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Cloves are one of the original ancient spices, and our first ever product. Naturally, we know them inside out. These Cloves are freshly flown in from the Spice Islands in Zanzibar, or the Spice Islands in Indonesia each season, depending on which had the better climate. Each glows a gorgeous exotic red colour, and adds a flavour like no other cloves can dream to produce. Popular in many high end and simple traditional cooking, cloves can be used almost anywhere to add lovely fruity, peppery and herbal flavours. Cloves are also known as clavo, clau, cravinho, clovas, Laung, lavang, laving, krambu, clou de girofle, लौंग, 丁香.
| Cloves Cooking Notes | |
| Cuisine | Chinese, Indian, French, Vietnamese, African |
| Food Pairings | Tagines, sauces, curries, spiced desserts, soups, stir fries, stews, poultry, beef, vegetable dishes |
| Flavour / Tastes Like | Thyme, Pepper, Fruity, Citrus |
| Serving size | 0.5 grams (powdered) if using as dry spice blend to 2 grams if using whole. |
| Directions for use | Use spice directly, no need to grind. If you need to grind, then use a pestle and mortar or electric spice grinder. |
| Recipes | Aloo Matar (spiced indian potato and pea curry), Five Spice Powder, Yogi Tea, Chole Masala, Baklava, Saffron Rice, Lamb Madras, Masala Chai, Thai Massaman Curry with Beef, Vegetarian Phở, Homemade pickles, Ginger Ale, White Wine Jelly |
| Cloves Technical Notes | |
| Origin | Indonesia |
| Quality* | A Grade, Red |
| Industry Knowledge | Cloves were one of the first globally traded spices, going as far back as 1721 B.C., and are Regency's first ever product, which we began trading with in 1951. Cloves were highly prized in both the West and the Far East, owing to high use by the Romans and the Chinese, which led to it quickly rising to become one of the most expensive spices money could buy. As such, they have a rich history: The Chinese were known to chew them before an audience with the emperor to make sure their breath was fresh; and in the 1600s, the Dutch once tried to gain a monopoly on the trade by controlling as much land containing cloves as they could. Regency's Pemba-origin Cloves rank as the best in terms of taste. They are reddish, long and dry compared to other varieties. Good quality cloves are fat, oily, and red in colour, and give out their oil when squeezed with the finger-nail. Cloves grown in Madagascar yeild a unique taste, as the clove tree prefers well drained rich soil with sufficient soil moisture throughout the year, meaning heavy sunlight, mildly warm temperatures throughout the year, as well as a good and well-distributed rainfall and high humidity. Tanzanian Cloves add a warm, intense flavour to dishes, even when only a few cloves are used in the cooking process. A single clove is enough to numb the tongue owing to its highly concentrated flavour - making them exceptionally economical to use in tagines, curries, spiced desserts, and a myriad of other complex dishes. Cloves are also one of the essential ingredients to Five Spice Powder. Learn more about Cloves. |
| Also known as | Syzygium aromaticum clavo, clau, cravinho, clovas, Laung, lavang, laving, krambu, clou de girofle, लौंग, 丁香 |
| **Special Note | For 1kg option, product will be packed in vacuum-sealed transparent bag, not our usual aluminium resealable bag. Our 1kg sales exist online as well as offline. In rare cases, this means our stock on our store online may not be accurate, and there may be a short delay in delivering your order by a few more days. |
| Cloves Health Benefits (government sources only) | |
| Good for | Boosting insulin, detoxification, dental pains, memory, food poisoning, bad breath, diarrhoea, hernia, slowing and preventing cancer, Source and details |
| Nutrition Facts | High in Fiber, Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium, Vitamin A IU, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Source and details |
*Industry specific terminology.
