUR - Kalpasi has no taste of its own, but adds a mysterious flavour, a distinct aroma and a fiery taste.
- It is used extensively in Chettinad cooking, especially chicken curries etc., and in the maharashtrian 'Goda' masala.
- PACKAGING - Carefully and hygienically packed to retain original flavour, aroma and essence.
- Kalpasi or black stone flower is a species of lichen used as spice in India. One of the ingredients in East Indian Bottle Masala, the spice is mostly used in dishes like nahari, Bombay biryani, Goan meat stews.
- This spice is used for making various masalas like Goda Masala/ Kala Masala. It has a strong earthy aroma and a very dry, light fluffy texture and feel to it.
Chounk Spices selects the finest of the spices from the farms where growing spices is a tradition and a faith. Our commitment to quality and intimacy with purity roots. We source the best and freshest spices from best spice farms in India. Our spices are sourced from renowned Indian spices farms like Guntur, Byadgi, Allepey, Unjha, Hathras, Kerala, Rajasthan, Meghalaya. What is Chounk? Chounk is derived from Hindi word that means tadka or tempering,Tempering is a cooking technique used in the cuisines of India in which whole spices, dried chilies, minced ginger root are roasted briefly in oil or ghee to liberate essential oils from cells and thus enhance their flavors, before being poured, together with the oil, into a dish. Do Chounk Spices have any certifications? Chounk Spices is FSSAI, ISO 22000 : 2005 certified Vision of Chounk Spices To promote Indian Heritage by providing quality Indian spices globally. About the Chounk Spices Our company roots lie in Khari Baoli which is Asia's largest Spice hub. We came into inception in the year 1960 and solidified our position in the market as a Manufacturer and Supplier of Spices. Prepared by perfectionists and packed by experts, our processed spices possess longer shelf life because they are pure and unadulterated.