Largest Producer of Spice In The World: Spices are the life of food. Especially in our country, cooking cannot be imagined without spices. Because different spices are used for each dish in our kitchen. For example, different spices are required for making Chole, different for Rajma, different for Dal Makhani and different for making Kadhi. That is why our country is also known as the Land of Spice in the world. But not only in terms of use, but also in terms of production, we are number one.
You can see many such videos on social media, in which when foreigners are asked what is the first image that comes to your mind on hearing the name of India, many people give such reactions like ‘Chili’ ‘Spice’ Hot’ ‘Curry’ etc. This is because apart from producing the most spices, using them the most in food, we also have many such dishes which are not made anywhere else in the world. Like ‘Kadhi’ which is called foreign curry. Different spices are used to make Kadhi, especially the tempering of fenugreek seeds and whole red chillies.
This is the spice factory of the world
- Most spices are produced in our country in the world. Not only from today but always, our country has been number one in the world in spice production. In olden times, a major part of the trade from our country used to be of spices only. Large ships carrying spices used to go abroad through the sea route. This process continues even today.
- In the year 2021-22, India has produced about 10.88 million tonnes of spices. We are not only number one in the production of spices, but also in terms of consumption, our name comes first. Along with this, the maximum number of spice exporters in the world are also in our country.
- Talking about the world, our country supplies about 75 percent of the spices needed by the whole world in a year. List of most used spices in the world International Organization for Standardization (International Organization for Standardization) i.e. ISO has included 109 spices. Out of these 75 spices are produced maximum in India.
Which state has maximum spices?
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- Many types of spices are cultivated in different parts of our country. For example, Rajasthan is famous for chili, while Karnataka’s name comes at number one for black pepper. While Madhya Pradesh remains number one in growing coriander, then Gujarat in growing cumin. But overall, if seen on a large scale, Kerala is the state in our country where spices are produced in maximum quantity.
- If India is the land of spice in the whole world, then Kerala is called the land of spice within India. Because most spices are produced in India in the whole world and most spices are produced in Kerala inside India.
- Kerala is a state situated on the coast, due to which foreigners have been coming here for centuries to buy spices. Even today, the maximum quantity of spices are sent from Kerala to the world. The port of Kochi city of Kerala is famous only for the trade of spices in the world.
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