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Description

The vanilla plant is an herbaceous climbing vine, which
requires a supporting tree or pole for optimal growth. It
bears trumpet-shaped flowers which are naturally
pollinated by bees and humming birds and even hand
pollinated. Unripe vanilla pods turn yellow when they
grow 5 to 8 inches long and are ready to harvest. These are
then blanched in boiling water, sweated and sun dried for
a few weeks until they turn dark brown and wrinkled. Then
the white crystalline essence known as vanillin is extracted
from some superior quality beans. This essence is referred
to as the vanilla flavor. Vanilla is second highest paid spice
in the world after saffron which is growing tropical
countries Madagascar ,Indonesians , India & Sri Lanka.
Mature and ripe pods are dark green in color ready to be
picked. These pods contain vanilla seeds, which are used in
many recipes, when dried. Blanched and sun dried pods
are called vanilla beans which are used to prepare vanilla
extract by soaking it in ethyl alcohol, the filtrate of this
fermentation process is vanilla extract. Vanilla extract has a
sweet, rich fragrance and flavor, which adds taste to many
dishes. Artificial vanilla flavoring agents are also available
in markets which are made from wood pulp by-products
and have a similar scent as pure vanilla extract but have no
health benefits.
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