Cardamom
Elettaria cardamomum
Picked green and cured slow over low heat, so the pods keep their oil and their colour instead of bleaching pale. Crack one — it should still be sticky inside.
Cardamom, pepper and honey — all off one piece of land we farm ourselves. No middlemen, no blending with anyone else's crop. What we send you is what came off the slope this season.
The same shade canopy feeds all three. Each is picked, dried and stored its own way — the difference you taste is care, not additives.
Picked green and cured slow over low heat, so the pods keep their oil and their colour instead of bleaching pale. Crack one — it should still be sticky inside.
Left on the vine until the berries just turn, then sun-dried on the yard until they wrinkle black and hard. It bites first, then warms — the sign it was never over-dried.
From bees that forage the very same slopes — so the cardamom and pepper flowers end up in the jar. Raw, unheated, unfiltered. It sets soft in cold weather, and that's the proof it's real.
Ottamala is a working hill farm, not a warehouse. Everything you order was grown between these boundaries and handled by the same few pairs of hands from flower to jar.
We don't spray. The shade canopy keeps the soil cool and damp, the bees keep it pollinated, and the mist does most of the watering. It's slower and the yield is smaller — which is exactly why we sell direct and in season.
Order in a batch and you'll get the harvest date on the label. Ask us anything about it and we can tell you which part of the slope it came from.
Small batches sell out. Message us and we'll tell you what's in store right now, current pricing, and how soon we can ship — anywhere in India, and abroad on request.