Garlic

Garlic is a hardy bulbous annual, with narrow flat leaves a pungent and acid flavour and acknowledged medicinal value. Like onion, the entire bulb ('cloves') is almost without odour but, once cut or bruised, they produce an intensely strong and characteristic odour. Garlic is used in vegetable, meat and poultry dishes. A favourite in Chinese cuisine, garlic is fast becoming popular in Europe and USA. Garlic oil finds use in ready made spice - mixes, pharmaceuticals and disinfectants. Garlic is cultivated in most parts of India.

Garlic is a hardy bulbous annual, with narrow flat leaves a pungent and acid flavour and acknowledged medicinal value.