Groundnut is given much importance as it is a rich source of energy contributed by oil (48- 50 %) and protein (25-28%) in the kernels. It is calculated that a 100 grams of shelled groundnuts could provide an energy of approximately 564 kilo calorie. Furthermore, groundnut oil...

Groundnut is considered as an important oil crop across the world due to its high oil content. The groundnut (peanut) kernels are rich in oil (48–50%) and protein (25–28%), and are the source of several vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, biologically active polyphenols, flavono...

Groundnut(Peanut) is an important and most valuable oil, food and feed crop which is grown in almost 100 countries all over the world. Groundnut varieties with high yielding potential were developed and released for cultivation all over the world. These improved varieties are...

Groundnut , which is also known by its other names like Peanut, earthnut, pygmy nut, pignuts, Goober peas in US , Monkey nut in UK and botanically termed Arachis hypogea is a self pollinated legume cultivated widely across the world in about 24 million hectare for its edible u...

Cardamom is found to be one of the earliest in the world which is native to the thick evergreen forests of western ghats in South India as a wild crop. Later on it is cultivated as a commercial crop in South India, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Laos and Cambodia. Cardamom is...

Black pepper is a widely used spice from the ancient time. It is found to be a well known spice all over the world which brings the praise term "king of spices". Piperine is the compound which brings spiciness and flavor to the pepper. Pepper's spiciness is directly proportion...

Cashew , known by its scientific name Anacardium occidentale is a tree which is native to Brazil. Later it is widespread across the world due to its trade value. Portuguese colonists were the one who started exporting cashew from Brazil over five centuries back. In India also...

Sesame oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the sesame seeds. Sesame oil is extracted by crushing the sesame seeds with force. Sesame oil ( "Nallennai" in tamil) is used for culinary purposes right from the ancient times as it is found to be the earliest known crop based oil...

Sesame oil which is extracted from the raw sesame seeds is found to be one of the earliest oils used by mankind. Sesame oil is mainly composed of fatty acids such as Monounsaturated fatty acid - 39% oleic acid, Polyunsaturated fatty acid - 41% linoleic acid, Saturated fatty ac...

Black pepper, otherwise called as "king of spices" has been one of the much needed commodities in the world market. Actually this pepper is native to South India, from where it gets cultivated also in other tropical regions in the world. Pepper is being considered as the most...

Cashew nuts are in fact not nuts. They are the seeds of the evergreen tree Anacardium occidentale that is local to Brazil. Cashew nuts are famous as a bite (starter) and used to make sauces, gravies, confectioneries, vegetarian milk, and nut margarine. Cashew nuts are fully pa...

Sesame seed is found to be one of the oldest oil crops in the world. Sesame is a flowering plant also known as Benne and taxonomically with the genus name Sesamum. Sesame is believed to have originated in Africa and India. Sesame is having numerous wild varieties found in sub...