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fenugreek
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fenugreek

Slender, annual, herbaceous legume (Trigonella foenum-graecum) or its dried seeds, used as a food, a flavoring, and a medicine. Native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the plant is cultivated in central and southeastern Europe, western Asia, India, and northern Africa. The seeds smell and taste strong, sweetish, and somewhat bitter, like burnt sugar. Mealy in texture, they may be mixed with flour for bread or eaten raw or cooked. The herb is a characteristic ingredient in some curries and chutneys and is used to make imitation maple syrup.


fenugreek
an annual heavily scented Mediterranean leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, with hairy stems and white flowers: cultivated for forage and for its medicinal seeds


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COMBINATION # 2 serrano peppers, kosher salt, fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, fresh ginger, yellow and black mustard seeds.
The ancient Assyrians cultivated fenugreek centuries before the time of Christ, and dried fenugreek seeds were used medicinally in traditional Indian, Greek, and Arabian medicine.
Several small pilot studies have suggested that five to 100 grams of fenugreek seeds eaten every day may lower blood glucose levels in both type 1 and type 2 diabetics.
 
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